Workspace
Lanes
Contract buy rates from carriers and sell rates (tariffs) to customers, by lane, with dates, an expiring list and a margin alert.
A lane is a route: an origin, a destination and, optionally, an equipment type. On this screen you keep the rates you have agreed on each lane: what carriers charge you (buy rates) and what you charge customers (sell rates, or tariffs). Each rate has dates. The screen warns you when a rate is about to end, and when a customer's rate leaves less margin than your company's target.
- Where
- Workspace › Lanes (/lanes)
- Who opens it
- Loads · view
- Who adds a rate
- Loads · create
- Who ends a rate
- Loads · edit
- Target margin
- Company profile › Operating rules. Default 15%.
- Audited
- lane.buy_rate, lane.tariff, lane.end_rate
What you see
The numbers band
| Number | What it counts |
|---|---|
| Lanes | Distinct lanes with at least one rate. |
| Rates in force | Rates that have started and not ended. |
| Expiring in 14 days | Rates that end within 14 days. |
| Under 15% margin | Lanes where a customer rate leaves less than your target margin (the figure shows your own target). |
Filters
All lanes, Under target margin, Rates expiring, and a search box. With no rates you see No lane rates yet; with no match, No lane matches.
Each lane
A card per lane, titled origin to destination, with the equipment if set. A red border and an Under 15% badge mark a lane below target; an amber badge counts rates expiring.
| Part | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Sell rates | Customer tariffs in force, highest first, each with the margin it leaves over the cheapest carrier rate in force. Green when at or above target, red with under target when below. |
| Buy rates | Carrier rates in force, cheapest first. |
| History | Every rate on the lane, newest first, with its state. |
Rate states
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Starts later | Valid-from is in the future. |
| In force | Started, and no end date or the end is more than 14 days away. |
| Expiring | Ends within 14 days. |
| Ended | The end date has passed. |
How margin is worked out
Margin on a lane = (customer rate minus the cheapest carrier rate in force) divided by the customer rate. For example, a $1,500 tariff against a cheapest buy rate of $1,320 is a 12% margin. With a 15% target, that tariff is flagged.
If there is no carrier rate in force on the lane, no margin is shown.
Add a lane rate
Press Add a lane rate
Needs Loads · create.Whose rate
Buy (a carrier's rate to you) or Sell (your tariff to a customer). Then pick the carrier or customer.From, To, Equipment
Origin and destination are required and must differ. Equipment is optional; a rate with no equipment applies to any equipment on that lane.Rate and Kind
The amount, and contract or spot.Valid from and Valid to
From is required. Leave To blank for no end date. To cannot be before From.Note and save
An optional note, up to 240 characters.
Place names are matched loosely: capital letters, spaces and punctuation are ignored, so "Savannah, GA" and "savannah ga" are the same lane.
End a rate
Rates are never edited or deleted, so the lane's history stays true. To stop a rate, press End next to it. It ends yesterday, so it is out of force from today.
| Message | Why |
|---|---|
| That rate has already ended. | It is past its end date. |
| That rate has not started yet. Add the right one instead. | A future rate cannot be ended; add a corrected rate. |
To change a price, end the old rate and add the new one.
Where lane rates are used
- The Rate board shows the contract buy and sell rates in force for each load's lane, next to the carrier quotes.
- A rate request can be awarded as a lane rate.
Alerts
Every morning a background job checks the lanes and notifies managers of:
- a customer tariff under the target margin (links to Under target margin), and
- a rate ending soon (links to Rates expiring).
Each alert is sent once, not every day.