Category: Best Practices and Benchmarks

Recap: Benchmarking for brokerage peak season

May’s jam-packed webinar with TIA, titled “Benchmarking for Better Decisions Optimizing Your Brokerage for Peak Season,” showcased strategies for brokers.

Staying Profitable Amidst Volatility: A Guide for Freight Brokers

Uncertainty can shake up the freight industry. For brokers, the current landscape presents both challenges and opportunities. Volatility in volumes.

Navigating tariff turbulence: How data science empowers shippers and carriers amid trade policy shifts

The following is a guest post from Varun Shekhar. The trade winds are shifting — and so is freight. As.

How truckers can navigate the new tariff landscape

New trade policies and tariffs are throwing new challenges to truckers and owner-operators. The market is increasingly harder to read.

Basic broker security: Keep your devices safe

As we rely more on technology in our daily lives, it’s essential to keep our devices secure. Whether it’s your.

New year, new passwords

Passwords are your first line of defense against cyberattacks. According to recent data, around 80% of data breaches are attributed.

The latest features and improvements in DAT’s tools

What’s new with DAT’s tools? We’ve got the latest updates to the DAT platform, all of them aimed at reducing.

Four new rules for shippers in a changing freight landscape

Things are changing – fast. Procurement isn’t the same, and shippers around the country are converting from outdated, time-consuming approaches.

Basic broker security: Keep your systems updated

The following is a guest post from Iris Bradbury, Security Analyst at DAT. Keeping your software and systems up to.

Gift card fraud is on the rise. Here’s how to avoid being scammed.

There is a massive gift card scam across many industries including finance, supply chain, and retail. These attacks are coming.

Shippers: How do you measure real performance?

How confident are you that you’re measuring the real success of your logistics operations? Understanding your team’s performance is crucial.

Phishing and recognizing suspicious emails for brokers

Phishing is a critical tool for persistent fraudsters. It remains one of the most common cyber threats, targeting transportation brokers.