Approve a Planned Load

Overview

Planned Loads should be approved as soon as the customer confirms they should be shipped. Approve planned loads in Planning Management.

Prerequisites

Before you can approve a planned load, you must:

• Access Planning Management.

Process

To Approve a Planned Load

1. Search for and select the pending load. See Search for Planned Loads.
2. Click Approve.

Multiple loads can be selected for approval by pressing and holding the SHIFT key. Click the first load to approve and, while holding SHIFT, click the last load to approve. To select several loads that aren't next to each other, press and hold the CTRL key while making your selections.

To Approve All Returned Loads

1. Search for the pending loads. See Search for Planned Loads.
2. Click Select All Load(s).
3. Click Approve.

Result

The load is approved. Approved loads go to Load Management where they are tendered at 11 AM the day before pickup or immediately if the pickup time is less than 24 hours away. For more information, see Load Management.