TMS 7.11 Carrier Engagement Automation

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Overview

Carrier Engagement Automation

The ability for the TMS to auto-engage carriers based on dedicated carrier options on lanes (auto-tender via stored rates). The Carrier Engagement Automation batch process initiates based on the following configuration: 

  • Carrier Rate Entry.

  • Auto-Tender checkbox set to True (on the Rate Entry).

  • Customer or Global Transportation Profile.

    • Carrier Engagement Automation to include Auto-Tender.

      • Will set the Customer’s “Carrier Engagement Automation” field on the Load record.

For a load to be processed by the Carrier Engagement Automation process, the Load record must meet the following conditions:

  • Load Status set to Unassigned, Quotes Requested, Quotes Received, or Tendered.

  • Carrier Engagement Automation to include Auto-Tender.
    And one of the following two conditions:

    • Sales Status set to Won, Carrier Load set to True, and In Freight Plan set to False; OR

    • Carrier Load set to True and In Freight Plan set to True.

The cascade/sorting for the automatic tender process is as follows (organized in the following order in the Carrier Quotes list LWC):

  • Auto-Tender is set to True > Customer Transportation Profile

  • Auto-Tender is set to True > Global Transportation Profile

  • Priority

  • Carrier Total

  • Created Date

If the Auto-Tender option is not a selected picklist value in the Carrier Engagement Field on the load, the Carrier quote list is sorted by Carrier Total.