Selecting a carrier for a route

Use the Select Carrier action to:

  • Obtain a new solution from the rating and routing process, for example, when updates to carrier contracts are made

    The Select Carrier action overwrites the original solution from the rating and routing process with an updated solution.

  • Select the top-ranked carrier when the route has a New status
  • Re-select the top-ranked carrier for a route in Tender Rejected status

The Select Carrier action is useful when you want to review the carrier selection on shipments before the tender occurs. You can then review the carrier selection and tender the route when ready.

Sequential tendering and manual tendering rules still apply for subsequent carriers after you perform the Select Carrier action.

The Select Carrier action is available only to routes with these statuses:

  • New
  • No Rates Found
  • Carrier Selected
  • Tender Canceled
  • Tender Rejected

Use the Select Carrier action to send one or more routes to the rating and routing process. After rating and routing is completed, the routes receive a Carrier Selected status. A route is not automatically tendered as a result of the Select Carrier action. The user must manually tender the route to the selected carrier.

From the Carrier Route list page, you can select a carrier for one route or multiple routes. From the Carrier Route detail page, you can select a carrier for the displayed route.

When you select multiple routes on the Carrier Routes list page and you select an action, and if one or more of the selected routes have a status that is not valid for the selected action, an error dialog indicates how many routes are not processed successfully. View the route details and click Messages to access the error information for that particular route.

To select a carrier:

  1. Select Transportation > Carrier Route.
  2. Click the Search arrow on the search toolbar to display a list of carrier routes.
    Use the filter options on the search toolbar to refine the list.
  3. Select one or more routes for which you want to select a carrier.
  4. Select Actions > Select Carrier.
    The carrier route status is updated to Carrier Selected.

    From the Carrier Route detail page, you can click Messages to display the Route Messages dialog and confirm that the carrier is selected.