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- Transport Management
- Who it's for
- Manufacturer outbound and transfer freight
Manufacturer outbound and transfer freight
A manufacturer can use Transport Management for outbound finished-goods freight and plant-to-plant movements after the goods are ready to travel. The app keeps carrier agreements, shipment cargo, movement legs and invoice evidence connected. Production orders, material planning and warehouse inventory remain connected business systems with their own release and reconciliation procedures.
How Transport Management is set up for you
Describe the cargo before rating
Cargo item records preserve item description, quantity, weight in pounds and package type. Transportation Planner checks the shipment header against the actual packed contents so a rate band is selected from supported weight and freight-class evidence.
Preserve the carrier handoff
Movement leg records can represent a change of mode or carrier between facilities. Stop records retain the sequence and actual arrivals. Dispatcher/Ops checks each handoff without treating a completed leg as proof that the entire shipment reached its destination.
Explain the waiting time
Facility arrival and departure evidence belongs with detention records. The free-time allowance and justified hours are reviewed against the agreement before a carrier's charged hours are accepted. Freight Audit Clerk can follow an unsupported charge into the linked dispute.
Keep hazardous-freight evidence reviewable
Hazardous shipment records retain the shipment's UN number, hazard class, packing group, placard requirement and signed-certification flag. Logistics Manager coordinates the required review with verified access. Check the shipping documents and handling instructions with the responsible shipper before tendering hazardous freight.
A manufacturer can use Transport Management for outbound finished-goods freight and plant-to-plant movements after the goods are ready to travel. The app keeps carrier agreements, shipment cargo, movement legs and invoice evidence connected. Production orders, material planning and warehouse inventory remain connected business systems with their own release and reconciliation procedures.
Pilot a repeat movement between known facilities with an agreed rate sheet and a delivery document. Include a stop where the arrival and departure times can be checked, then follow the resulting carrier charge through audit. Review an old tracking event after delivery and confirm that it does not move the shipment backwards.
Agree which upstream reference identifies the released freight and which account enters carrier invoice lines. Keep internal transfer stock recognition outside this freight record unless a separately verified connection supplies it. Inspect the document upload path and the automatic invoice eligibility outcome before broader rollout. [Rehearse the implementation](/transport-management/implementation).
Features to start with
Shipment planning
Prepare freight details and preserve the shipment identity through loads, legs and stops.
Rates and carrier agreements
Connect carrier services, lane terms and charge evidence before rating freight.
Carrier tendering
Keep each offer, carrier response and message link with the shipment it concerns.
Roles on the team
- Transportation Planner
- Plans freight through rate shopping, lane and rate-contract analysis, and mode/service selection. Access is limited to shipment planning and rate reference data; no delete, export, schema or table-structure rights.
- Dispatcher/Ops
- Daily dispatch execution for shipment, leg, tender, tracking, exception, proof-of-delivery, stop, and detention records. Scope is limited to operational tables and pages; no table structure, delete, export or bulk-update rights.
- Logistics Manager
- Freight operations, approvals and escalations. This role has no table or view structure access; record-level permissions remain available across operational data.
- Receiving / Customer
- External consignee checking shipment status and proof of delivery. Read-only access is limited to shipment, stop, tracking, and proof-of-delivery records; no create, edit, delete or schema rights.
- Freight Audit Clerk
- Audits carrier freight invoices and invoice lines, records audit verdicts and files accessorial disputes. Access is limited to invoice, audit, dispute, carrier, and accessorial records; no delete, export, schema or table-structure rights.
Set up Transport Management your way.
Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.