Freight Intelligence Buyer’s Guide

Modern supply chains demand speed, complexity, and precision, leaving no room for outdated methods. This guide shows you how to best engage freight intelligence providers, secure buy-in from senior executives, and build a more flexible, resilient supply chain.

Think about how freight procurement used to work.

Teams relied on gut feelings, phone calls, and scattered data from carriers and forwarders. It was slow, tedious, and often reactive.

For years, this was good enough.

But today’s supply chains aren’t the same – they’re faster, more complex, and less forgiving.

Here’s why it’s time to rethink...

Outdated procurement methods are costing you more than you may realize

  • Blind Spots: If your data is incomplete or anecdotal, how can you be confident in your rates or supplier choices?
  • Time Drains: Manual processes mean lost hours – and missed opportunities – in a volatile market.
  • Misalignment: Miscommunication between your teams and forwarders can mean costly mistakes.
  • Missed Opportunities: Without real-time insights, you’re reacting instead of planning, leaving your business exposed.

Now imagine a procurement process built for resilience in an unpredictable world

What if you could:

  • Access real-time market data to anticipate disruptions before they impact your supply chain?
  • Align procurement, finance, and operations on a single source of truth, ensuring agility and faster decision-making?
  • Cut sourcing cycles in half, enabling proactive responses to shifting market conditions?
  • Make confident, risk-aware decisions backed by transparent, unbiased insights – so you’re never caught off guard?

This isn’t a pipe dream. It’s what modern freight intelligence platforms deliver.

"If there is one thing that we have learnt lately, it is that disruption is imminent, and we also know from our customers that they see it that way. But very importantly, we see that European businesses are conscious that the best way to tackle disruption is increasing resilience in supply chains"

Aymeric Chandavoine

President Europe at A.P. Moller - Maersk