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EKA Integrates Freight Pricing Tools into Omni-TMS
EKA Solutions is now offering freight lane and market trends pricing data melded with decision-support tools to carriers, brokers, and shippers using EKA’s cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem.
October 8, 2021
EKA says it's offering affordable freight lane pricing and market trends data.
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EKA Solutions is now offering FreightWaves Sonar freight lane and market trends pricing data melded with decision-support tools to carriers, brokers, and shippers using EKA’s cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem.
The EKA Omni-TMS offers fluid, real-time integration with the FreightWaves Sonar platform, according to the company, providing freight lane pricing and market trends data “in an on-demand, affordable, and pay only for what you use transaction fee basis versus the traditional monthly subscription model,” said J.J. EKA Solutions founder and CEO, in a news release. “Affordable pricing data coupled with intuitive decision-making tools help [small and medium businesses] make smart pricing decisions just like their larger competitors.”
Mark Walker, president and CDO, added, “EKA's innovative integration, workflow processes and decision support tools are optimally blended to deliver all critical freight pricing and market trends data to a EKA TMS user in an optimal form and manner and right at the point of pricing decision making. This enables the user to make informed pricing decisions in a seamless productive manner."
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