From Spreadsheets to Smart Sheets: How AI Can Eliminate Manual Freight Analysis

If you’re still managing freight quotes, lane comparisons, or customer activity with spreadsheets, you're not alone. Excel is a powerful tool — but it's also time-consuming, prone to human error, and difficult to scale. That’s where AI-enhanced workflows come in.

📉 The Problem: Drowning in Data

Rail and logistics teams juggle dozens of spreadsheets to stay on top of:

🟡 Lane profitability
🟡 Carload trends
🟡 Rate benchmarking
🟡 Storage capacity
🟡 Customer communications

🤖 The Solution: AI-Augmented Freight Analysis

MartinAI helps logistics teams transition from static spreadsheets to smart sheets that learn, recommend, and predict.

✅ Auto-Categorize Lane Data
✅ Forecast Volume or Pricing Changes
✅ Summarize and Prioritize Accounts
✅ Generate Charts or Insights Instantly

📍 Real-World Example

A Southeast transloader handling chemicals spent 6 hours per week reconciling volumes and rates across three spreadsheets.

With AI Agents:

• They now receive a weekly AI-generated summary of customer trends
• Spot billing issues and volume dips in real time
• Spend less than 30 minutes per week analyzing freight — with improved accuracy

🧠 Beyond Spreadsheets: Mid-Office & Back-Office Automation

AI Agents can also automate:

📌 Quote generation
📌 Shipment tracking notifications
📌 Invoicing audits
📌 Internal report building
📌 Data cleanup across systems

These tasks used to eat up hours every week. Now they run in the background — intelligently and reliably.

💬 Interested in Learning More?

Want to explore how AI can help your team increase efficiency and minimize billing errors?

📩 Reach out to Martin for a free consultation (mlew@commtrex.com).
See firsthand how AI Agents are helping rail and logistics teams work faster — and smarter.