Echo Global Logistics, Inc. is excited to highlight the addition of automated carrier negotiations to EchoDrive, its online carrier platform. With this innovative new feature, carriers can submit a bid on available loads and receive an instant notification of acceptance or counteroffer, accelerating the bidding process and streamlining the booking of available freight. Echo's automated negotiation capabilities allow dispatchers to locate available shipments they're interested in and book digitally even if the listed Book Now price isn't a good fit.

The platform's unique algorithm determines if a bid is within the threshold Echo is willing to accept and, once the carrier bid has been input, they receive a rapid, automated response either accepting, counteroffering, or rejecting the bid. This new feature functions via EchoDrive, Echo's web portal, which gives carriers real-time access to search, view, and bid on available loads.