Carrier Qualification begins with a web portal that is configured on a 3PL's website or used in their call center when interested carriers call in. The information gathered during this process is used to interface into FMSCA and other safety or financial web sites to gather safety and financial information necessary to determine if the carrier meets the 3PL's standards. If the carrier fails to meet standards, they are sent a disqualification notice. Additional information from the web portal includes equipment type, lanes served and mobile communication capabilities. This information can also lead to a disqualification letter.
The Carrier On-Boarding application creates a document check-in application for carrier packets that have been isssued. The barcodes are used to index the document by document type and the carriers MC number. Reminder emails to the carrier if the documents are not received by a given date or if the packet comes back incomplete. A carrier code cannot be created in the dispatching system until all documents have been inventoried and audited for completeness. Expiration dates on documents are captured during the indexing process. These dates are transferred to into the dispatchin system when the carrier code is created. They are also transferred into the SHIPS carrier management application.
