Select a Carrier for a One-Time Load

Overview

Prerequisites

  • All required information from the General tab of Load Details must be entered. See Enter General Details for details.

Process

To Select a Carrier:

  1. Access Load Details. See Access Load Details for details.
  2. Click Carrier Selection. Carrier Selection will only be available after all required General details are added.

The Carrier Selection tab opens.

  1. Enter the name of the carrier, if needed.
  2. Click Search. If no name is entered, all carriers with contracts that cover the load will be returned.
  3. Select a carrier from the results grid. This should generally be the least cost carrier at the top of the list, though other carriers can be selected based upon transit times and past service.
  4. Click Pick Selected Carrier.

If a carrier other than the least cost carrier was selected, the Costs dialogue box will open.

  1. Select the Reason for selecting higher cost carrier if needed.
  2. Click Submit to save the reason or Cancel to discard it.

  1. Click Save Load to save the changes and close Load Details, Continue to add additional information, or Cancel to discard any changes.

Result

The carrier is selected.