Episode #28 Becoming a Freight Brokerage's Preferred Carrier with Abby Hafenbredl, VP of Sales at Sage Freight

Booking loads from a load board can be exhilarating, but it can also be time consuming and/or a crap shot. Tune is to learn some of the simple things a motor carrier and/or dispatcher can do to become a freight broker's first option on those high paying loads. 3.9.2022 Powered by ⁠Atlanta Dispatch LLC For Dispatching Services: www.atlantadispatch.org Podcast Website: transportationandlogistics.club Join our newsletter: transportationandlogistics.club/newsletter Learn how to dispatch: Physical Book Copy: transportationandlogistics.club/amazon eBook: https://books2read.com/u/4jqlzX Stay updated with our happenings: https://linktr.ee/transportationandlogistics?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=601f8834-e86c-4ff1-a555-2d9ff17f1735Listen on Youtube:https://youtu.be/K4kgPAMInFo Intro/Outro Music Shoutout: Positive Hip-Hop by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ -- 0:00 Intro, background, job description and industry beginnings 5:30 FoodShippers Event experience 7:55 Key things a carrier should do to become a preferred carrier 14:52 What are OS&D (Over, Short and Damage) and measures a carrier should take in the event of damage 17:30 Do overloads happen frequently in her line of work? 18:55 Tracking apps she uses apart from MacroPoint and how there might be technological barriers for seasoned drivers 23:36 Why a trucker might become unusable and why transparency is important in the business 29:24 Industry Standard vs Brokerage Standard and the need for brokerages to maintain good relationships with carriers 33:57 What is more important? The rate of the load or the delivery of the load and what makes one a preferred carrier 35:32 Is Stage Freight friendly to dispatch services? How carriers can make their task easy. Opportunities in International logistics 41:16 Does Stage Freight work in International Logistics? 42:15 Additional points for what makes a carrier preferrable 44:28 How brokerages cope with changing times e.g fuel prices and how they engage with the relevant parties about these changes 49:00 Appreciation 49:21 How to get in contact with Stage Freight 50:40 What carriers require in order to work with Stage Freight 51:06 Closing remarks 54:20 Outro