CzarLite^® | Base Rate Standard for TMS Providers

Technology providers choose most widely used LTL base rate in North America

For your ERP and TMS customers, evaluating multiple carriers for less-than-truckload shipments is like comparing apples to oranges unless they start with a neutral, benchmark rate. CzarLite^® from SMC³ is the industry benchmark for thousands of LTL contracts that account for billions of dollars in managed transportation each year.

By integrating with the CzarLite^® family of base rates, you provide your customers with unrivaled accuracy and usability, empowering them to:

Negotiate their transportation spend using the same base rate system, regardless of carrier, to ensure total pricing visibility
Quickly evaluate the impact of carrier rate adjustments, discounts and FAK classifications
Manage both traditional classification-based and density-based shipment pricing to adapt to global business standards
Streamline LTL rate negotiations by reducing or eliminating the need for ambiguous discount structures and percentages
Easily access benchmark rates, integrating them into their business systems and technology platforms

CzarLite^®, SMC³’s next generation pricing system, represents the industry’s most advanced benchmark base rate available. CzarLite^®:

Incorporates modern market freight flow patterns and high cost areas, reflecting the most current economic and geographic complexities of North American’s many regions
Reflects analysis of 116.8 million freight bills from 33 of the largest LTL carriers, a data set unique to SMC³
Is modeled by industry leading data scientists at SMC³, based on more than 80 years of LTL experience