“In December 2007 I expanded our private fleet to be a contract carrier. My 1st choice of freight web sites was Real Time Freight. I have not been disappointed, I have been able to find loads for all areas we operate in. The Customers we have found from using RTF have been superb and the Web Site is easy to use and offers the support we need. We currently operate 4 trucks and will continue to use RTF.”

Tortilla King Logistics

“I love this service. I can’t believe how much more I can get done during the day. This service is great and we can get a better handle on our customer’s needs without making multiple phone calls and wasting our time, along with theirs.”

LRE, Inc.

“Real Time Freight is a wonderful addition to our company. We can see the load lanes used by the shippers. This enables us to better plan where to send our carriers. We save time and money. Thank you.”

CTS, LLC

“We’ve been in the trucking business for 100 years, and it is nice to see such innovation come into play — to help shippers and their carriers.”

Links Freight Management Pirate Trucking, LLC

“You are like a beacon in the night!”

Bain Street

“It’s so easy to use. I am on a real complicated system for one of my other customers. This is so much easier to use, and I really like it.”

Elam Trucking

“We look forward to a rewarding future as a result of being a Real Time Freight carrier. It has been quite difficult to get set up with direct shippers in the past, and I am looking forward to this being my answer to frustration!”

Peters Trucking

“Real Time Freight has helped me meet some great people, and people that I would have never met. I love how easy it is to use.”

West Fargo Dispatch

“My Real Time Freight service is extremely useful and gives me many opportunities to do business with great customers. It is also very user-friendly.”

MoTex Transportation

“We’re moving to a bigger office because of Real Time Freight! We’re in it for the long haul with Real Time Freight.”

Tre Lawson Trucking

Shipper Success Story: Biewer Lumber

Large lumber company centralizes logistics, increases efficiency, and improves bottom line by approximately $100,000 per year

Challenge
With six lumber plants located across the Midwest, Biewer Lumber faced significant logistics challenges. In particular, Biewer’s transportation system was completely fragmented, as each facility operated independently. This led to three primary problems:

Poor internal communication. Without a centralized system, transportation associates at each facility had no way of sharing load and fulfillment information in real-time. As a result, they would accidentally step on each other’s toes by mismatching loads or contacting the same carriers and brokers. Furthermore, locations were not sufficiently sharing all carrier resources.
Inefficient staffing. Biewer Lumber employed one associate at each location whose sole function was to coordinate transportation.
Carrier shortages. Transportation associates had no centralized system where they could post their loads and find carriers to deliver lumber. As a result, transportation fulfillment was often difficult and overly time-intensive.

Solution
Biewer Lumber implemented a Real Time Freight Network in June, 2005. The RTF Network enables all traffic associates to share load information on one central system, preventing double booking and load mismatches. Biewer’s carriers and brokers can now view and bid on all available lumber loads, which drastically reduces carrier shortages and more effectively leverages transportation associates’ time. All transportation personnel were trained on the RTF Network within merely a week.

Results
According to Randy Ofiara, Logistics Manager at Biewer Lumber, “Real Time Freight enabled us to centralize logistical functions, save significantly, increase service levels and helped us grow immensely.” In less than one month, Biewer Lumber went from a decentralized to a centralized transportation system.
Through the first 14 months, the company has achieved the following results:

Improved communication. All six facilities are now linked by a single platform through which transportation associates and approved vendors can communicate. Sharing carrier resources has improved information flow.
Reduced carrier shortages. Through the first 14 months of using the RTF Network, Biewer Lumber has tendered approximately 8,100 loads with great success. The network has grown from 100 initial carriers to over 350, and that number continues to climb.
Better service levels to carriers. Mr. Ofiara explains that with the RTF Network, Biewer has created a “one stop shop” for their carriers. Carriers can now see all available loads, not just those from the one mill with which they usually contract.
Reallocation of resources. Biewer Lumber went from having six full time transportation associates to three, an estimated savings of $100,000 per year in salary.

With its own RTF Network, Biewer now has a cost-effective, scalable solution that facilitates communication, streamlines operations, and serves as a platform for future growth.

Shipper Success Story: Farm Fresh Direct, LLC

Largest Potato Co-op in Colorado streamlines communication channels, increases efficiency and improves bottom line.

Business Need
With only 1 transportation manager, handling over 6000 loads per year from 7 large potato sheds in Colorado, Farm Fresh Direct, LLC was looking for a better way to perform day today business processes. Farm Fresh Direct, LLC spent an incredible amount of time on the phone communicating rather chaotically and archaically with their carriers, wasting much time and energy. Farm Fresh Direct, LLC was looking for a solution to these problems. The solution would need to streamline communication with their established large carrier and broker base, and reduce the headaches and pains of searching for trucks.

Solution
Farm Fresh Direct, LLC elected and purchased their solution from Real Time Freight, LLC (RTF), putting into operation a Real Time Freight network in their large Colorado facility. Now all the Farm Fresh approved carriers and brokers are connected to their internal load board, sharing information in a ‘real time’ environment and saving countless hours each day. When a Farm Fresh customer looks to fulfill a large marketing campaign, Farm Fresh now has the confidence and ability to cover them all and experience the fiscal gain.

“There were times in the past, before we used Real Time Freight that we would try to cover 125 loads for a particular customer. Often times we would be unable to cover up to 25 of those loads because we couldn’t effectively communicate important information to our carriers. At around $5,000 per load, we could lose up to $125,000 if we couldn’t cover those 25 loads. Now not only do we cover them all, but we cover them twice as fast.” - Jeffery Holder, Farm Fresh Direct, LLC.

The RTFS implementation and training was effortless, ensuring that all the Farm Fresh internal users and outside carriers and brokers could swiftly adapt to the new system.

Benefits
The utilization of RTF has allowed Farm Fresh Direct, LLC to move loads much faster, decreasing the execution time to confirm loads.

“The amount of time searching and finding trucks has been at least cut in half since we implemented our RTF Network,” says Jeffery Holder. “I can cover 50 to 60 loads by noon because of the system, whereas before sometimes I would stay till 8 o’clock at night, and still not cover every load.”

An additional benefit of the RTF solution has been the tremendous increase in sales force efficiency. Now all the sales associates can focus their time on sales and allow RTF to find the trucks, increasing valuable revenue-generating time.

Results
Farm Fresh Direct, LLC is extremely pleased with their decision to implement Real Time Freight into their organization.

Customer Information
Farm Fresh Direct, LLC, was formed in 1999 to bring scientific quality control and consumer marketing practices to the potato industry. It was formed by a group of third- and fourth-generation potato growers in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. The company has introduced a number of new products and packaging innovations in grocery stores across America. Farm Fresh Direct, LLC is the largest Co-op of Potato Growers in Colorado, handling over 6,000 loads each year.

Shipper Success Story: Ampco Distribution Services, LLC

Produce distributor improves customer service and core operating efficiency while retaining competitive position.

Business Need
With 15 transportation managers on staff, in 7 offices throughout the United States, Ampco Distribution Services, LLC was looking for a solution that would help them streamline communication within the organization, as well as increasing communication channels with their carrier base. Hoping to reduce errors and loss of information through their current ways of doing business, ADS was searching for a software solution to strengthen these lines. Because ADS saw such a huge need, and a continuous struggle to be more efficient with their communication processes, they considered building their own system to address these pains and inefficiencies. They tried fax and email systems, but these processes were unsuccessful and ineffective as well.

Solution
ADS chose to work with Real Time Freight, LLC and implement a Real Time Freight™ network at all of their facilities. Along with connecting all of these offices, ADS was now connected with their pre-approved carrier and broker base in a real-time environment. All these contacts, both internal and external, will now be on the same page, at all any given point in time.

Benefits
The Real Time Freight services and solutions allow ADS to streamline their internal and external communications, dramatically lowering their cost per load, and ensuring themselves that their customer’s needs are satisfied. “The use of RTF ensures that our customer’s loads are covered. That benefits us immeasurably,” reports Paul Esposito, Transportation Manager.

The speed of execution has been increased tremendously as well. “We get response from our carriers in minutes,” says Ron Rera. “The Real Time Freight system has helped us out immensely.” All carriers know exactly what ADS’s freight needs are, so there is no lapse in exchanging current information.

The carrier and broker base has also been expanded to include other pre-qualified, RTF carriers. The Real Time Freight™ application was very easy to implement, training was intuitive, and the company and their carriers adapted to the system quickly. The system has also helped to streamline the efficiency of customer service and save on additional labor.

Results
Ampco Distribution Services, LLC is very satisfied with the value that Real Time Freight, LLC is providing its organization. They plan on expanding its use with RTF’s new technologies and enhancements.

Customer Information
Ampco Distribution Services, LLC is the largest fresh potato distributor headquartered on the east coast. They ship potatoes year-round from all production areas, including ME, Long Island, ID, WI, CO, and FL. They also store and ship a full line of vegetables and fruit year-round, as well as a large array of offshore imports. They have facilities in Riverhead, NY, Youngwood, PA, Salinas, CA, Doraville, GA, Salisbury, NC, and Pompano Beach, FL. They have sales departments in all these facilities, as well as 15 transportation managers handling their freight.