Premium Freight
Premium freight provides a way for customers to track and analyze expedited shipments. Through the module, customers authorize shipments and suppliers ship against the authorizations.
The premium freight module is fully integrated into the application. Users can select to receive alerts and to view premium freight events on the Event Management console. Premium freight shipments are included in the metrics module and can optionally be included in metric performance evaluations.
Shippers for shipments against premium freight authorizations are created directly from the authorization.
When your customer creates a premium freight authorization, you must ship directly against the authorization. You can navigate to the authorization through the Event Management console or Premium Freight. From the authorization, you can then create a shipper.
The work flow is:
- The customer creates a premium freight authorization, which contains details about the authorized shipment. The authorization status is open.
- The customer publishes the authorization so the supplier can view it.
- The supplier ships against the authorization, sending an ASN.
- When the customer receives the ASN followed by the shipment, the expediter updates the authorization with the actual transportation cost and closes the authorization to lock it. The authorization status is closed.