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5 ways we help shippers
Joining Take It Away Tom! can be very beneficial. Take It Away Tom! is a freight brokerage software. We arrange freight between a Carrier and a Shipper. In exchange, we receive a small commission that is charged to the Carrier. Take It Away Tom! uses automation and analytics to increase efficiency and help Shippers maintain thriving and profitable businesses.
Saves Time, Money,
and Resources
Using Take It Away Tom! can help you establish your shipping department without having to take on the expense of developing the logistics. You will avoid the cost of invoices, audits, and training. Utilizing Take It Away Tom!’s Platform and services can reduce investments in equipment, buildings, and computer systems you otherwise may have had to purchase on your own. In addition, Take It Away Tom! can help save you money on shipping itself. Our goal is to increase the overall production of Carriers. By helping them become more effective, they can generate more profit and can pass those saving on to you. On average we save Shippers 12% on shipping costs, 28% in start-up expenses, and additional 17% in overall operating expenses.
Flexibility
Take It Away Tom! does not limit or govern the capacity of your business. Freight Brokers generally do not extend lines of credit. Our Partners do! Providing Net 30, Net 60, and Net 90 pay options based on your company’s overall health and creditworthiness. Depending on your business’s needs, we can supply you with more or less capacity throughout the business’s common cycle. This allows for a no stress work environment throughout the seasonal highs and lows.
Knowledge, Experience,
and Technology
Take It Away Tom! has focused our knowledge and expertise into developing a platform that makes the most out of automation, analytics, and algorithms while applying it to the transportation industry. Shipping is what we do best and it is our primary focus. Working with Take It Away Tom! gives you access to our knowledge, network, and technology with the most up-to-date software, representatives, best practices, and real-world experience. We are on the leading edge with the most recent shipping technology. We are professionals at securing loads with pre-qualified Carriers. Take It Away Tom! is your one-stop shop for all transportation needs.
Existing
Business Relationships
Take It Away Tom! believes in the power of networks and building long lasting business relationships. These relationships have great value to you. We are all here to serve each other and we depend on each other to thrive. Take It Away Tom! builds corporate relationships that benefit all Users. For Shippers we have brokered deals to supply wholesale shipping materials, equipment, insurance, formation help, and legal services. We are here to serve you as our customer in all aspects and have the power to provide volume discounts and lower shipping costs. With our overall platform and our internal dispatching department, we can provide access to capacity that otherwise wouldn’t be available or would be very expensive.
Being a Part of
a Partnership
Most of all, using the Take It Away Tom! platform builds a partnership. We are here to serve you, meaning we always place your best interest first. When you succeed, we succeed. Our business grows when your does, so we will do everything in our power to help you succeed. It’s our job to make shipping from point A to point B, hassle-free. Our main role is to help!
All the tools a shipper needs
Easy Access from any device
Maintain control of your freight with ease, from anywhere, using any of the Take It Away Tom! platforms, on any device. Streamline and increase the productivity of your team with our Transportation Management System. Book loads in minutes, maintaining real-time visibility of your shipments with GPS tracking, and review any documents or BOL’s associated with your account.
Happy to Integrate
Take It Away Tom! supports EDI integrations with your current TMS provider like Oracle, MercuryGate, BluJay, or Blue Yonder. Ship and manage shipments on your existing TMS with Take It Away Tom!.
Analytics and Insights
Take It Away Tom!’s platform gives you access to analytics with over 1,000 data points on every transaction. With our dashboard you can view your company’s analytics, giving you the ability to identify trends that can save operating costs and improve your facilities’ operations. You can even view your facilities’ ratings and reviews.
Summing it up
Our Shippers portal allows customers to post all loads available under their user account. Once an account it created, Shippers receive an admin profile with the ability to add authorized users and set authorization limits.
The platform can collect all information associated with a load such as type, weight, size, ‘to’ and ‘from’ locations, contact information for shipper and receiver, and many other unique details. The platform also allows you to request pictures of the shipments and manages payments for services provided by the carrier.
Overall, Take It Away Tom’s transparent and user-friendly interface gives Shippers a platform from which they are able to control shipments and see the entire process through completion.
MORE THAN A SOFTWARE
You can designate brokers and Carriers
You not only gain access to our proprietary software; we give you the ability to designate who you want to work with. Your designated Broker and Carriers are notified about your freight and all of your Shipment requirements. It is their responsibility to make sure that freight requests are fulfilled. Our Affiliates are here to help, even providing explanation and understanding of your insight reports which provide transparency into trucking costs, true costs, performance, margins, and more.
We give you choices
Your designated Carrier from time to time can reject your freight. With Take It Away Tom! when you request a quote, all carriers that quote your freight will remain available until the freight is assigned, giving you plenty of carriers to fulfill your needs.
Priority Guaranty on primary
Take It Away Tom! reduces your transportation costs on your primary freight without the need for a proposal request. Through analytics we can route Carriers on the path of your primary shipments, giving you a 100% acceptance rate. We will treat your primary freight with priority.
Expanding to meet your needs
Drop & hook
Take It Away Tom! is working hard to secure properties around the country, as well as drop-and-hook trailers and storage containers to help streamline transportation services. Soon Take It Away Tom! will be able to offer drop-and-hook trailers, and long and short term trailer parking with security. We look forward to expanding on our Freight Forwarding services.
CUSTOMS BROKERS platform
Take It Away Tom!’s goal is to be your one-stop shop transportation brokerage platform. In order for us to do this, we still have some work to do. Customs services will be coming soon.
Global Logistics Platform
Our goal is to encompass the overall needs in the transportation industry. This means land, sea, air and rail. Take It Away Tom!’s goal is to incorporate Global Logistics.
All the tools a shipper needs
Easy Access from any device
Maintain control of your freight with ease, from anywhere, using any of the Take It Away Tom! platforms, on any device. Streamline and increase the productivity of your team with our Transportation Management System. Book loads in minutes, maintaining real-time visibility of your shipments with GPS tracking, and review any documents or BOL’s associated with your account.
Happy to Integrate
Take It Away Tom! supports EDI integrations with your current TMS provider like Oracle, MercuryGate, BluJay, or Blue Yonder. Ship and manage shipments on your existing TMS with Take It Away Tom!.
Analytics and Insights
Take It Away Tom!’s platform gives you access to analytics with over 1,000 data points on every transaction. With our dashboard you can view your company’s analytics, giving you the ability to identify trends that can save operating costs and improve your facilities’ operations. You can even view your facilities’ ratings and reviews.
Summing it up
Our Shippers portal allows customers to post all loads available under their user account. Once an account it created, Shippers receive an admin profile with the ability to add authorized users and set authorization limits.
The platform can collect all information associated with a load such as type, weight, size, ‘to’ and ‘from’ locations, contact information for shipper and receiver, and many other unique details. The platform also allows you to request pictures of the shipments and manages payments for services provided by the carrier.
Overall, Take It Away Tom’s transparent and user-friendly interface gives Shippers a platform from which they are able to control shipments and see the entire process through completion.
MORE THAN A SOFTWARE
You can designate brokers and Carriers
You not only gain access to our proprietary software; we give you the ability to designate who you want to work with. Your designated Broker and Carriers are notified about your freight and all of your Shipment requirements. It is their responsibility to make sure that freight requests are fulfilled. Our Affiliates are here to help, even providing explanation and understanding of your insight reports which provide transparency into trucking costs, true costs, performance, margins, and more.
We give you choices
Your designated Carrier from time to time can reject your freight. With Take It Away Tom! when you request a quote, all carriers that quote your freight will remain available until the freight is assigned, giving you plenty of carriers to fulfill your needs.
Priority Guaranty on primary
Take It Away Tom! reduces your transportation costs on your primary freight without the need for a proposal request. Through analytics we can route Carriers on the path of your primary shipments, giving you a 100% acceptance rate. We will treat your primary freight with priority.
Expanding to meet your needs
Drop & hook
Take It Away Tom! is working hard to secure properties around the country, as well as drop-and-hook trailers and storage containers to help streamline transportation services. Soon Take It Away Tom! will be able to offer drop-and-hook trailers, and long and short term trailer parking with security. We look forward to expanding on our Freight Forwarding services.
CUSTOMS BROKERS platform
Take It Away Tom!’s goal is to be your one-stop shop transportation brokerage platform. In order for us to do this, we still have some work to do. Customs services will be coming soon.
Global Logistics Platform
Our goal is to encompass the overall needs in the transportation industry. This means land, sea, air and rail. Take It Away Tom!’s goal is to incorporate Global Logistics.