Managed Transportation
We’re excited to introduce the Contracted Customer Rates feature, designed to streamline rate management for your contracted customers. Now, you can easily set up and apply specific rate structures, ensuring consistency and accuracy for each customer’s unique agreement. Explore this new capability to enhance efficiency and better serve your clients!
Workflow Automation Enhancements
- New Trigger
- Carrier Check Call Response: Automatically initiates a workflow when a carrier submits an update through the TMS's Check Call functionality.
- New Actions
- Assign Carrier Check Call Activity: Assign activity logs from carrier check calls to designated LSP staff members.
- Send Webhook Action: Enables transmission of Shipment Create/Update Webhook data to a specified URL.
- Expanded Assignment Options
- Now select LSP staff types across all assignment actions instead of only individual staff members.
Delivered Status Update with POD Date/Time
With our latest update, marking a shipment as Delivered now prompts a modal where you can enter crucial details, including POD Date, Arrival and Departure times, and POD Signed By. This feature ensures all essential information is captured accurately at the point of delivery, streamlining the update process for complete shipment records.
New Attachment Options for Drayage Shipments
We’ve expanded attachment capabilities for Drayage shipments, now supporting Scale Tickets, Customs Entry Documents, and Delivery Orders. These additional document types make it easier to track and manage key paperwork, ensuring smoother operations and improved compliance.
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Pickup Date Now Required in Customer Portal
We’ve made the pickup date a required field in the Customer Portal’s Shipment Quote form, empowering brokers to leverage dynamic pricing for tariffs that support it. This update enables more precise pricing adjustments and enhances quoting accuracy for brokers.
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Tai Software is now integrated with Qued Smart Appointments, enabling seamless scheduling within your TMS. This integration streamlines appointment bookings for shipments, saving time and reducing coordination effort. With Qued, users can efficiently manage pickup and delivery windows, enhancing planning accuracy and improving overall workflow.
We’ve expanded MacroPoint capabilities within the TMS, providing more detailed tracking and status options for enhanced visibility:
- Send Customer Name: Automatically send customer name for better tracking insights.
- Delivery Status Updates When a shipment’s status is manually set to “Delivered” in the TMS, the system now syncs this status with MacroPoint, ensuring both platforms reflect it accurately.
- Actual Arrival/Departure on Additional Stops: Track precise arrival and departure times at each stop, improving stop-level accuracy.
- Cancellation Workflow: Enhanced cancellation process to streamline updates when shipments are canceled.
- Visibility Carrier: This feature enables brokers to act as carriers and leverage the MacroPoint platform to provide location updates directly to their end customers. Learn More
When selecting a carrier email for packet invitations, the system displays whether it’s an MCP Identity Confirmed or FMCSA email, adding visibility and confidence in choosing the correct contact.
