1. Transport Management
  2. Roles and permissions
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Who can do what in Transport Management

Assign freight responsibilities and rehearse carrier access and invoice entry.

Who can do what

Permissions by role
RoleShipment planningRates and carrier agreementsCarrier tenderingTracking and exceptionsProof of deliveryFreight audit and disputes
Transportation Planner——————
Dispatcher/Ops——————
Logistics Manager——————
Receiving / Customer——————
Carrier User——————
Freight Audit Clerk——————

Each role in detail

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.

Can

  • Manage Shipments2
  • View accessorial rates2, carrier services2, Carriers2, Lanes2, rate contracts2, rate matrix2

Starts on: Rate Contracts For Review

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.

Can

  • Manage Detentions2, Exceptions2, proof of delivery2, shipment legs2, Shipments2, Stops2, Tendering2, tracking events2

Starts on: Tender Queue

Logistics Manager

Freight operations, approvals and escalations. This role has no table or view structure access; record-level permissions remain available across operational data.

Can

  • Access assigned records

Starts on: Rate Contracts For Review

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.

Can

  • View proof of delivery2, Shipments2, Stops2, tracking events2

Starts on: Delivered Shipments

Carrier User

External carrier contact responding to tenders. Read and tender-only update access is limited to shipments, tenders, and EDI messages; no create, delete, export, or schema rights. Row-level per-carrier restrictions are not supported by table-scoped permissions.

Can

  • Manage Tendering2
  • View EDI messages2, Shipments2

Starts on: Pending Tender Responses

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.

Can

  • Manage Disputes2, freight audit results2
  • View accessorial rates2, Accessorials2, Carriers2, freight invoice lines2, freight invoices2

Starts on: Freight Invoices To Audit

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