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Platforms & Features
Lazr is designed to support growing shipping volumes by scaling both operational workflows and user access.
Shippers can submit large batches of shipments programmatically through Lazr’s API or handle palletized and LTL loads directly through the UI. The same workflows support parcel, palletized freight, and standard LTL, allowing teams to manage higher volumes without switching tools or processes.
For palletized and high-velocity LTL shipments, Lazr can distribute a single shipment request across multiple participating carriers, returning available pricing and options quickly. This allows shipping teams to compare and book at scale without manual carrier outreach.
Lazr also removes operational bottlenecks as volume grows: teams can add users without license constraints, and both API-driven and UI-based workflows continue to perform as shipment counts increase.
In practice, this lets shippers grow volume—whether through more orders, more pallets, or more lanes, without increasing operational overhead.
Lazr supports a wide range of non-standard shipments through a combination of its marketplace and its extended 3PL network.
Lazr supports a wide range of non-standard shipments through a combination of its core marketplace and its extended network of 3PLs and specialized partners.
International shipments, standard customs workflows and freight coverage can be handled directly within the Lazr marketplace, with pricing and booking available through participating carriers and partners. Lazr is also introducing tools to further simplify customs preparation, including AI-powered HS code suggestions and landed cost estimation. These capabilities help teams classify products more quickly, prepare accurate commercial invoices and labels, estimate duties and taxes upfront, and reduce the risk of delays or rework, especially for exports to the U.S., Mexico, and overseas markets.
For hazardous materials, many common hazmat shipments are supported directly within the Lazr marketplace, with pricing and booking available through participating carriers. When hazmat requirements become more specialized—due to product classification, handling constraints, or service limitations—Lazr routes those shipments through its network of 3PLs and specialized providers to identify suitable, bookable options.
For other complex scenarios, such as oversized freight, temperature-controlled shipments, or certain advanced customs workflows, Lazr leverages its 3PL and partner network to match shipments with providers equipped to handle those requirements.
This hybrid approach allows shippers to manage both standard and complex shipments through a single platform, while ensuring each shipment is handled by the right carrier or service provider as requirements increase in complexity.
Lazr is built to scale in two ways: through its technology infrastructure and, more importantly, through the depth and diversity of its carrier network.
From a platform perspective, Lazr’s infrastructure is designed to handle sudden increases in rating, labeling, and tracking activity without degradation in performance. This ensures shippers can continue to quote and ship even during peak periods.
From a capacity standpoint, Lazr’s large and diversified carrier and 3PL network provides resilience when volumes surge or conditions change. During peak seasons, regional disruptions, or carrier constraints such as strikes or lane imbalances, Lazr can surface alternative carrier options across its network, helping shippers maintain continuity rather than relying on a single provider.
As operational complexity increases, Lazr’s network-driven model allows shippers to adapt by accessing additional capacity, service types, and routing options without needing to rebuild integrations or workflows.
In short, Lazr scales not just by processing more shipments but by giving shippers more options when capacity becomes constrained.
Parcel
Lazr provides instant pricing and booking for parcel shipments through a broad network of national and regional carriers. Rates are returned in real time, making parcel the most automated and immediate mode on the platform today.
LTL and Intermodal (Less-Than-Truckload)
For standard LTL shipments, Lazr delivers instant pricing from its carrier network, similar to parcel.
For more complex LTL use cases such as oversized freight, hazardous materials, or temperature-controlled shipments, Lazr searches across its network of 3PLs and specialized carriers to surface suitable, bookable options.
FTL (Full Truckload)
FTL shipments are supported through Lazr’s 3PL and specialized carrier network. Rather than relying solely on instant rates, Lazr evaluates available providers to identify appropriate, bookable options based on shipment requirements.
Air & Ocean Freight
These modes are supported today primarily through Lazr’s partner and 3PL ecosystem. For Parcel, Air is often the mode of services for Express shipments.
How coverage evolves
As volume, integrations, and carrier participation grow, more lanes, modes, and use cases move toward faster pricing and deeper platform-native workflows, while still supporting complex freight through partner networks.
Customers can rate-shop major parcel brands, FedEx, UPS, DHL, Purolator, Canada Post, and regional couriers like Midland in real time. LTL coverage spans Canada, the US, and Mexico, with coast-to-coast service in domestic Canada.
Lazr ingests carrier tariffs via API or file upload, so every quote reflects the latest base price and surcharge logic. Existing customer-specific contracts can also be uploaded alongside Lazr marketplace rates for true side-by-side comparisons.
Tracking milestones and cost data are centralized in one dashboard; transparency and traceability are core pillars of the platform’s design.
Integrations & Existing Ecosystem
Lazr integrates through a fully documented REST API that allows customers to connect rating, booking, labeling, and tracking into their existing ERP, WMS, or TMS environments. For most implementations, customers work with their own system integrators or internal development teams to build and maintain the connection.
Lazr provides comprehensive API documentation and supports those integrators throughout the implementation process. Once the integration is complete, no ongoing development is required for day-to-day shipping operations.
For teams that do not want to integrate immediately, Lazr also offers a web-based portal that allows users to manage shipments without any system integration.
Yes. Lazr is commonly used alongside existing systems during transition periods.
Shippers can begin using Lazr through its web-based portal while maintaining their current ERP, WMS, or TMS workflows. This allows teams to validate pricing, carrier coverage, and operational fit without disrupting existing processes.
When ready, Lazr can then be integrated via API into production systems, allowing a gradual transition rather than a full cutover. This phased approach helps reduce operational risk while giving teams flexibility in how and when they adopt Lazr.
Simply upload your contract files or connect via carrier API; Lazr stores them privately and shows “Your Rate” versus “Marketplace Rate” on every search.
Absolutely! Accounts for FedEx, UPS, DHL, GLS, Purolator, Canada Post, Midland and more can be linked in minutes, with instant rate-shop results.
Automation, Accuracy & Documentation
Once a shipment is booked, Lazr generates and returns the appropriate carrier label or bill of lading in real time for both marketplace and contract-based shipments.
For international shipments, Lazr also provides a commercial invoice generator to help shippers prepare required customs documentation. In addition, shippers can upload and attach their own documents—such as certificates, permits, or customer-specific paperwork—directly to each order, keeping all shipment-related documents in one place.
Document outputs follow carrier and service-specific requirements, and all generated files are available for review before use, helping teams catch issues early and maintain consistency across shipments.
Quotes pull live data from carrier APIs, including current accessorials and fuel. Because your own contracts can sit beside Lazr marketplace rates, you’ll see the exact tariff that will appear on the invoice.
Quoted rates pull live data from carrier APIs, including current base rates, fuel, and applicable accessorials. Because your own carrier contracts can sit alongside Lazr marketplace rates, the pricing shown reflects the same tariffs carriers use for final invoicing.
To ensure quotes remain as accurate as possible, shippers are responsible for providing correct shipment details, such as weight, dimensions, and required accessorials (for example, residential delivery). When shipment data aligns with carrier measurement and service requirements, post-shipment adjustments and surcharges are minimized.
Usability, Onboarding & Change Management
New users self-create an account in minutes; an onboarding agent reaches out the same day to help load carriers or connect APIs so you can quote and ship immediately.
Lazr is designed to simplify shipping for non-technical users, with a web-based platform that allows teams to book, manage, and monitor shipments without needing technical expertise or system integrations.
Operations teams have access to the tools they need to run day-to-day shipping efficiently, including shipment tracking, status dashboards, exception visibility, and actionable workflows to respond to delays or issues as they arise.
Finance teams can access reporting and analytics that help track shipping spend, carrier performance, and cost efficiency across shipments. These insights support auditing, budgeting, and ongoing optimization without requiring manual reconciliation.
By supporting different user roles within a single platform, Lazr enables cross-functional teams to work from the same source of shipping data while focusing on what matters most to their role.
Unlimited seats let you invite warehouse staff, finance analysts, and regional offices. Filters and shared dashboards make it easy to pick up a colleague’s work if someone is away.
Pricing, ROI & Business Value
Lazr’s pricing model is designed to scale with how shippers use the platform, keeping core functionality accessible while aligning costs with value.
Today, shippers can access Lazr’s marketplace and core shipping workflows without a subscription. Marketplace rates are shown upfront at quote time, allowing teams to ship without separate platform or licensing fees tied to volume.
When shippers use their own carrier contracts within Lazr, a transactional fee applies per shipment. This allows customers to leverage their negotiated rates while benefiting from Lazr’s rating, booking, and execution capabilities, with costs scaling predictably as shipment volume increases.
This combination of usage-based pricing and optional subscriptions ensures Lazr can scale efficiently with growing shipment volumes, larger teams, and more complex operations—without forcing customers into rigid pricing tiers.
Lazr is designed to make shipping costs clear and predictable. Any charges beyond the base freight rate such as fuel surcharges, applicable accessorials, and customs-related charges are included in the quote shown at booking time whenever the required shipment details are provided.
For international shipments, customs duties and taxes may be advanced on the shipper’s behalf. In these cases, Lazr applies a disbursement fee associated with passing through those duties and taxes. These charges are not clearly identified as part of the shipment cost as the customs charges are not currently calculated at checkout.
There are no hidden platform fees added after the fact. The total price displayed in the quote reflects known carrier and customs-related charges before booking, so customers can understand the full cost upfront.
To keep pricing accurate, customers should ensure shipment details such as weight, dimensions, declared value, and required accessorials (for example, residential delivery) are entered correctly. When shipment information aligns with carrier and customs requirements, unexpected post-shipment adjustments are minimized.
Most shippers cite lower transportation spend via rate-shopping, plus major time savings from eliminating multi-portal comparisons. All shipment data lives in one place, unlocking new analytics for finance and ops.
Compliance, Risk & Security
Lazr supports international shipping compliance by guiding shippers through required customs workflows and helping them prepare accurate documentation, while keeping responsibility and control with the shipper.
The platform provides tools such as commercial invoice generation, with additional capabilities coming soon including HS code assistance and landed cost estimation to help shippers supply the information carriers and customs authorities require. These features reduce guesswork, improve data quality, and help teams prepare shipments more efficiently especially at scale or across large product catalogs.
While Lazr is not a customs broker and does not make compliance decisions on behalf of shippers, it helps surface requirements, standardize inputs, and reduce common errors that lead to delays, holds, or rework. Shippers remain responsible for understanding their products, selecting the correct classifications, and ensuring all required documents and declarations are accurate and complete.
In short, Lazr simplifies the process and provides guardrails but compliance ultimately remains in the hands of the shipper, supported by clearer data and better tools.
Our platform is built on secure, cloud-based infrastructure designed with reliability and data protection in mind. Payments are processed by a PCI-DSS–compliant third-party payment processor that specializes in secure payment handling and adheres to strict industry standards. We continuously strengthen our security posture as our platform evolves.
Customer Support
A trilingual (English/French/Spanish) team based in Canada covers extended North-American business hours and responds by chat, phone, or email. Customers consistently call the service “best-in-class.”
Every new account is assigned an onboarding agent who verifies settings, helps load carriers, and trains users, at no extra cost.
Lazr’s product team regularly adds customer-requested features or carrier integrations, reflecting the platform’s commitment to flexibility.
Glossary
Accessorial Charge
Any extra fee applied on top of base freight rates, for example lift-gate service, residential delivery or waiting time.
Accessorial Fees
Accessorial fees are a term used that refers to all extra charges that are added to the invoice in relation to the additional services required as part of a basic delivery, i.e. door-to-door delivery. This can be heated service, a need for a hydraulic tailgate or simply waiting times exceeding the limit granted by the carrier.
Adjustments
Adjustments or additional loads are usually added after the transport movement is performed. These extras are related to facts not specified during shipping such as a specific requirement during delivery such as an “Inside delivery”. They can also arise when checking a weight declared “reweigh” or a revision of the dimensions provided at the beginning. Be vigilant to avoid unpleasant surprises.
API (Application Programming Interface)
A set of endpoints Lazr exposes so your ERP, WMS, e-commerce platform or custom app can push orders in, or pull rates, labels and tracking data out, without human clicks.
ATA
Actual Time of Arrival
Axel load
This term refers to the limit permitted on each axle of road equipment during the transit of a consignment. The weight may vary by province or state depending on the case and the season during thaw periods as an example.
Back Hauls
This is the cargo that brings the carrier back to its point of origin or to its main area of operation. Generally dependent on the territories and regions, these shipments are often carried out at a lower cost since they allow the operator to return to the point of departure.
Beneficial Owner
It is a legal document that specifies the actual and current owner of the goods transported, even if the shipping documents show another beneficiary in law and title. We find this type of document most often in international transport.
Bill of Lading (BOL)
The legal contract between shipper and carrier for LTL or FTL freight. Lazr auto-generates a carrier-specific BOL each time you confirm an order.
Blind Shipment
In some cases, the actual seller of the goods uses his distributor or manufacturer in order to execute the shipment. Obviously, in order to protect his customers and prevent his customer from sourcing from the latter during future orders, he keeps the anonymity of the sender and executes everything without reporting in any way from the actual point of origin. The term “blind shipment” therefore applies.
Blocking and Bracing
The method used to block, secure and secure the load inside a trailer or container.
Bobtail
Refers to a tractor truck that drives without a trailer being stowed to it.
Bogie
The bogie is a trolley equipped with axles and necessarily wheels used by the rail to be able to enter under the chassis of a wagon and facilitate the negotiation of curves. Once installed, they are able to rotate independently of each other.
BOL / Bill Of Lading
This is the bill of lading, the legal contract of carriage that binds and details the terms and conditions of the shipment between the shipper and the carrier. This document specifies all the aspects that have taken place between the parties as well as the nature of the goods transported. It may in certain cases be given to the consignee and be proof of delivery.
Broker
Similar to 3 PL, the “broker” is an intermediary between the shipper and the carrier in order to ensure transport movements. Brokers serve as connectivity between carriers and customers who require logistics services. This term can also be used to describe an independent truck operator.
Bulk
This term is used to describe a cargo that has no containers or packaging of any kind. These types of shipments are very often liquid chartered in tanks or rock or sand in dump trucks.
Bulk trailer
This type of equipment is used to transport unpackaged materials in large quantities. ( Ex: Dump truck, dump trailer)
Capacity
Defines the ability of a carrier to transport goods on a given route depending on the availability of its equipment, drivers and market fluctuations such as return possibilities as well as fuel.
Carrier
A company that physically transports the shipment such as FedEx, Purolator or a regional LTL provider. Lazr lets you mix your own contracted carriers with 100 + pre-connected partners.
CFS
Container Freight Station – Deconsolidation warehouse (in case of LCL).
CI
Commercial Invoice
Classification
The classification of the convenience shipped determines the pricing level. The more fragile or bulky a product is, the higher the rate is likely to be. Amenities are associated with specific classifications that are determined based on the risk or volume space required. These classifications apply strictly to LTL shipments.
COD
Cash on Delivery – payment required prior to delivery.
Commodity
This term refers to the description of the parts that make up a shipment. It specifies the product shipped. For example: A shipment of chairs. Commodity = Furniture / Chairs.
Common Carrier
These are common road hauliers that operate specific corridors with well-established and generally fixed timetables and tariffs. Their LTL cargoes bring together several shippers in the form of volume consolidation.
Concealed Damage
This term is used when damage occurs to the goods often after delivery. The reason is that this damage is not apparent and is only found after unpacking and could not be seen otherwise. Be careful because the time limit to serve a claim for damage on the carrier is 60 days.
Consignee
The point of destination or the place where the cargo is to be delivered without the consignee necessarily being the owner.
Consignor
The person who ships goods to a consignee and who is the owner of the goods until the consignee pays his due to him in full. It is usually the one who sells the said goods.
Consolidation
It is a question of benefiting from a grouping of several shippers shipping to a common point. These shipments are of the LTL type and are intended to create substantial savings for each of them. In return, several receivers from the same sector may also join together to receive goods from the same point of origin. Some warehouses specialize and are consolidators, that is, they bring together several shipments destined for the same point of reception and coming from an unlimited number of suppliers. The big chains in North America often do this.
Container
The container is nothing more and nothing less than a box resembling a closed trailer (Dry Box). However, they are of different sizes and smaller, either 20 or 40 feet in length. Once placed on a chassis on wheels, the container becomes mobile and intermodal that can be used for transport by road, rail or sea.
COO
Certificate Of Origin – Required to benefit from preferential tariff treatment under a free trade agreement.
Cross Dock
This term refers to a warehouse that is configured with doors on each side (face to face) in order to facilitate the transhipment of trailers and especially to accelerate the pace. LTL and small parcel carriers use this type of infrastructure.
Cube
Refers to the space occupied by the goods inside a trailer or container in order to determine its volume. If the minimum weight per cubic foot required is not reached, billing will be done according to volume.
Cubic Capacity
This term refers to the carrying capacity of a truck, wagon or cargo ship. It expresses its carrying capacity in cubic feet, which is the one that cannot be legally exceeded. Be vigilant about your carrier’s legal limits.
Customs broker
This is the person or company that represents exporters and importers in order to cross borders in international shipments. He makes sure to clear these shipments on your behalf and that all the necessary documentation is submitted to the cross-border authorities. The customs broker must hold a License in order to exercise his mandate.
CY
Container Yard (in case of FCL).
Day Cab
This term describes a truck or semi-trailer that does not contain a berth attached to it. Most often used for regional and city operations.
DECA / CAED
Canadian Exportation Declaration (Form B13A) is needed if you are exporting non-restricted commercial goods valued at CAN$2,000 or more from Canada to any other destination (some conditions apply).
Demurrage
Demurrage charges are applied for storage of laden containers whilst in the steamship line’s care in a port, rail terminal, feeder terminal, inland depot or container yard.
Detention
Detention charges are applied for the storage or holding of containers whilst in customers’ care outside a port, rail terminal, feeder terminal, inland depot or container yard.
Dispatch
Maintains control of the movements of goods, equipment and drivers while remaining in contact with them in order to direct and orchestrate their tasks.
DOT (Department of transportation)
The Federal Department is responsible for the safety of national motorways, railways and aviation.
Drayage
The transport of goods over a short distance. These are movements by intermodal connecting road, usually from a marshalling yard or port to the final destination or from the origin to a marshalling yard or port.
Driver
It is the individual behind the wheel of the truck and / or semi-trailer. He is not necessarily the owner of the equipment or the company that operates it.
Drop and hook
When a driver drops off his trailer at a specific location without waiting to be unloaded, and attaches to another trailer usually already loaded.
Dry Box
A semi-trailer used to transport cargo that is not sensitive to temperature variations. This type of trailer usually measures 53 feet, but there are also 48 feet that are rarer nowadays, and are mostly used for local deliveries and city work in smaller locations.
Dwell Time
It refer to the waiting time between vessel unloading and rail load.
E-Manifest (eManifest)
E-Manifest (eManifest) is a term used to describe the advance, electronic conveyance of freight information to customs officials prior to a shipment arriving at a border.
Embargo
This term defines the impossibility of accepting shipments to or from a specific region. These prohibitions are usually ratified by countries that have conflictual situations with the place affected by the embargo for which they use this means as a sanction.
ERS
Expedited Rail Service – Priority loading on rail.
ETA
The estimated time, or date, and approximate time that shipment is expected to arrive at its destination.
Exceptions
The term indicates that there was a problem with the shipment. It can be a shortage, damage or an incorrect account that causes a surplus. Most companies have customer service that takes care of the exceptional situation and help solve the problem.
FCL
(Full Container Load) means the goods are packed in a full container.
FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
The DOT federal agency regulates the trucking industry in the USA.
Freight
Generally refers to the usually palletized cargo ship. The term may also describe goods of any kind transited, shipped or handled by a carrier for remuneration. The term is most often used to characterize the cargo
Gross Weight
The total weight of a shipment including its packaging and pallets.
HBL
House Bill of Lading
Headhaul
The exit movement from the sender to the receiver is often the most successful for the operator.
High Cube Trailer
Trailers can have some differences in dimensions that range from 40 feet to 53 feet. The width and height may also vary. For maximum space, ask for a “High Cube” type equipment. It offers a length of 53 feet, a width of 102 inches and a height of 116 inches.
HS Code
Harmonized Code – Numerical method for classifying traded products.
Inbound
Refers to an incoming cargo in the language of an operator. Similar to the term ”Back haul”
Incoterms
Incoterms, a widely-used terms of sale, are a set of 11 internationally recognized rules which define the responsibilities of sellers and buyers.
Interline
This term is used when more than one operator is involved in the transport of a consignment. The carriers then work together to get to the destination. The responsibility for any possible losses either in number or in damage lies with the one who is in “custody and control” of the goods and the signatures during the succession has an importance in order to define who is responsible among the collaborators. Be vigilant.
Intermodal
Term used when more than one mode of transportarion is used to cover the entire journey required. It can be road/rail, road/ship, etc.
IPEC / ACI
Advance Commercial Information document
Just in time
This expression is used to define the just in time arrival of goods to the supply chain. That is, in order to keep inventory levels as low as possible, manufacturers and distributors alike prefer to receive their material only or almost when needed. These practices also help limit the space required for storage.
Lane
(Line Served) The route served by the carrier on a regular basis.
LCL
(Less than Container Load) is a mode of shipping via ocean. If you don’t have enough cargo to fill up an entire container, consider shipping LCL. An LCL shipment will be consolidated with other LCL shipments into one container.
LFD
Last Free Day – Before storage, demurrage or detention will start.
Linehaul
Refers to the transport from an origin to a destination excluding its distribution (most often, city to city). Operators analyze their capacity flow according to the number of trips to go out and to bring back, that is to say according to their language, the “linehaul”.
LTL (Less-Than-Truckload)
Freight that doesn’t fill a full trailer. Lazr’s rating engine compares LTL options alongside parcel and other modes in one screen.
Lumper
(Laborer / Handler) Staff required and paid to load and / or unload a trailer or container.
Marketplace (Rate-Comparison View)
Lazr’s Travel industry-style screen where you enter shipment details once and instantly compare prices, transit times and service levels across every connected carrier.
Motor carier
The term is used to refer to a trucker. Refers to a carrier operating one or more road vehicles.
Mover
This term defines an operator moving personal or corporate goods, whether domestic, regional or international.
Nested
When a shipment can stack and fit together, it saves a lot of space in a shipment. The term “nested” is used to describe this type of movement.
Net weight
The total weight of a shipment excluding its packaging and pallets. (Different from “Gross Weight” which includes packaging).
Not otherwise indicated (NOI)
The term is used to refer to a trucker. Refers to a carrier operating one or more road vehicles.
OTR
(Over the road) means that the freight travels by road or by truck.
Owner Operator
(Independent Trucker). This is a trucker who owns a small business or the equipment he makes available to a transporter, but as an independent subcontractor. He is then not considered as an employee, but as an operator. He very often works under the licenses and insurance of the operator who uses his services. Most often, his or her equipment is identified with the name of the operator who hires him. The term “Broker” is also used to refer to it.
PL
Packing List
POD (Proof of delivery)
This is a trucker who owns a small business or the equipment he makes available to a transporter, but as an independent subcontractor. He is then not considered as an employee, but as an operator. He very often works under the licenses and insurance of the operator who uses his services. Most often, his or her equipment is identified with the name of the operator who hires him. The term “Broker” is also used to refer to it.
Pricing Intelligence
Lazr’s proprietary engine that ingests carrier APIs and paper tariffs, then surfaces the lowest compliant rate (or your preferred margin) in milliseconds.
Refer (Refrigerated)
Trailer or truck equipped with a refrigeration unit and insulation suitable for transporting goods sensitive to cold or frozen temperature. Some types of “refer” can also be reversed to warm the interior.
SKU
(Stock Keeping Unit). A product identifier used to track and control inventory and is often listed in alpha and / or numeric code and using bar codes. SKUs represent a specific product in inventory in the supply and distribution chain.
Sleeper Cab
(Truck with sleeper). A compartment which is attached to a cab of a truck in order to allow the driver (s) to take rest during their journey which requires more than a day of transit and by not exceeding the permitted hours of regulated driving.
SOC
Shipper Owned Container
Spot Quote
A one-off rate request for non-standard moves like oversized freight, hazmat, remote lanes, etc. Lazr sends the request to its network of 3PLs partners and returns live quotes for quick selection.
Tariff
A carrier’s full rate table (base charges, lanes, discounts, fuel surcharges and accessorial rules). Lazr parses each tariff so “all-in” pricing is reflected accurately at quote time.
Team drivers
This is a team of drivers operating the same equipment in order to shorten the transit time between two points and to deliver earlier. They are often in demand during emergencies commonly referred to as “expedited shipments” or at very long distances over 3,000 miles.
Third Party Logistics / 3PL
(Third party Logistics) Logistics services offered by an intermediary in conjunction with a third party that performs the movement of transport as well as many facets of the supply chain and supply chain activities.
Through Rate
Refers to a “through rate”, which is from a point of origin to a specific point of destination.
Time Critical
This term is used to express the urgency of delivering a shipment to its destination as soon as possible and describes the critical situation as an eminent production shutdown.
Time Definite
Defines a precise delivery time, that is, the day and time it should take place. These are scheduled deliveries.
TMS / WMS
(Transport management system / Warehouse management system). IT systems that support and manage freight transport activities as well as warehouse operations, such as receiving, leaving and moving.
Tracking Number / PRO
The unique identifier Lazr assigns (or retrieves from the carrier) to give you door-to-door visibility, status alerts and exception management inside the platform.
Transit time
Refers to the time required for the delivery of a shipment from its point of origin.
Truckload / TL / FTL
This term refers to “Truck Load” or Full Truck Load “which means the maximum load capacity of an equipment in space or weight. In such a case, the shipper uses the exclusivity of the equipment to carry out the movement whether it is of dimensions of 48 or 53 feet and this in “ dry box ” or in “ refer ” and / or also in open specialized equipment.
Volume Rate
This term refers to LTL shipments that are subject to a minimum weight and cubic volume. (EX; Min 10 lb per cubic foot)
Warehousing
Refers to the storage of goods for a given period, determined or not, therefore long term or short term. More specifically, the goods are in custody and control in a warehouse on a temporary basis until required. Shippers, often manufacturers or distributors, use it for additional space requirements according to given schedules either for production or for requisitioning their customers.
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