Features

1. Carrier Contract Management:
• Provides platform for secure access, warehousing and management of a centralized repository of carrier contracts.
• Filter options to allow comparison of rates and services by commodity, carrier and port/city pairs.
• Easy to use tool features intuitive interface, wizard process for simple bulk uploads and updates of contract records, and help menus to assist users.
• Standardization of input and view formats promotes speed and accuracy of rate research.
• Detailed layout of pricing information follows nearly instantaneous System search process to quickly display target carriers and service.
• All known surcharges are itemized in several rate categories to ensure comprehensive rate detail.
• Foreign currency and currency conversion features ensure foreign fees can be captured and incorporated accurately into displayed rates.
• Ability to conduct confidential on-line negotiations of rates serves to initiate new contracts or expand scope of existing contracts with carriers.
• Permission features and visibility of all user activity for designated personnel.
• Application is branded for client and runs directly from client's own website.
• Deployment and implementation cycle for standard ASP System requires no software installation.
• Clients enjoy benefits of regular upgrades to System at no additional monthly cost.


2. Customer Quote and Rate Management:
• Enables managers to add customer accounts for on-line viewing of marked-up rates (sell rates), without gaining access to confidential carrier contracts and confidential "buy rate" information.
• Provides ability to mark up and convert contract rates into sell rates for specific agents and customers.
• Retains flexibility to assign specific margin levels to agents and customers and restricts visibility to assigned rates only, while protecting confidential carrier buy rate data.
• Allows margins to be applied on a percentage/flat-rate basis across container types and trade lanes.
• Quoting functionality utilizes a standard format, which is saved in the database for retrieval and historical purposes.
• Quick quotes allow rapid rate quoting by email to agents, customers or internal forwarding departments right from the marked-up display pages of carrier contracts.
• Quote packages provide multi-lane bides to be generated efficiently for secure viewing and further negotiation.
• Quote packages may be converted programmatically into customer rate agreements, including FMC sanctioned NVO service agreements (NSAs) for ocean-based business.


3. Rate Negotiation:
• Access for designated users to contract repository to confidentially negotiate a rate to expand the scope of existing contracts or to initiate a negotiation with designated carriers for new contracts.
• Ability for customers to post confidential bullet-rate requests to internal company representatives and have confidential price quotes forwarded back to them.
• Tools to allow any user to select the parties with whom the user wishes to negotiate on any chosen rate request.
• Bundle feature to allow multiple lane and multiple container size negotiations to occur within one consolidated group of offers for easy reference and quoting.
• Event level notifications of logins and negotiations are provided to designated managers.