The Carrier Visibility feature in Tai enables brokers to act as carriers and leverage the MacroPoint platform to provide location updates directly to their end customers.
Integration Source Setup
To configure the integration, the broker must gather the following information from MacroPoint:
- Username: [Carrier API UserId]
- Password: [Carrier API Password]
- Account Number: [Customer MPID] This unique identifier represents the End Customer to whom the broker intends to send updates.
After gathering this information, the broker should proceed to set up an integration source named "MacroPoint Visibility Carrier" and input the collected details accordingly.
Source Parameter:
The following source setting can be added if needed:
- LoadId: This represents the reference number for the shipments in MacroPoint.
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- (Ex: SecondaryBOLNumber)
Linked Organizations:
The final step involves linking the Organizations or Customers to the shipments that will be transmitted.
Workflow
- Once the system identifies that the linked Organization/Customer is on the shipment, it will begin to send the location history updates over to MacroPoint.
- These updates will be sent every 15 minutes.
When multiple updates occur within the same 15-minute interval, the system transmits only the most recent update.
It is important to note that updates can only be transmitted once the shipment status is between Dispatched and Delivered.