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You can use this component to tender a road freight order (road FO) to one or more carriers. You can use a tendering process based on a freight request for quotation (freight RFQ), or a direct tendering process.

You can execute a freight RFQ-based process manually or automatically. In this process, the tendering manager sends out a freight RFQ to one or more carriers to tender an FO. The carrier either accepts or rejects the freight RFQ. If the carrier accepts, he or she sends back a freight quotation (FQ). You can either award or reject the FQ in the evaluation process. If you award the FQ, the system sends the updated FO to the awarded carrier.

You can use the direct tendering process to send a road freight order (road FO) directly to a specified carrier without creating a freight RFQ. Carriers can confirm or reject the FOs. Unlike the freight RFQ process, the system generally awards a carrier if he or she does not reject the FO within a given time limit.

The tendering process described above is depicted in the following figure:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Tendering process

Features

The freight tendering component has the following features:

  • Multi-step tendering in a tendering plan

  • Mix tendering types

    For example, you can first use peer-to-peer tendering, and if this is unsuccessful you can use broadcast tendering.

  • Web user interface (UI), e-mail, short message service (SMS), and business-to-business (B2B) communication channels for carriers

  • Tendering to one or more carriers

  • Manual and automatic tendering with carrier selection

  • Background execution of tendering

  • Direct sending of FOs to preferred carriers

    This can reduce messages between ordering parties and carriers.

  • Flexible use of freight agreements (FA) to calculate price limits

  • Automatic reaction to changes in the FO

    For example, you can stop tendering when changes are made to the FO.

To create freight RFQs, you must define the following master data:

  • Business partner to which the Carrier role is assigned

  • Business partner in which the Contact Person role is assigned to a carrier

  • Transportation lane to which a carrier is assigned

  • Charge Management to calculate price limits

    For more information, see Charge Management and Service Product Catalogs.

  • Carrier selection settings

  • Freight agreements

    For more information, see Agreement.