Anthony Smith, FreightWaves’ Lead Economist, and Zach Strickland, FreightWaves’ Director of Freight Market Intelligence, join Freight Forecasting host Michael Vincent on this episode. They talk about the state of current freight markets and how SONAR can be utilized to learn what the near-term future might hold.

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Michael, Zach and Anthony also discuss key SONAR indices such as the Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI), the Outbound Tender Rejection Index (OTRI) and others. They also provide basic explanations of the most popular truck volume and supply demand indices in SONAR. Finally, they outline how to use basic charting in SONAR to help your business.

SONAR contains billions of data points, 150,000 indices. It provides subscribers local, national and even global information. But what makes SONAR special is the ability to customize it just for your uses. While almost all subscribers use indices like OTVI and OTRI daily, you may need different indices and charts based on the nature of your business. It’s all there in SONAR, ready to help you get ahead – and stay ahead of your competitors. That ability to customize SONAR to your specific needs is what makes this freight forecasting platform so very special – and makes it so useful to your business. 

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