Types of Contracts

Contract Manager defines contracts as one of ten types, which describes the intended use for a specific contract.

1. General Purpose Carrier Charges
   A contract that defines rates a carrier charges for moving freight for a general client. These contracts are not client-specific, and will return costs for any shipment the carrier will cover.
2. Preferred Carrier Charges
   A contract that defines rates a carrier charges for moving freight for a specific client. These contracts will only return costs for the client assigned to them.
3. General Purpose Billing Charges
   A contract that defines how much ProTrans charges for moving freight for a general customer. These contracts are not client-specific, and will return generic ProTrans charges for a given shipment.
4. Customer Billing Charges
   A contract that defines how much ProTrans charges for moving freight for a specific customer. These contracts will only return charges for the client assigned to them, and is how ProTrans customer contracts are typically stored.
5. Partner Carrier Revenue Split
   A contract that provides information to the web rating service on how a previously-determined rate should be shared between the principal and partner carriers.
6. Web Quotation Cost
   A contract that defines the carrier cost basis for a general freight quote offered over the Internet.
7. Web Quotation Charge
   A contract that defines the customer billing charges for a general freight quote offered over the Internet.
8. Baseline (Benchmark) Charges
   A contract that provides a rate used for comparative purposes only.
9. Analysis Only
   A contract that is used for cost analysis purposes only, typically with the batch rater.
10. Freight Bill Audit
    A contract used to audit freight bills for a third-party customer.