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How Meridian Freight recovered $1.2M in missed loads with a 24/7 AI voice agent

Client
Meridian Freight Co.
Industry
Logistics & Freight
Services
AI Voice Agents · Automations
Timeline
6 weeks
+$1.2M
Loads recovered / yr
prev. lost to voicemail
100%
Calls answered
was 61%
8 min
Avg. quote turnaround
was 3.5 hrs
6 wks
To full deployment
on time, on budget
// The Challenge

The phone kept ringing after hours

Meridian Freight ran a lean dispatch desk. After 6pm and on weekends, inbound load requests went to voicemail, and in freight, the first broker to quote usually wins the load.

Leadership estimated they were losing several six-figure loads a quarter, but no one could quantify it because missed calls were never logged. Hiring a 24/7 desk was cost-prohibitive.

// The Approach

An always-on agent, wired into their stack

We started with a free teardown of two weeks of call logs. The pattern was clear: most after-hours calls were simple, quotable loads that a well-trained agent could handle end to end.

Rather than a generic chatbot, we built a voice agent trained on Meridian's lanes, pricing rules, and tone, then wired it directly into their TMS so a captured load became a live quote in minutes.

The Build

What we shipped

After-hours voice agent

Answers every inbound call, captures load details, and quotes instantly, in English and Spanish.

Dispatch automation

Pushes qualified loads straight into their TMS and pings the on-call dispatcher with full context.

Carrier follow-up

Automated SMS + email sequences confirm pickups and chase missing paperwork.

Live ops dashboard

Real-time view of calls, quotes, and recovered revenue for the leadership team.

We were losing six-figure loads to voicemail every quarter. Now the phone is never unanswered, and quotes go out before a competitor even calls back.

DK
Dana Koval
COO, Meridian Freight Co.
The Results

Numbers that moved

Tracked over the first two quarters post-launch against the client's own baseline.

+$1.2M
Annual loads recovered
39%
More calls answered
26×
Faster quote turnaround
11 mo
Payback period
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