| It's not too long when finding trucks for | | | | freight brokers to search for available carriers looking |
| transportation of goods from one part of country to | | | | for loads. In return of this service these load boards |
| another was not less than a nightmare. We had to | | | | used to charge a monthly fee to both freight |
| be completely dependent on freight brokerage | | | | brokerage companies and trucking companies. There |
| companies for all our trucking needs. Because, It was | | | | were some specialized loads boards in providing a |
| very tough to trace a truck for transportation of | | | | specific type of freight like cross border freight, |
| freight. Freight brokers used to help in finding a truck | | | | interstate freight and so on. It was freight brokers |
| for our needs and they used to charge a little money | | | | work to find out the accurate load boards for them. |
| for providing this service. | | | | These load boards were very helpful for both freight |
| Problem with Freight Brokers | | | | brokers as well as trucking companies, even though |
| Freight brokers had to face lots of problems in | | | | the problem of real time co-ordination was always |
| managing trucks for transportation of goods for their | | | | there. Due to this complexity freight brokerage |
| customers. They had to be in regular contact of | | | | companies and trucking associations were always |
| various truck owners and trucking associations in | | | | looking for an accurate solution. |
| order to maintain the availability of trucks according | | | | Along with advancement in technology and |
| to the amount of freight to be transported. In case | | | | computing, some software companies with long time |
| of sudden requirements of additional trucks due to | | | | experience of load boards introduced innovative |
| immediate excess of freight they had to face big | | | | solution in form of freight brokerage software and |
| difficulties in arranging trucks. | | | | trucking software. Freight brokerage software and |
| Need for Automated Solution of Trucking Problems | | | | trucking software provided several advantages to |
| Initially during early period of internet, there were | | | | needy associations in freight brokerage and |
| several load boards where freight brokers used to | | | | transportation business and changed the entire |
| post available freight for carriers looking for available | | | | tiresome work into a less expensive and easy |
| loads. These load boards also provided the facility to | | | | procedure. |