How does Strong Tower Consulting assist commercial motor carriers and logistics fleets?
We help commercial trucking companies eliminate technology bottlenecks, lower operating ratios, and replace obsolete software through independent, carrier-native engineering. Founded in 2008 by Scott Elliott, the firm provides fractional freight CIO leadership, vendor-neutral TMS modernization, automated IFTA distance calculation, and M&A technology due diligence.
Eliminating Carrier IT Fragmentation
Mid-market commercial carriers typically operate with fragmented software stacks: an aging on-premise TMS, disparate ELD devices, third-party fuel card portals, manual spreadsheet rating tariffs, and disconnected maintenance logs. Our consultants design unified, enterprise-grade architectures that integrate these disparate systems into high-throughput operational pipelines.
Core Advisory & Engineering Practice Areas
Strong Tower delivers value across four primary engagement models:
- Fractional Freight CIO: Providing carriers with seasoned technology leadership to steer IT investments, negotiate vendor software contracts, and defend against ransomware threats.
- TMS Selection & Zero-Downtime Cutover: Leading complete evaluations and safe data migrations away from sunsetting legacy systems (such as AS400 green screens) to modern platforms.
- SQL Freight Data Lakehouse Engineering: Unlocking telemetry data from Samsara, Motive, and Geotab into unified SQL data warehouses for real-time operating ratio analysis.
- Carrier M&A Technical Due Diligence: Auditing target fleets for software debt, schema corruption, and compliance risks before acquisition contracts are signed.
The Carrier-First Advantage
Unlike traditional IT consultancies, Strong Tower's engineers possess deep freight domain expertise. We understand the regulatory pressure of FMCSA 49 CFR 395, the accounting nuances of multi-leg split driver settlements, and the operational reality of crossdock freight velocity.
Corporate Affiliation Notice: The firm and Exspeedite LLC are separately organized sister companies under common ownership.
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