Startup Interline Demo: See How It Works...

The status of a freight bill (top left) can be referred to as:

• Incomplete (prior to rating and routing)
• Exception (needs POD)
• Open (before Freight Bill Sales Register is processed)
• Processed (after Freight Bill Sales Register is processed)

Bill TYPE can be specified as PPD, COL, No Charge

A control number (strictly for tracing purposes) may be automatically assigned or manually entered. Recommendation: shippers #, BOL #, or PO #.

BILLER specifies the initials of the person entering the freight bill.

ROUTE is a 2 character field where origin is the first position and destination the second. D=direct, I=Interlined (cartage considered a direct shipment)

Freight TYPE is a quick means of classfying freight when using tariff rating. Click here for more information on Tariff Rating. Descriptions and line item rating are done through the use of simple codes.

H=Hazardous material

The SPLIT field allows you to specify how line revenue will be split, assigned to the origin connecting line, assigned to the destination connecting line or company revenue.

Rating and routing are completed and discounts calculated during freight bill entry unless centralized rating or routing has been set up for the origin terminal.

Freight can be rated per hundred weight, by tariff or by flat amount.

The second screen is the payable portion of freight bill entry.

Cartage agents pay can be calculated per hundred weight or by percent.

XFER is date of transfer.

This is the first freight bill inquiry screen.

When you carriage return to continue, you will see the payable information...

Any changes to the freight bill can be made up to the point of Proof of Delivery entry.

Manifesting (optional) can be completed whenever those particular freight bills have been entered.

When freight billing is done for the day, you can print a Freight Bill Pro Report to review everything that was billed that day. There, total revenue for the day can be seen.

Click here to continue...