Aljex provides capacity tool for freight brokers

Logistics software provider’s Capacity Hub allows brokers to see capacity in three views to judge where tight truck markets exist and alter strategy accordingly.    The logistics software provider Aljex Software has developed a new tool designed to help brokers find capacity in the current capacity-challenged market.
   The tool, Capacity Hub, allows brokers to proactively search for trucks as well as to gauge spot availability in today’s tight markets.
   “By directly seeking out capacity rather than simply posting loads and waiting for a response, brokers get a jump on needed equipment,” Aljex said in a statement.
Brokers can access data provided by various carriers for available or soon-to-be available trucks. On the Capacity Hub page, the broker enters the origin point of a load. The tool then displays available, or soon-to-be available, equipment in three different ways.
   One display lists available trucks and includes the mileage between an individual truck and the pickup point. Another shows the trucks and the pickup point on a Google map. The third display is in a bullseye graphic that breaks down the available trucks by miles from the pickup that conveys a sense of that geographic spot market.
   “See lots of available equipment within 50 miles of a pickup? Then a broker may be in a position to bargain,” Aljex said. “See just one truck 150 miles away? Then a broker knows in this era of tight capacity that he or she should probably book it quickly before someone else does.”
   Tom Heine, chief executive officer of Aljex said “The capacity crunch has changed the broker landscape, the way things were done in the past. We’re providing Aljex customers with a way to deal with the new realities and to succeed.”
   Aljex provides internet-based transportation management software for brokers, carriers and third-party logistics providers.