AI for Logistics & Supply Chain

Your dispatch team spends two hours booking a load the market already repriced.

Brokers chase capacity by phone and email. Carriers get vetted by hand. Check calls eat the afternoon, and detention slips away unbilled. Meanwhile, AI can match a load to qualified carriers, verify FMCSA authority and insurance, price the lane against fuel and history, and flag exceptions before they turn into late deliveries — working from the same sources your team already checks by hand.

See what that looks like for a Nashville freight operation — live.

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The Problem

Freight brokers and 3PLs lose margin every day to manual workflows

⏱ Before AI: 1–2 hours per load, capacity found by phone

Load Matching & Booking

AI ranks qualified carriers by lane history, equipment, and capacity, then prices the lane against historical rates and live fuel — a shortlist in minutes, not an afternoon.

✓ After AI: qualified carrier shortlist in minutes
⏱ Before AI: manual FMCSA and insurance checks, fraud risk

Carrier Vetting & Onboarding

AI pulls operating authority, safety rating, and active insurance from FMCSA, flags red flags, and assembles a clean carrier packet automatically.

✓ After AI: authority, safety, and insurance verified in seconds
⏱ Before AI: check calls all afternoon, reactive updates

Track & Trace / Exceptions

AI predicts ETAs from location, weather, and dwell, then surfaces at-risk loads and drafts proactive customer updates before a load goes late.

✓ After AI: predictive ETAs, proactive exception alerts
⏱ Before AI: hand-keying data from PDFs and EDI

Freight Documents (BOL / POD / Invoice)

AI extracts shipment data from bills of lading, proofs of delivery, rate cons, and customs forms, then validates it against the order before it moves downstream.

✓ After AI: extracted and validated automatically
⏱ Before AI: missed detention windows, revenue left on the table

Detention & Accessorials

AI watches arrival and departure timestamps, flags detention and accessorial events as they happen, and assembles the evidence to bill them.

✓ After AI: auto-flagged with timestamped evidence
⏱ Before AI: invoices reconciled against rate cons by hand

Freight Audit & Payment

AI matches carrier invoices to rate confirmations and approved accessorials, catching overcharges and duplicate bills before payment goes out.

✓ After AI: overcharges and duplicates caught pre-pay
Built on authoritative logistics data sources

Real freight data connectors — not generic AI

I build workflows that connect Claude directly to the authoritative sources your team already relies on — FMCSA carrier data, EIA fuel prices, NWS weather, and truck-aware routing. This isn't a generic chatbot; it's an AI that queries the same systems your dispatchers and brokers check by hand.

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FMCSA SAFER / QCMobile

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Verify operating authority, safety rating, and active insurance before you tender a load. Powers carrier vetting, onboarding, and fraud prevention.

Example query: USDOT 1234567
→ Authority: Active · Safety: Satisfactory · $1M auto liability on file · 2 OOS violations (24 mo)

EIA Diesel Fuel Prices

U.S. Energy Information Administration

Pull the weekly on-highway diesel average by region to calculate accurate fuel surcharges and price lanes with current cost, not last month's number.

Example query: PADD 2 (Midwest), this week
→ $3.92/gal · FSC $0.41/mi at a 6.5 mpg peg and $1.25 base
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NOAA / National Weather Service

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Check route weather and severe-weather alerts to predict delays, reroute proactively, and warn customers before a load is late.

Example query: I-40 corridor, Memphis → Nashville
→ Winter storm warning in effect · estimated +6 hr transit · reroute suggested
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Truck Routing & Distance Engine

OpenStreetMap-based truck routing

Calculate practical truck miles, transit time, and HOS-aware ETAs — the inputs lane pricing and accurate delivery estimates depend on.

Example query: Nashville, TN → Dallas, TX
→ 665 practical miles · ~11.5 hr drive · 1 HOS reset required
Claude Agent Skills

AI skills built specifically for freight workflows

These aren't generic business tools — they're purpose-built logistics agent skills that combine live freight data connectors with Claude's reasoning to automate the work that fills a broker's or dispatcher's day.

Logistics

Load Matching & Rate Intelligence

Ranks qualified carriers for a tendered load by lane history, equipment, and capacity, then prices the lane against historical rates and live diesel.

> "Match this Nashville→Dallas dry van load and price the lane"
Logistics

Carrier Vetting & Onboarding

Pulls FMCSA authority, safety rating, and insurance, flags red flags, and assembles a clean carrier packet ready for setup.

> "Vet MC-987654 and check authority, safety, and insurance"
Operations

Exception Management

Monitors active loads against ETAs, weather, and dwell time, then surfaces at-risk shipments and drafts proactive customer updates.

> "Flag at-risk loads today and draft customer updates"
Operations

Document Automation

Extracts data from bills of lading, PODs, rate cons, and customs forms, then validates it against the order and EDI before it moves on.

> "Extract and validate the data from this BOL and POD"
Finance

Freight Audit & Payment

Matches carrier invoices to rate confirmations and approved accessorials, flagging overcharges and duplicate bills before payment.

> "Audit this week's carrier invoices against the rate cons"
Data & Analytics

Interactive Dashboard Builder

Builds self-contained analytics dashboards with Chart.js — KPI cards, interactive charts, filterable load tables — running client-side with no server required.

> "Build a freight ops dashboard with margin and on-time metrics"
Flagship Demo

Tender to booked in 8 minutes instead of 2 hours

Watch how a Claude-powered workflow takes a load tender from inbox to booked — connecting to FMCSA, EIA fuel, and truck routing in real time to build a rate confirmation that used to take a broker half the morning.

1

Load tender arrives

An email or EDI 204 from the shipper lands in the queue and is picked up automatically.

2

AI extracts shipment details

Origin, destination, commodity, weight, equipment type, and pickup and delivery windows are parsed and structured.

3

Carrier shortlist is built

Qualified carriers are ranked by lane history, equipment match, on-time record, and available capacity.

4

FMCSA validates each carrier

Operating authority, safety rating, and active insurance are verified against SAFER before anyone is contacted.

5

Rate intelligence prices the lane

Historical lane rates are blended with current EIA diesel to produce a target buy, sell, and fuel surcharge.

6

AI drafts the rate confirmation & dispatch

A complete rate con, dispatch sheet, and pickup instructions are generated and staged for a broker to approve.

Load booked and tracking is live

Confirmation goes out (EDI 990), tracking is set up (EDI 214), and the customer gets an automated ETA — all from one tender.

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Real-time visibility is now table stakes

Shippers increasingly expect API-level tracking, instant ETAs, and proactive exception alerts before they award freight. Brokers and 3PLs that automate visibility and booking win the lanes; the ones still running on phone calls and spreadsheets quietly lose them.

I help Nashville logistics operations stand this up with Claude-powered tooling — without ripping out the TMS you already run.

Live Dashboard Demo

What your freight operation's analytics could look like

This is a fully interactive demo dashboard built with Claude. Every chart is clickable, every metric is filterable. Toggle "Before/After AI" to see the difference across the network.

Your Numbers

Calculate your operation's AI savings

Drag the sliders to match your operation. The savings estimate updates instantly.

Estimated Annual Savings

$262,500
Detention & accessorial recovery$96,000
Faster booking & ops time$99,000
Margin gain from rate intelligence$67,500
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Ready to see what AI can do for your freight operation?

The dashboard above is built with the same tools I'll use for your operation. If you want this running on your real lanes, carriers, and margins — customized to your TMS and workflows — let's talk.

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