Less-Than-Truckload Rating & Dispatch
project44's LTL Rating & Dispatch solutions enable users to:
- Receive accurate rates and transit times for planned shipments. (Rating)
- Automatically initate tracking without reliance on manual action. (Dispatch)
- Receive all important LTL documents in a centralized location. (Imaging)
LTL Rating Workflow Overview
- The Customer requests ratings for a particular Shipment from one or more of its Capacity Providers in the project44 Network. This action generates a Query for rate quotes Request to project44 that includes the requested Capacity Providers and the Shipment’s details.
- project44 receives the Query for rate quotes Request, retrieves the credentials for each requested Capacity Provider stored during onboarding, and generates a Request to each Capacity Provider for ratings.
- Each Capacity Provider returns a Response to project44 with its proposed rates and transit times for this Shipment.
- project44 generates a Query for rate quotes Response to the Customer that includes these rates and transit times from each Capacity Provider.
- The Customer receives the Query for rate quotes Response and sees the proposed rates and transit times for the Shipment from each requested Capacity Provider.
LTL Dispatch Workflow Overview
- The Customer chooses a Capacity Provider. This action generates a Create a shipment Request to project44 that includes the chosen Capacity Provider, a request to schedule a pickup time, and a request to generate a BOL (Bill of Lading).
- project44 receives the Create a shipment Request and generates a Request to that Capacity Provider to dispatch the Shipment and return a scheduled pickup time. project44 generates a second Request to generate a BOL.
- The Capacity Provider returns a Response to project44 with a pickup number and scheduled pickup time2, indicating the Shipment has been dispatched. The Capacity Provider returns a second Response containing the BOL.
- project44 generates a Create a shipment Response to the Customer that includes the pickup number, the scheduled pickup time, and the PRO Number from the BOL.
- The Customer receives the Create a shipment Response. The Customer sees the pickup number, which becomes the confirmation number from the Capacity Provider that the Shipment was dispatched; the scheduled pickup time; and the PRO Number from the BOL, which becomes the Capacity Provider’s tracking number.
- project44 automatically generates LTL Tracking Start tracking an LTL shipment Request. Tracking of the Shipment begins.
LTL Imaging Workflow
- Throughout the Shipment’s tracking history, project44 has been sending Requests to the Shipment’s Capacity Provider, collecting documents like BOLs, Lumper Certificates, and Invoices at appropriate times.
- The Customer looks at what documents have been gathered. This action generates a Query for LTL shipment images Request to project44.
- project44 receives the Query for LTL shipment images Request and generates a Query for LTL shipment images Response to the Customer containing all the documents collected so far.
- The Customer receives the Query for LTL shipment images Response and sees a list of available documents.
- The Customer clicks on the desired document to view it.