National Wire moves 200+ steel shipments a month with Wilson

National Wire is the largest single locality of welded wire manufacturers in the southern United States. It moves more than 200 shipments a month across the South.

Wilson, Cartage’s AI logistics coordinator, works alongside National Wire’s team. Wilson handles procurement, monitors every shipment around the clock and keeps one record of every rate and result.

• Hundreds of monthly shipments made costs and carrier coordination complex.
• The team wanted lower procurement costs and less manual work.
• Rates and results lived in spreadsheets and inboxes, so progress was hard to see.

• Monitors shipments 24/7: Wilson keeps working when the team is away.
• Keeps one record: every transaction and rate goes into one central history.
• Weekly report: Wilson sends a custom report with key metrics, savings opportunities and areas to improve.
• More carrier options: Wilson expanded National Wire’s carrier outreach, which gives the team more choice and negotiating power.
• Follows up: Wilson runs the configured freight follow-up workflow.

• 200+ shipments a month coordinated with Wilson.
• A clear, shared history of costs, carriers and outcomes.
• Logistics went from a manual burden to a data-driven advantage.