Smarter Drayage Booking Cuts $53K in Costs and 9% in Labor Waste
Turn drayage “rate-shopping” hours into hard-dollar savings
Turning Rate-Shopping Time Into Real Savings
For most shippers, drayage booking is a time-consuming, manual process. Logistics teams spend hours emailing and calling multiple carriers just to secure a single spot rate. This approach delays shipments, adds administrative cost, and increases the risk of errors.
FMI’s Book Now tool solves this by eliminating the traditional drayage booking chase. With real-time access to vetted carrier rates, teams can book loads instantly—cutting costs and accelerating operations.
We live drayage. Terminal windows, chassis shortages, last-free-day panic—what shippers call a headache is our home field.
The Challenge: Hidden Labor Costs in Manual Booking
Manual drayage booking may seem routine, but the cost adds up fast.
- Coordinators earn ~$26/hr. After taxes and benefits, the burdened rate is ≈ $34/hr
- Spot quoting takes 1–3 hours per load
- Industry averages show turnaround time of up to 3 days to finalize a quote
- Manual rate shopping adds ≈9% in hidden cost per load—even when line-haul rates are identical
That’s $102 per load in labor cost—before the truck even moves.
The Solution: Book Now Drayage Pricing!
Freight Management Inc’s Book Now button eliminates the quote chase, locking in competitive rates instantly and pushing loads directly into the TMS with zero manual entry.
| Manual Booking | Book Now | |
| Line-haul Rate | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Staff Time | 3 hrs x $26 x 1.3 = $102 | $0 |
| True Cost per Load | $1,102 | $1,000 |
At Scale, It Drives Major Savings
- 10 loads/week = $1,020/month in labor savings
- Annual impact: $53,000+ back into your budget
- Book Now scales with volume—no need to hire more staff
Speed-to-Truck
Instant drayage bookings help lock capacity, avoid re-rates, and reduce penalties paid for failing to load or unload on time.
Data Accuracy
Loads flow directly into My Freight Manager® TMS—no missed fees or copy/paste mistakes.
Smarter Team Focus
Your logistics staff can manage exceptions and deliver great customer service—instead of chasing quotes.
Bottom Line
Every hour spent on manual drayage booking is an hour you pay twice—once in wages, again in delayed freight. Book Now removes the drayage hassle and delivers the lowest total cost, not just the lowest line-haul number.