Carrier booking record
- Tender
- Carries the shipment requirements and carrier acceptance.
- Load and documents
- Connects the booked load with its bill of lading in the existing system.
- Shipper confirmation
- Reports the booking back to the customer.
Carrier tender and load booking
Carry an accepted freight quote into a carrier tender, acceptance and load record in the transportation system.
LogisticsWhere the work begins
For brokers, carriers and third-party logistics providers, booking is part of the revenue workflow. The same lane, service commitment and customer rules used to quote a shipment must survive the handoff into execution.
The problem
Separate manual booking and tender steps impose a ceiling on loads handled per person. A quotation becomes operational work only when the carrier accepts and the load exists in the system of record.
How the workflow works
Select a stage to see the records it uses, the action it takes and the result.
Records
- Accepted quote
- Provides the priced request to move into booking and tender.
- Shipment requirements
- Lane, mode, equipment and accessorials describe the load the carrier must accept.
- Tender and customer rules
- Tender rules, customer procedures and carrier compliance govern the transaction.
- Transportation records
- The existing transportation system holds the booked load and its documents.
Stages
Stage 1 of 3
Read the won request
- Input
- Accepted freight quote
- Action
- Carry the accepted quote and its shipment requirements into the post-order workflow.
- Result
- Shipment context ready for booking.
Oversight
The business selects authority per workflow, customer and transaction threshold, including execution on approval or unattended execution within its limits.
What changes for the business
More loads per person
Operators spend less time repeating the quotation’s information during booking.
Consistent execution
Tendering uses the same customer context and rules as the earlier rate request.