last updated 07-27-2025
by FreightPrint
If you’ve ever wondered why so many trucking dispatch software solutions appear outdated and cumbersome, you’re not alone!
Meet FreightPrint, your all-in-one transportation management software designed to streamline logistics operations. Whether you are a small trucking company or a large delivery service, FreightPrint offers tools tailored to meet your requirements.
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Implementing trucking dispatch software can significantly enhance your business's efficiency and productivity. With the right software solution, you can optimize logistics operations, eliminate time wastage, and maximize resource utilization. Discover the features and benefits of various trucking dispatch solutions available today.
Dispatching is a critical function in logistics, where loads are matched with truck drivers. Think of a dispatcher as the essential link that integrates logistics operations.
A typical dispatcher communicates pickup and delivery details to drivers using tools like CRM and TMS. Effective dispatching saves time and money for shippers, brokers, and carriers alike.
Dispatchers manage multiple responsibilities, requiring strong multitasking abilities to minimize errors. Most customers of dispatching companies are trucking firms, which rely on these services to scale their load volumes efficiently.
Now that you understand dispatching, let’s explore its business side.
The dispatching sector has seen significant growth, especially during the pandemic, with many shippers and 3PLs expanding their dispatching operations.
Former freight agents and brokers are increasingly starting dispatching services, which focus on driver recruitment rather than freight brokerage, making them less costly to operate.
Accountability and transparency are vital for dispatchers to perform effectively. A key component of dispatching operations is providing visibility to customers about their driver network.
Dispatchers monitor drivers closely and serve as a central communication hub for shippers and brokers, managing check calls, document forwarding, and providing proof of delivery to clients.
Why should a trucking company hire a dispatching service when they can find loads themselves? It’s a valid question!
While drivers can locate loads on a load board, there’s much more involved in trucking. Once a load is secured, substantial paperwork must be processed, including contracts, insurance verification, and DOT-related documentation.
Effective communication about pickup and delivery schedules, along with tracking invoices and shipping details, is crucial in this process.
As demand for truck drivers increases, dispatchers are busier than ever. Many online courses offer trucking dispatching training, and local community colleges can be a great resource. Although formal training is not legally required, it is highly beneficial, especially for newcomers.
Training provides valuable insights into the industry, but self-education is equally important. Consider whether to focus on traditional freight dispatching, box truck dispatching services, or auto transport dispatching to carve out your niche.
The primary source of revenue for dispatching companies comes from service fees charged to trucking businesses. Typically, a dispatcher manages 3-5 trucks, so expanding your driver network is essential for increasing income.
Can you manage more trucks without hiring additional dispatchers? Absolutely!
Many manual tasks can be automated with modern logistics tools, significantly reducing time spent on phone calls and paperwork.
Utilizing freight productivity tools allows dispatchers to provide customers with real-time delivery updates and manage orders efficiently.
Freight tracking software like FreightPrint™ includes robust dispatching capabilities. You can save delivery locations, replicate previous tickets, track available drivers, view loads on a map, and schedule future dispatches seamlessly.
Postpone, cancel, or reschedule loads without the hassle of additional calls. Automate text messages and email notifications to exceed customer expectations.
Want to schedule next week’s loads today? With FreightPrint™, you can dispatch loads while you’re on vacation or asleep, ensuring timely delivery information reaches all relevant parties. Our customers rave about our user-friendly dispatching software, which eliminates clunky interfaces.
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Are you managing your logistics operations manually or using outdated and confusing software?
FreightPrint can help!
FreightPrint™ is an AI-powered logistics software built to boost your transportation and delivery operations
We know logistics is complicated and time-consuming.
Imagine delivering orders to your customers with consistency, accuracy and simplicity.
If you're looking to streamline your shipping and logistics operations, FreightPrint™ could help you a lot!
Read below to learn more about key features and benefits of FreightPrint™.
Imagine processing customer orders, automatically creating optimized routes, communicating with drivers and customers, all without spending any extra time.
â–¸ Dispatch Loads
Dispatch loads on the go or schedule to dispatch for a future date. Work with carriers, brokers, dispatchers and shippers all from one platform.
â–¸ Automated Routes
Pick multiple shipments and create routes instantly. Assign drop numbers, edit or remove stops without contacting the drivers.
â–¸ Driver Assignment
Assign a task or a route to a driver. Don't know who can do the delivery? Allow drivers to pick their loads, or broadcast loads to your carriers and have them bid on your loads.
Free up your phone lines and staff, while meeting and exceeding your customers’ expectations. Spend your precious time closing more deals and going on vacation.
â–¸ Provide Shipment Tracking
While the FreightPrint™ app provides status updates and other useful information, it can also provide you with shipment tracking.
â–¸ Collect Signatures, Pictures and Notes
Create an audit trail of shipment statuses with timestamps and location stamps.Receive proof of delivery signature and pictures instantly.
Create and design your own shipping documents. Create templates for your customers to match their specifications.
â–¸ Print Labels
Create, desigsn and print QR code labels. Add QR codes to your shipping documents and emails. Update shipments by simply scanning labels using your phone.
â–¸ Design and Customize Documents
Create and design your own shipping documents. Whether it's BOL, POD, rate confirmation or any other customized documents, our document creation tool can help you.
No software is built to perfectly fit everyone's needs, and that’s why we allow you to customize it. FreightPrint is flexible to serve your business needs.
â–¸ Use API and Automation
Create custom fields and custom checklists to ensure your team can track progress. Connect with SalesForce and OrderTime natively, integrate with your own in-house software using our API, or build automation with Zapier.
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