Truckload booking & load tendering template

Steps in this flowchart

• Order ready to ship
• Create load in TMS with pickup & delivery windows
• Tender to primary carrier from routing guide
• Accepted within 2 hours?
• Carrier assigns truck & driver
• Backup carriers left in routing guide?
• Tender to next carrier
• Post to spot market on DAT or broker
• Book spot rate
• Schedule dock appointment
• Pickup & BOL signed
• Track via ELD or FourKites
• Delay or exception?
• Alert customer & reschedule delivery
• Delivery & signed POD
• Carrier invoice audited against rate confirmation
• Accessorials valid?
• Dispute charges
• Freight paid

How to use this flowchart template

1. Click Open in the editor. The flowchart opens on a new page in FlowDiagram — nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.
2. Rename, add or delete shapes and drag them where you want; connectors stay attached as things move.
3. Drop in vendor logos from the library — 1,160 of them, including every AWS, Azure and Google Cloud service icon — or restyle it with the colour and theme controls.
4. Prefer text? Edit the Mermaid source below and paste it in through ☰ → Import diagram (see the Mermaid editor); it imports as an editable diagram.
5. Export to PNG, SVG or PDF, or press Ctrl+L for a link that carries the whole diagram.

Mermaid source

The whole template is the text below. Paste it into FlowDiagram, keep it in Git next to the code it describes, or hand it to an AI assistant to extend.

flowchart TD
  A((Order ready to ship)) --> B[Create load in TMS with pickup & delivery windows]
  B --> C[Tender to primary carrier from routing guide]
  C --> D{Accepted within 2 hours?}
  D -->|Yes| E[Carrier assigns truck & driver]
  D -->|No| F{Backup carriers left in routing guide?}
  F -->|Yes| G[Tender to next carrier]
  G --> D
  F -->|No| H[Post to spot market on DAT or broker]
  H --> I[Book spot rate]
  I --> E
  E --> J[Schedule dock appointment]
  J --> K[Pickup & BOL signed]
  K --> L[Track via ELD or FourKites]
  L --> M{Delay or exception?}
  M -->|Yes| N[Alert customer & reschedule delivery]
  N --> O[Delivery & signed POD]
  M -->|No| O
  O --> P[Carrier invoice audited against rate confirmation]
  P --> Q{Accessorials valid?}
  Q -->|No| R[Dispute charges]
  R --> P
  Q -->|Yes| S((Freight paid))

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