Any transportation manager who’s ever had to find a flatbed carrier in a hurry knows how hard it can be. Amidst America’s ongoing driver shortage, good drivers specializing in open deck trucking are in even shorter supply.

MODE’s customer, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wire and cable, knows the pressure of finding reliable flatbed drivers to haul their heavy, high-value loads. Their shipments and destinations vary, but their standards of delivery do not. On-time and damage-free is key when it comes to wire and cable.

Buyers include construction companies and factories whose needs are often just-in-time. Delays are costly because crews and production lines are waiting. Electrical supply houses are also big buyers and have demanding distribution, service and scheduling needs. And then there are the utility companies who sometimes have emergency needs in the aftermath of storms and hurricanes.

MODE has proven to be a nimble and reliable partner to the manufacturer over the course of their 10-year relationship. MODE’s brokerage model gives MODE the advantage of being able to draw from a network of 100,000 vetted carriers with many specialties and the ability to operate anywhere geographically. This enables MODE to ensure an experienced, reputable and accountable driver is assigned to every one of the manufacturer’s loads.

95% tender acceptance and 90% OT performance have helped make MODE the manufacturer’s go-to carrier over the years. As a result, the manufacturer has increased the number of distribution sites served by MODE 22x and made MODE a partner of choice for disaster relief transportation.

Read more about the high-performance transportation program MODE operates for this industrial manufacturer, as well as the technology that makes it possible in our case study.