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One record, from the first inquiry to the invoice

LogCrew is five modules over a single freight job. Because they share that record, a lane typed once is never typed again — and a figure quoted in a bid is the figure that appears on the bill.

The modules

Bid comparisonExample— this panel is an illustration, not real customer data
Three bids on one lane, sortable by agency, rate or transit time
Sample Forwarder LtdLowest rate$4,200.0026 daysWithin 4 weeks
Sample Logistics Group$4,650.0024 daysWithin 4 weeks
Sample Carrier CoFastest$5,100.0018 daysWithin 3 weeks
Sort by any column. The cheapest bid and the quickest one are rarely the same bid, which is the decision this screen exists to make.

Open the Inquiry Management page

Resources — Writing on freight operations, documentation and getting paid on time.

How they work together

Each module hands the next one a record it does not have to rebuild.

  1. You find, or you are found

    The directory decides which agencies cover a lane. That coverage is also what matches agencies to an inquiry, so search and matching run on the same data.

  2. An inquiry goes out

    One shipment description reaches every matched agency at once. Bids come back against it and are compared side by side.

  3. A job is awarded

    The winning bid sets the rate and the counterparty. The job now holds the parties, the lane and the agreed figure.

  4. The paperwork is generated

    The bill of lading and the invoice are built from that job, so the document, the charge and the booking cannot disagree.

  5. The relationship persists

    A completed shipment makes that agency a known partner, matched first the next time you post on the same lane.

Document lineageExample— this panel is an illustration, not real customer data

Hover or focus any document to see what the three of them share.

The reference and the lane are entered once, on the inquiry. The bill of lading and the invoice read them; nobody re-keys a port.

Questions

Put your next shipment through it

Post an inquiry, compare the bids, and let the paperwork come from the job.