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Freight Orders and Loads

Turn freight orders into loads ready to dispatch

Every customer move request becomes a freight order, and every order becomes loads with shipper, consignee, dates, equipment and contents. Copy repeat loads, and change a consignee once for the load, its trip stops and its orders.

A freight order becoming a load on a truck

What it does

  • Freight orders capture each customer move request and drive the loads and trips behind it
  • Each load records shipper, consignee, dates, equipment and contents, and contents split across loads
  • Copy one load into several, or change a consignee once and carry it to the trip stops and orders
  • Containers travel on loads, and empty containers awaiting dispatch are listed in one place
Trucks backed into the loading dock doors of a distribution center

Where it fits

One flow from first order to final payment, for trucking carriers.

  1. This step

    Orders and shipper requests become loads

    Every customer move request becomes a freight order, and every order becomes loads ready to dispatch.

  2. Dispatch builds trips from waiting loads

    Dispatch builds trips from waiting loads and assigns drivers, trucks and trailers to every stop.

  3. Track every shipment through proof of delivery

    Every trip shows its tracking events and whether proof of delivery is required, missing or received.

  4. Rate, bill and pay from the trip record

    Freight bills are created with their charges, committed and grouped into consolidated invoices for each customer.

  5. See revenue, cost and margin by trip

    Revenue, participant cost and margin are reported by shipment, trip and broker.

Related capabilities

Also in freight and dispatch.

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 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.

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.

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