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Freight Rating from Rate Schedules

Rate freight from your own rate schedules

Keep rate schedules with linehaul and accessorial charge codes, then rate a whole batch of orders or freight bills in one pass. When prices change, update charge code rates in bulk.

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What it does

  • Rate schedules hold the charge code lines and rates your orders and freight bills are rated from
  • Apply a rate schedule to a whole batch of orders or freight bills at once
  • Add linehaul and accessorial charges by hand, or pull them from the assigned schedule
  • Update charge code rates in bulk from the parameters you enter
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Where it fits

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

  1. 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. This step

    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.

Questions about freight rating from rate schedules

Straight answers, drawn from what the software does today.

How is freight rated?

From your own rate schedules, with linehaul and accessorial charge codes, applied to a whole batch of orders or freight bills at once. Rate tariffs by freight class and weight break, zone to zone tables and point to point zip rates are kept alongside them.

Can we add accessorial charges by hand?

Yes. Linehaul and accessorial charges are added by hand, or pulled from the assigned rate schedule.

How do we update rates when prices change?

Update charge code rates in bulk from the parameters you enter.

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.

Part of the story forArgos for Trucking Carriers

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