Transportation agents

ImpactDelays and premium freight

Freight Coordinator Agent

Forwarder updates arrive in email threads and portals, and your ERP holds one ETA field. Your team sees a delay too late, and pays for premium freight or a production reschedule.

Know the day each PO reaches your warehouse, and act on a delay before a milestone is missed.

Alerts before a milestone is missed
The agent checks each shipment with the forwarder before each milestone date. If a milestone is at risk, your team knows while there is still time to rebook.
Agreed actions checked
The agent agrees each next step with your forwarders, such as a rebooking or a split shipment. Then the agent checks that the forwarder took the action.
Status and documents from forwarder portals
The agent signs in to your forwarders' portals and gets the latest status and documents. Your team has every update in one place.
A real ETA for every PO
The agent calculates the ETA in real time, from forwarder updates, past transit times and events on the route. Your planners see the day each PO reaches the warehouse, beyond the one ETA field in your ERP. If you let it, the agent writes that date to your ERP.

Also in Transportation

ImpactData quality

Shipment Documentation Agent

Bills of lading, packing lists and freight invoices arrive as scans and attachments. Your team types them into the TMS and checks them by hand, one shipment at a time.

Get a complete and correct shipment record from every document your carriers send.

Bill of lading review
The agent reads each bill of lading, scans included, and compares it with the booking and the order. Your team sees each difference before the goods arrive.
Packing list check
The agent compares each packing list with the order line by line. The agent finds short or wrong shipments before the goods reach your dock.
Freight invoice audit
The agent compares each freight invoice with your rate card and the shipment record, and finds overcharges before you pay. The agent checks every invoice in full.
Shipment record
If you let it, the agent creates or updates the shipment in your TMS. Dates, units and decimal formats arrive the way your system expects them. The shipment record is complete when the goods arrive.

ImpactFreight cost

Freight Quote Agent

Freight rates change often, and a quote round means days of email and spreadsheet work. Your team compares quotes on the base rate and misses the surcharges.

Price every lane on current freight quotes, compared on the full cost.

Quotes from every carrier
The agent sends freight quote requests lane by lane, with your volumes. The agent reminds carriers who have not quoted before your deadline, so every lane has enough bids.
Full-cost comparison
The agent compares rates, transit times and surcharges for each lane. Your team selects each carrier on the full cost, with the comparison done.
Award and rate tables
The agent sends the awards your team selects, one carrier per lane or a lane split across several. If you let it, the agent writes the new rates to your rate tables before your next order.

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