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Depending on how large, heavy, fragile, easy to handle or complex your less than a truckload (i.e. LTL) freight shipment is, it should be priced fairly. MORE
Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt selected as a keynote speaker for the 2019 CleanTech Innovation Showcase at Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle on June 24. Please join us there! From the press release by CleanTech Alliance: “One of this year’s keynote speakers for the Showcase include Eric Beckwitt, the Founder and CEO of Freightera, the North American platform for automating and reducing emissions from freight transport. MORE
Eric Beckwitt honored for his contribution to advancing the cause of sustainability and clean capitalism in Canada over the past two years. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. MORE
This EarthDay, 100 Clean50 Award Winners and Sustainability Leaders from Canada, including Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt, called on fellow Canadians in business, government and every walk of life to take significant steps towards fighting climate change and building a low carbon future at home. MORE
Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt is to speak at The CleanTech Breakfast series in Seattle on February 13. Learn more and register here. 2/13 Breakfast: Disruptive Clean Technologies in Freight. MORE
Exciting news for our friends and customers. Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt’s work towards the green future of freight has been honored by a prestigious 2019 Clean50 Award. The award was presented at the Clean50 Summit in Toronto on September 27, 2018. MORE
Canadian startup Freightera released its breakthrough redesign. Shippers can now get instant freight quotes without creating accounts. VANCOUVER, British Columbia , Sept. 7, 2017 – Just in time for the busy fall shipping season, the Canadian startup serving businesses with instant freight quotes and online bookings unveiled its break-through redesign. Freightera users can now get live instant quotes without creating accounts. MORE
TruckNews just featured Freightera and our collaboration with the SmartWay. SmartWay chose Freightera to feature certified carriers in Canada, leaders in optimizing their fuel efficiency, greening the supply chain. We started to work with them about a year ago with great results. SmartWay initially approached Beckwitt asking him to put a tag on those partner carriers working with Freightera so shippers could see the fleets who are dedicated to lower emissions and being environmentally friendly. MORE
Happy Holidays! ?? ??. We wish you a joyful and relaxing season with family and friends! Hope you had a great year and feel good looking back on it. It’s been an eventful year for us, lots to be grateful for. Freightera’s marketplace has grown in the number of shippers and carriers. MORE
Canadian Shipper just published an article about Freightera’s ambitious mission. The story is written by Dan Goodwill, one of the top journalists and leading experts on freight transportation in North America. MORE
Happy New Year once again, dear blog reader, this time it’s a Lunar New Year celebration! Off to a Good Start. It’s been a busy beginning of the year 2019 for us at Freightera. January keeps defying our expectations of being a slow month. Nope, not so. MORE
Plug and Play Ventures selected Freightera as a finalist for their logistics sector accelerator program. Exciting news for our friends! Plug and Play Ventures, a renown Silicon Valley venture fund, has selected Freightera as a finalist for their “world’s largest” accelerator program. MORE
Today, May The First 2019, is an important day for us. It may be just a regular hump day for most businesses, but May 1st has always been a significant date for Freightera simply because, on that day, our company gets a cake for its birthday! Birthdays and anniversaries are always exciting, but this one is more noteworthy for us than any other before because this as of today – Freightera is 5 years old. According to Forbes, 90% of startups will fail before their 5-year mark. MORE
Frost & Sullivan places Freightera among ‘Key Automated On-Demand Brokerage Solutions in North America’ along with Uber Freight and Convoy. ANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. MORE
Please join us at the upcoming CONNECT 2019 | Supply Chain + Management + Technology event in Bothell on May 17th! MORE
Total Prestige Magazine has a tradition of interviewing inspiring professionals and business people. I was honored to get on their radar and happy to use this opportunity to share the Freightera story. The interview questions were thought-provoking and very in-depth, challenging and fun to answer. MORE
Freight Cost Calculation Used to Be a Pain. Shippers that don’t need to fill a full truck can save big time shipping their freight using the less than a truckload (LTL) service, shipping just a few skids, pallets or crates at a time. MORE
Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt will be speaking on June 6th 2019 about disruptive clean technologies in freight at GreenTech 2019 , Green Marine’s 12th annual conference. MORE
When we first shared our green freight vision two years ago, we had a few concerns. How can green be applied to the most polluting industry on earth without skepticism? How can we do it? How quickly can green freight technology catch up? Do our partners, investors and customers care? MORE
By Kevin Hill. The rise in demand for goods and products worldwide has pushed many businesses to go global. This requires them to develop efficient and cost-effective supply chains to enhance their market reach. MORE
Freightera Makes Rocket Builders’ ICT “2019 Ready to Rocket” Prediction List Highlighting Companies with Highest Growth Potential in BC. MORE
It’s fair to say that pallets move the world. They are an essential part of the modern supply chain. We use pallets for storage and transportation. Plastic pallets can double as product displays in the stores. Typically, pallets are made of wood or plastic, with the large majority still made of wood. MORE
Freight Train vs Truck – what is more efficient for shipping and what are the advantages and disadvantages of rail vs truck transportation? See our new infographic answering these questions. Train. Railways consume up to nine times less energy per tonne kilometer traveled than trucks. MORE
US domestic full truckload and FLT by rail rates ready to book on Freightera.com. April 2019 Rate Update. Awesome news! We just got new instant all-inclusive truckload rates and FTL by rail rates up on the website. These are very comprehensive US domestic FTL dry van and reefer rates with guaranteed prices and guaranteed availability. They do not have exact transit times yet, either N/A or a range of 8 days (but we are working on fixing it soon). MORE
Silpa Paul, Frost & Sullivan commercial vehicles industry analyst, mentions Freightera among key automated-on-demand solutions in her article in trucks.com earlier this week and states that we are entering the era of fast adaption of brokerage digitization. MORE
It’s Twin Cities Startup Week , a gathering of the creatives, hackers, investors, makers, entrepreneurs, and startups that are powering the economic future of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. MORE
SupplyChainDigital.com picked up our recent press release about Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt’s 2019 Clean50 Award and published a feature article about this news for the supply chain community. Thank you, Supply Chain Digital! This story will help us spread the word about our solution. MORE
Demand for greener supply chains will be driven by the largest firms. Demand for greener freight transport is coming primarily from the largest companies. It’s coming from the Walmart’s and Whole Foods of the world, and the very large logistics companies. MORE
Mediaplanet just published and distributed in USA Today their special edition about innovative technological solutions for transportation and supply chain management. This ‘Digital Supply Chain’ issue aims to help businesses navigate new technologies for improving efficiency of their supply chains, increasing productivity and gaining a competitive edge for their companies. MORE
It’s a National Truck Driver Appreciation week in the US and we just celebrated trucking week in Canada. It’s that time of year when we get reminded that everything that we have in our homes came to us by truck. MORE
Freightera
MARCH 29, 2019
Silpa Paul, Frost & Sullivan commercial vehicles industry analyst, mentions Freightera among key automated-on-demand solutions in her article in trucks.com earlier this week and states that we are entering the era of fast adaption of brokerage digitization.
Freightera
APRIL 10, 2019
Please join us at the upcoming CONNECT 2019 | Supply Chain + Management + Technology event in Bothell on May 17th!
Freightera
AUGUST 14, 2018
It’s fair to say that pallets move the world. They are an essential part of the modern supply chain. We use pallets for storage and transportation. Plastic pallets can double as product displays in the stores. Typically, pallets are made of wood or plastic, with the large majority still made of wood.
Freightera
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Mediaplanet just published and distributed in USA Today their special edition about innovative technological solutions for transportation and supply chain management. This ‘Digital Supply Chain’ issue aims to help businesses navigate new technologies for improving efficiency of their supply chains, increasing productivity and gaining a competitive edge for their companies.
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Network design as a discipline is complex and too many businesses are still relying on spreadsheets to design and optimize their supply chain. As a result, most organizations struggle to answer network design questions or test hypotheses in weeks, when results are demanded in hours. This Buyer’s Guide helps you find easy-to-use technology to become more proactive and less reactive when it comes to network design and optimization.
Freightera
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
When we first shared our green freight vision two years ago, we had a few concerns. How can green be applied to the most polluting industry on earth without skepticism? How can we do it? How quickly can green freight technology catch up? Do our partners, investors and customers care?
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Freightera
OCTOBER 1, 2018
Eric Beckwitt honored for his contribution to advancing the cause of sustainability and clean capitalism in Canada over the past two years. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct.
Freightera
APRIL 6, 2018
By Kevin Hill. The rise in demand for goods and products worldwide has pushed many businesses to go global. This requires them to develop efficient and cost-effective supply chains to enhance their market reach.
Freightera
JANUARY 10, 2017
Demand for greener supply chains will be driven by the largest firms. Demand for greener freight transport is coming primarily from the largest companies. It’s coming from the Walmart’s and Whole Foods of the world, and the very large logistics companies.
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Freightera
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
TruckNews just featured Freightera and our collaboration with the SmartWay. SmartWay chose Freightera to feature certified carriers in Canada, leaders in optimizing their fuel efficiency, greening the supply chain. We started to work with them about a year ago with great results. SmartWay initially approached Beckwitt asking him to put a tag on those partner carriers working with Freightera so shippers could see the fleets who are dedicated to lower emissions and being environmentally friendly.
Freightera
MAY 30, 2017
Plug and Play Ventures selected Freightera as a finalist for their logistics sector accelerator program. Exciting news for our friends! Plug and Play Ventures, a renown Silicon Valley venture fund, has selected Freightera as a finalist for their “world’s largest” accelerator program.
Freightera
MAY 14, 2019
Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt will be speaking on June 6th 2019 about disruptive clean technologies in freight at GreenTech 2019 , Green Marine’s 12th annual conference.
Freightera
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Canadian startup Freightera released its breakthrough redesign. Shippers can now get instant freight quotes without creating accounts. VANCOUVER, British Columbia , Sept. 7, 2017 – Just in time for the busy fall shipping season, the Canadian startup serving businesses with instant freight quotes and online bookings unveiled its break-through redesign. Freightera users can now get live instant quotes without creating accounts.
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Freightera
APRIL 22, 2019
This EarthDay, 100 Clean50 Award Winners and Sustainability Leaders from Canada, including Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt, called on fellow Canadians in business, government and every walk of life to take significant steps towards fighting climate change and building a low carbon future at home.
Freightera
MAY 1, 2019
Today, May The First 2019, is an important day for us. It may be just a regular hump day for most businesses, but May 1st has always been a significant date for Freightera simply because, on that day, our company gets a cake for its birthday! Birthdays and anniversaries are always exciting, but this one is more noteworthy for us than any other before because this as of today – Freightera is 5 years old. According to Forbes, 90% of startups will fail before their 5-year mark.
Freightera
APRIL 23, 2019
US domestic full truckload and FLT by rail rates ready to book on Freightera.com. April 2019 Rate Update. Awesome news! We just got new instant all-inclusive truckload rates and FTL by rail rates up on the website. These are very comprehensive US domestic FTL dry van and reefer rates with guaranteed prices and guaranteed availability. They do not have exact transit times yet, either N/A or a range of 8 days (but we are working on fixing it soon).
Freightera
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Freight Train vs Truck – what is more efficient for shipping and what are the advantages and disadvantages of rail vs truck transportation? See our new infographic answering these questions. Train. Railways consume up to nine times less energy per tonne kilometer traveled than trucks.
Speaker: Jon Leposky, Director of Operations and Logistics, Z Customization
Automation can be an incredibly powerful tool to lower costs, increase capabilities, and enable scaling. However the road to implementing automation can be long and challenging even when all the proper steps are taken. Being equipped with the proper tools and knowledge of common pitfalls when implementing automation can make the difference between a show stopping disaster and seamless success.
Freightera
JANUARY 10, 2019
Freight Cost Calculation Used to Be a Pain. Shippers that don’t need to fill a full truck can save big time shipping their freight using the less than a truckload (LTL) service, shipping just a few skids, pallets or crates at a time.
Freightera
APRIL 18, 2019
Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt selected as a keynote speaker for the 2019 CleanTech Innovation Showcase at Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle on June 24. Please join us there! From the press release by CleanTech Alliance: “One of this year’s keynote speakers for the Showcase include Eric Beckwitt, the Founder and CEO of Freightera, the North American platform for automating and reducing emissions from freight transport.
Freightera
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
It’s a National Truck Driver Appreciation week in the US and we just celebrated trucking week in Canada. It’s that time of year when we get reminded that everything that we have in our homes came to us by truck.
Freightera
JANUARY 8, 2019
Canadian Shipper just published an article about Freightera’s ambitious mission. The story is written by Dan Goodwill, one of the top journalists and leading experts on freight transportation in North America.
Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix
Organizations need to focus on demand driven supply planning, utilizing real time information on customer orders from all marketplaces (e-commence, Amazon - or other online retailers, and point of sale data from brick and mortar). Focusing on this information once per month during the S&OP meeting is too late for all business units to align. Companies should have seamless integration between order entry, inventory management, forecasting and supply planning models and purchase order status to sense risk, pull levers to mitigate potential risk, and communicate within and outside the organization. This is especially important for new product releases, in store programs or promotions (sales, end caps, PDQ. etc) or online promotions (company run or 3rd party). Depending on total supply chain lead time, not having real time visibility and analysis of this information can significantly affect sales and the bottom line.
Freightera
OCTOBER 1, 2018
Exciting news for our friends and customers. Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt’s work towards the green future of freight has been honored by a prestigious 2019 Clean50 Award. The award was presented at the Clean50 Summit in Toronto on September 27, 2018.
Freightera
OCTOBER 11, 2017
It’s Twin Cities Startup Week , a gathering of the creatives, hackers, investors, makers, entrepreneurs, and startups that are powering the economic future of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Freightera
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Happy New Year once again, dear blog reader, this time it’s a Lunar New Year celebration! Off to a Good Start. It’s been a busy beginning of the year 2019 for us at Freightera. January keeps defying our expectations of being a slow month. Nope, not so.
Freightera
FEBRUARY 10, 2019
Depending on how large, heavy, fragile, easy to handle or complex your less than a truckload (i.e. LTL) freight shipment is, it should be priced fairly.
Speaker: Sarah Gibson, Platinum Operations Manager
The order-to-cash (O2C) process is often considered the lifeblood of an organization. It’s why so many business leaders are looking to next generation of O2C solutions to unlock value across their enterprise — value that’s necessary to remain competitive. Join us for an educational webinar with guest speaker, Sarah Gibson of Parts Town, as she takes attendees through her company’s digital transformation journey.
Freightera
MARCH 15, 2019
Freightera Makes Rocket Builders’ ICT “2019 Ready to Rocket” Prediction List Highlighting Companies with Highest Growth Potential in BC.
Freightera
MAY 18, 2018
Total Prestige Magazine has a tradition of interviewing inspiring professionals and business people. I was honored to get on their radar and happy to use this opportunity to share the Freightera story. The interview questions were thought-provoking and very in-depth, challenging and fun to answer.
Freightera
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt is to speak at The CleanTech Breakfast series in Seattle on February 13. Learn more and register here. 2/13 Breakfast: Disruptive Clean Technologies in Freight.
Freightera
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Happy Holidays! ?? ??. We wish you a joyful and relaxing season with family and friends! Hope you had a great year and feel good looking back on it. It’s been an eventful year for us, lots to be grateful for. Freightera’s marketplace has grown in the number of shippers and carriers.
Speaker: Adam Robinson, Director of Marketing, Cerasis
In this educational webinar, Adam Robinson from Cerasis, a leading North American Transportation Management Solutions Company, will address how automation in the supply chain is allowing companies to empower their employees with a more strategic work flow aiding in overall collaboration with peers across departments, improved business operations, more efficient manufacturing, a healthier corporate culture, and more visibility to data and processes providing the ability to gain actionable insights that lead towards actions that impact the company’s bottom line.
Freightera
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Frost & Sullivan places Freightera among ‘Key Automated On-Demand Brokerage Solutions in North America’ along with Uber Freight and Convoy. ANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan.
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