Anchor: Risk management for every load, every shift

The money on the board

Cost to move a truck · 2025

$2.34/mi

A record high — every mile costs more to run while freight rates stay flat. One failed load can wipe out the profit on a dozen good ones.

Stops ending in 2+ hr detention

39.3%

$15B

Lost to detention a year

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Break‑even

Where many carriers now run

Sources: ATRI, An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking, 2025; ATRI truck driver detention study, 2024. truckingresearch.org

The product

Your systems tell you a load is late.
Anchor tells you who can save it.

Built on a real night desk, for the people who work one. No rip-and-replace, no new habits for drivers, nothing changes in your TMS.

Fewer flags, not more

The routine majority clears itself; your desk works the exceptions. Loads rank by what a failure costs, not just how late it runs.

Every rescue shows its work

Federal hours-of-service (49 CFR 395), the delivery window, deadhead miles: the math is on the screen, so a veteran dispatcher can see the call and overrule it.

A safety story built in

Anchor refuses to recommend an hours-of-service violation, and every recommendation is stamped with the rules in force at that moment. An audit receipt, standard.

It says the honest no

When no truck can legally make the window, Anchor says so instead of inventing one. That honesty is what makes its green numbers trustworthy.

Reads what you already have

A field-mapping layer reads any TMS export format, read-only. No integration project to start, and nothing installed in your systems to remove.

Fails loud, never quiet

Stale data, missing fields, a board gone old: the screen says so, in plain words. A calm green board that is wrong is the worst failure this product can have.

How it works

Running in a shift, not a quarter.

No implementation project. No new hardware. One dispatcher can be working a smarter board tonight.

95 seconds · the board, one recovery, and the hours behind it. Sample data, invented on purpose — the math is real.

Drop in your export

The load and driver files your TMS already produces. Anchor's field mapping reads any format, read-only. Your data never gets touched.

The board checks itself

Every load assessed in about a second: breakdowns, blown driver hours, late pickups, and the loads queued behind a stuck truck. The routine majority auto-clears.

Work the saves

For each load in trouble, a ranked list of every truck that can legally and physically still make it, with the math shown. Your dispatcher approves everything. Nothing sends on its own.

Pricing

One flat rate for the whole desk.

No percentage of your savings. No per-seat games. No surprise line items. One flat monthly rate sized to your fleet — and the number is quoted in the conversation, against your own board, not read off a chart.

Every engagement includes Four-week shadow pilot first One flat rate — whole desk Savings math undercounted Cancel anytime — your data stays yours

Want the number? Ask for it. You will have it in the first conversation, in writing, before the pilot starts.

Prove it before it costs a dollar.

Every engagement starts with a four-week shadow pilot: one dispatcher, running alongside your normal process, nothing changes in the TMS. It ends with arithmetic your CFO can audit, recovered revenue minus rescue miles at your own cost per mile, deliberately understated.

If the math doesn’t clearly beat the price, don’t buy it. That’s the deal.

No integration to start — nothing changes for your drivers
The savings math is yours to audit, at your own cost per mile
Doesn’t clearly beat the price? Then don’t buy it.

Start with a pilot

Info

Straight answers.

Do we have to change our TMS or install anything?

No. Anchor reads the export files your TMS already produces, read-only. There is no integration project to start a pilot, drivers change nothing, and nothing is installed in your systems — stop sending the file and Anchor is out of your night. A deeper TMS connector comes later, when you want it, not as a condition of starting.

What does Anchor do with our data?

It reads your load and driver files to assess the board, and it writes nothing back. Your data is used to run your board and for nothing else. You can export everything and walk away at any time.

Will it recommend something illegal to save a load?

Never. Anchor is built on the federal hours-of-service rules (49 CFR 395) and refuses to recommend a violation, even when that means telling you no truck can make the window. Every recommendation is stamped with the exact rules in force when it was made.

Does it dispatch trucks on its own?

No. A human approves everything. Anchor finds the options, ranks them, and shows the math; your dispatcher makes the call. The software does the typing so your people can do the thinking.

How does the pilot work?

Four weeks, one dispatcher, running in shadow alongside your normal process. At the end you get the arithmetic: loads Anchor flagged, saves it found, recovered revenue minus rescue miles at your own cost per mile, deliberately understated. If the number doesn't clearly beat the price, don't buy it.

Who built this?

Mikele Rene Summons II, founder of Anchor Ops LLC in Little Rock, Arkansas. Six years in trucking operations, former CDL driver, and still running an overnight dispatch desk at an asset-based carrier. The problem Anchor solves is his actual job.

About

Anchor catches the load about to fail — and finds the truck that can still save it.

Most dispatch software tells you what already happened. Anchor tells you what’s about to.

It watches every load on the board, scores each one by what a failure would actually cost — not just how late it’s running — and surfaces the handful that need a human before they fall apart. Then it does the hard part: it finds the truck that can still make it, ranked by real drive time, real hours-of-service, real cost. The routine majority clears itself. Your desk works the exceptions.

It won’t dispatch on its own, and it won’t recommend a violation — every answer is stamped with the federal hours rules in force when it was made. The savings math is deliberately understated: if the number doesn’t clearly beat the price, it says so.

A note from the founder

“I still run an overnight dispatch desk. I’ve watched loads fail that a single phone call could have saved — I just found out too late. Anchor is the tool I wish I’d had at 3 a.m.: it catches the load before it’s gone, and finds the truck that can still make it. I built it for the people who carry the night — because I’m one of them.”

Mikele Summons II — Founder, Anchor Ops, LLC
Night dispatcher · six years in trucking ops · former CDL driver

Risk management for every load, every shift.

Your systems tell you a load is late.
Anchor tells you who can save it.

Fewer flags, not more

Every rescue shows its work

A safety story built in

It says the honest no

Reads what you already have

Fails loud, never quiet

Running in a shift, not a quarter.

Drop in your export

The board checks itself

Work the saves

One flat rate for the whole desk.

Prove it before it costs a dollar.

Straight answers.

Anchor catches the load about to fail — and finds the truck that can still save it.

See your 2 a.m. on our board.

Risk management for every load, every shift.

Your systems tell you a load is late.Anchor tells you who can save it.

Fewer flags, not more

Every rescue shows its work

A safety story built in

It says the honest no

Reads what you already have

Fails loud, never quiet

Running in a shift, not a quarter.

Drop in your export

The board checks itself

Work the saves

One flat rate for the whole desk.

Prove it before it costs a dollar.

Straight answers.

Anchor catches the load about to fail — and finds the truck that can still save it.

See your 2 a.m. on our board.

Your systems tell you a load is late.
Anchor tells you who can save it.