Shipper Load Entry and Tracking Portal
Let shippers enter and track loads online
Give shippers a web portal to enter shipment requests and freight orders, follow their loads on a map, search trips, and print labels and reports themselves.
Driver Messaging from Dispatch
Message drivers and trucks from dispatch
Send dispatch and free-form messages to drivers and trucks through your in-cab messaging service, read every reply, and let incoming messages update trips and loads by rules you set.
What it does
- Send trip dispatch messages per stop or when trips end, and free-form messages to selected vehicles
- Define how each incoming message type updates trips and loads
- Customize outgoing message content, and pop driver and trip events up for dispatchers
- Review every message exchanged with a driver or truck in one place
Where it fits
One flow from first order to final payment, for trucking carriers.
Orders and shipper requests become loads
Every customer move request becomes a freight order, and every order becomes loads ready to dispatch.
- This step
Dispatch builds trips from waiting loads
Dispatch builds trips from waiting loads and assigns drivers, trucks and trailers to every stop.
Track every shipment through proof of delivery
Every trip shows its tracking events and whether proof of delivery is required, missing or received.
Rate, bill and pay from the trip record
Freight bills are created with their charges, committed and grouped into consolidated invoices for each customer.
See revenue, cost and margin by trip
Revenue, participant cost and margin are reported by shipment, trip and broker.
Questions about driver messaging from dispatch
Straight answers, drawn from what the software does today.
Do messages reach drivers in the cab?
Yes, through your in-cab messaging service. Dispatch sends trip and free-form messages to selected vehicles, and incoming message types update trips and loads by rules you define.
Can dispatchers see the full message history with a driver?
Yes. Every message exchanged with a driver or truck is reviewed in one place.
Are dispatchers alerted to driver and trip events?
Yes. Driver and trip events pop up for dispatchers, and outgoing message content can be customized.
Related capabilities
Also in freight and dispatch.
Driver and Carrier Settlements
Pay drivers, owner operators and carriers per trip
Record what each driver, owner operator and carrier is owed on a trip by charge code, compare carriers by recent activity and pay, then commit trip payments and freight bill settlements so everyone gets paid.
Freight Billing and Consolidated Invoices
Bill freight and consolidate invoices by customer
Create freight bills with charges and totals, find any current or past bill in one place, then commit them and group each customer's bills into consolidated invoices.
Part of the story forArgos for Trucking Carriers
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