Run Bids in Hours, Not Weeks

Automate and accelerate your sourcing cycles to stay competitive and responsive in a volatile market.

Negotiate From Strength

Leverage live market data and historical performance to secure rates with confidence, not with guesswork.

Unlock Strategic Time

Automate the noise so your team can focus on relationships, resilience, and long-term network design.

Build Intelligence With Every RFP

Every bid adds to your knowledge base revealing patterns, performance insights, and cost opportunities over time.

AI-Backed Load Optimization

Automate how loads are built and balanced to achieve optimal cost and service.

Plan It Before You Move It

Build and compare routing or consolidation scenarios before execution to uncover the most efficient, cost-effective option.

Live Market Validation

Benchmark planned rates against live data to eliminate post-execution surprises.

Strategic Rules That Drive Action

Let your logic, not spreadsheets, guide decisions across every region and business unit.

Automated Tendering & Carrier Management

Manage carrier outreach, load assignments, and communication in one place. ShipperGuide automates tendering and follow-ups, ensuring fast coverage and fewer emails.

Eliminate Bottlenecks From Disrupting Operations

Get real-time visibility into all origins and destinations. Simplify scheduling, prevent congestion, and keep facilities efficient and on schedule.

Exception Management & Resolution

Detect, escalate, and resolve issues before they become costly delays. ShipperGuide tags, escalates, and tracks exceptions so your team focuses only on what truly impacts delivery.

Keep docks, yards, and facilities running smoothly.

By connecting your TMS directly to Opendock, you eliminate manual entry and duplicate logins, creating faster, error-free scheduling that keeps shipments moving and teams focused.

Live Shipment Tracking, Everywhere

From origin to destination, get instant status for every load, no gaps and no blind spots.

Proactive Exception Alerts

The system notifies you early, so you can course-correct before disruption becomes crisis.

Real-Time ETA Updates

Stay ahead of delays with live ETAs that update the moment your network changes.

Stakeholder Visibility & Self-Service

Reduce update requests and increase trust.

Automated Document Ingestion Extraction & Classification

Uses AI to instantly capture, organize, and validate freight documents, eliminating manual entry, reducing errors, and accelerating settlement accuracy.

Smart Dispute Resolution

Flag mismatches, open dispute threads, and resolve within the system, no more chasing emails or PDFs.

Auto-Approval Rules That Mirror Your Trust

Set thresholds (by dollar, percent, mode) so routine invoices get paid automatically, you only see exceptions.

Clear Settlement Dashboard & Status Tracking

Know exactly where each invoice is, whether “Under Review,” “Disputed,” or “Ready to Pay," with quick CSV exports for your finance team.

Custom Reporting Tailored to You

Create reports based on what you care about (cost per lane, cycle time, carrier scorecards), not someone else’s template.

Carrier Scorecards That Drive Accountability

Track carrier cost, service, and reliability objectively so you can shift business where it performs best.

Benchmarking That Sharpens Your Edge

Compare your performance vs market norms to know where you’re winning and where you’re bleeding.

Instant Insight, Instant Action

When you spot underperforming lanes or carriers, drill down, pivot strategy, and recover in real time.

Carrier Systems (EDI / API Integration)

Connect directly to your carrier TMS or visibility platform for real-time sync. Automate tendering, status updates, and invoicing with full EDI coverage.

ERP & Order Systems

Create shipments automatically, no manual entry, no missed updates. Send order and shipment data directly from SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics.

Visibility & Shipment Tracking

Keep everything in one view, without leaving ShipperGuide. Plug in your tracking partners (Project44, FourKites, Macropoint) for real-time location data.

Benchmarking & Market Data

Compare your rates to market benchmarks in seconds. Access FreightWaves SONAR data directly inside ShipperGuide.

Strategic Planning & Optimization

Plan routes, modes, and schedules using live market data with our guidance, so every shipment balances cost, service, and on-time delivery.

End-to-End Execution Management

We can manage carriers, appointments, tracking, and exceptions, so you do not have to worry about loads moving smoothly from tender to delivery.

Carrier & Financial Performance Management

We assist in overseeing carrier performance and payments, auditing rates and invoices to ensure accuracy and accountability.

Closed Loop Network Optimization

We use real-time performance data to identify your operational gaps, eliminate inefficiencies, and continuously improve your network at scale.

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Building Materials Logistics

When building materials freight runs across dozens of locations and modes, LTL inefficiencies compound fast.ShipperGuide centralizes multi-location freight planning across the network, making it easy to compare modes, access more LTL carriers, and make consistent decisions in one place.

How ShipperGuide Helps Building Materials Companies

Unified Multi-Location PlatformConsolidates logistics operations across all distribution centers into one centralized system with standardized processes.

Mode Comparison & OptimizationPresents all available modes (FTL, LTL, PTL, Volume LTL) with cost, transit time, and touch points side-by-side for informed decisions.

LTL Network ExpansionProvides access to broader network of LTL carriers beyond traditional providers for better rates and negotiating power.

CUSTOMER CASE

How General Insulation Company Achieved 18% LTL Savings

“I was absolutely surprised because other carriers offered 1-2% savings which wasn't worth the cost of change. But when Loadsmart came back and said they could offer us 14% LTL savings, we were sitting there thinking, 'Are these savings real?' And to our surprise, not only were they real, but they were better than what was actually proposed!”

Ian AllisonTransportation & Supply Chain Manager, GIC

Customer Challenges

Disjointed load planning across 40+ locations
Disparate systems caused waste and slow operations
Limited ability to negotiate with few LTL providers
Manual quoting processes consumed hours daily

Solution

ShipperGuide TMS unified all locations on single platform
Loadsmart's digital brokerage expanded LTL carrier network
Centralized quoting with instant rate comparison
Real-time market benchmarking for rate negotiations

Results

18% LTL cost reduction (exceeded 14% projection)
Hours saved daily at each location
50% reduction in seasonal dispatch staff needs
Significant freight inspection savings through proactive disputes
Streamlined mode utilization with easy comparison tools

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