What percentage of freight forwarders lack AI-ready data?
A Traxtech study published in September 2025 found that 77% of freight forwarders lack the data quality needed to implement AI effectively, while nearly half expect AI transformation within three years.
Why can't AI fully automate carrier rate sheet processing?
AI can extract text from a page, but formatting like strikethroughs, used to mark superseded rates, does not survive conversion to plain text. That means an old rate and a current one can look identical to a model, even though a person reading the same file would immediately tell them apart.
How does RateOS handle the AI extraction gap?
RateOS pairs AI-powered automated extraction with a human review layer, so cases the AI misses, like an unlabeled crossed-out rate, get caught before they reach a customer.
How much of Freightify's rate sheet volume runs through RateOS?
RateOS currently processes over 1,000 files a month, about 20% of Freightify's total rate sheet volume, at 95% accuracy in under 30 minutes. The remaining 5% goes to the human review team's judgment.
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May 14, 2026
The Right Answer to Carrier Rate Sheet Processing
Every solution in the market starts with a fixed approach and asks the rate sheet to conform to it. The automation tool works when the carrier format matches its rules. The AI platform works when the data is clean and structured. The EDI network works when the carrier has joined.
Six months ago, every analyst agreed: overcapacity was building, demand was softening, rates were heading down. That picture was accurate. It is now incomplete.
Since February 28, the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed. As of May 20, Straits.live recorded 2 vessel transits against a pre-crisis baseline of 95 per day.
Every solution in the market starts with a fixed approach and asks the rate sheet to conform to it. The automation tool works when the carrier format matches its rules. The AI platform works when the data is clean and structured. The EDI network works when the carrier has joined.
Rate Sheet Processing Is Costing You More Than You Think
Stale and inaccurate carrier rate sheets are silently eroding freight forwarder margins. Discover why rate sheet processing remains unsolved in 2026 and what it is really costing your business.
Every solution in the market starts with a fixed approach and asks the rate sheet to conform to it. The automation tool works when the carrier format matches its rules. The AI platform works when the data is clean and structured. The EDI network works when the carrier has joined.
Six months ago, every analyst agreed: overcapacity was building, demand was softening, rates were heading down. That picture was accurate. It is now incomplete.
Since February 28, the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed. As of May 20, Straits.live recorded 2 vessel transits against a pre-crisis baseline of 95 per day.
Every solution in the market starts with a fixed approach and asks the rate sheet to conform to it. The automation tool works when the carrier format matches its rules. The AI platform works when the data is clean and structured. The EDI network works when the carrier has joined.
Rate Sheet Processing Is Costing You More Than You Think
Stale and inaccurate carrier rate sheets are silently eroding freight forwarder margins. Discover why rate sheet processing remains unsolved in 2026 and what it is really costing your business.
