How OutFront Quotes Freight Nearly 50% Faster When It Counts

Company Overview

OutFront Portable Solutions designs, manufactures, rents, and installs portable commercial and industrial products: temporary fencing, garden centre structures, merchandising displays, fabric buildings, mobile stages, propane cages, and more, for retailers, municipalities, construction companies, and event organizers. Their freight is oversized by nature, galvanized steel panels, structural frames, fabric canopies, and mobile stages moved on pallets, skids, and flatbeds, not standard parcel.

With FreightSimple’s near-instant quoting, OutFront quotes close to 50% faster in peak season and gets orders out the door when it matters most.

The Challenge

For OutFront, the hardest part of LTL was the time it took to quote, and that delay rippled through everything.

Slow to quote, slow to ship. When quoting drags, orders get booked and dispatched later, raising the risk of missed carrier cutoffs and late deliveries.

Less time for everything else. Time spent quoting is time not spent coordinating pickups, tracking shipments, and keeping customers updated.

The Solution

OutFront chose FreightSimple for the platform, and what tipped the decision was simple: the ease of the quoting process.

Near-instant quotes. Quoting that takes seconds, not rounds of back-and-forth.

Wide carrier reach. One quote reaches a wide range of carriers and rates.

Better visibility. A clearer view of shipments once they are booked.

Results

Since switching, quoting speed has turned into real capacity, right when OutFront needs it.

Quoting nearly 50% faster. In peak season, the platform cut quoting time by close to half, helping the team handle 20 to 30 quotes a day, up from around 20 before.
Ready for the big moments. During a nationwide product rollout this spring, FreightSimple let OutFront generate rates fast and get orders out the door as quickly as possible, at their busiest time of year.
More capacity when it matters. Faster quoting means more shipments handled per day exactly when volume spikes.
Price and availability, fast. Wide carrier reach helps secure the right rate quickly.

What They Say

The quoting process using FreightSimple is extremely efficient, reaching a wide range of carriers and rates to secure the price and availability desired in a timely manner.

- Cole Van Es, Shipping and Inventory Manager, OutFront Portable Solutions

Key Takeaways

Speed is capacity. Quoting nearly 50% faster means more shipments per day, especially when volume spikes.
Oversized freight needs reach. Access to a wide carrier range secures price and availability for hard-to-ship loads.
Ready for peak. Fast rates keep big rollouts moving when timing matters most.

Results are specific to this customer and may vary. Based on a real customer interview, published with permission.