Work Order Entry
How to understand Work Orders
Work orders are submitted via email, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), or are input by the customer through the TZ web application.
Customers are usually Freight Forwarders, unless the load is dispatched directly by the SS line (i.e., Freight Forwarder paying the SS line for inland transport). Customers can also be a receiver or a shipper if they have a truck broker authority license.
When an order is received, they are input into the TZ web application by a dispatcher as outlined below.
Work orders come in many different formats, so each one will be different. Use the example work order information on this page to understand what information is available in each work order you receive, where that information is located, and how best to input that particular work order into the TZ web application.
In this example, the SS Line Bill of Lading number is input into the work order page in the TZ web application, and the Reference number above is located at the top left of the customer work order.
The Pickup Address is added to Route 1 on the Work Order.
The Delivery Address is added to Route 2 on the Work Order.
The Container Number, Seal Number, Container Type and Size, as well as the weight, are input as shown in the image below:
Import Container Information
Each Import container should have the following information identified and entered into the TZ web application.
Container Number
Seal Number
Bill of Lading
Container Size
Container Weight
Commodity
Where Cargo is Originating From
Where Cargo is Going (Consignee)
Export Container Information
Each Export Container should have the following information identified and entered into the TZ web application.
Booking Number
Container Size
Container Weight
Commodity
Where Cargo is Originating From/Shipper
Where Cargo is Going to be Returned to: Rail, or Port (referred to as Terminals in the TZ web application)
Operation Types
Import Operation Types
CHASSIS PICK UP
PICK UP AT
PREPULL TO YARD
PULL FROM YARD
DELIVER TO CONSIGNEE
LOAD DROP
EMPTY PICKUP
EMPTY RETURN
CHASSIS RETURN
Export Operation Types
CHASSIS PICK UP
EMPTY PICK UP
PREPULL TO YARD
PULL FROM YARD
LOAD AT SHIPPER
EMPTY DROP AT SHIPPER
LOAD PICK UP
RETURN LOAD TO
CHASSIS RETURN
Live Load
A Live Load Export is created with only one route, starting with an empty pickup at the depot, with the driver then taking the empty chassis to the shipper. The container is then loaded at the shipper while the driver waits. Once the container is loaded, it is taken by the driver to the terminal (either port or rail).
Live Loads in TruckerZoom are always Exports as opposed Live Unloads are Import Work Orders.
Live Unload
A live unload is also created with only one route, starting with picking up the container at the rail terminal. The container is then driven to the Consignee and is unloaded while the driver waits. Once the container has been unloaded, it is then driven back to the rail terminal.
Live Unload (Imports) are made by one route containing three operations:
Pickup at Terminal (rail or port)
Deliver to (Consignee)
Empty return (Depot)
Pre Pull
A Pre Pull is when a container is taken to an individual trucking companies yard before delivery in order to lower costs associated with container storage.
The rail company will generally cost $100 - $200 dollars per day, whereas the trucking company yard storage is available for a fraction of the rail storage cost, with an additional Pre Pull Fee that is charged for transporting the container to the trucking companies yard.
The Last Free Day (LFD) is the last date on which a container must be picked up before it is charged a storage fee.
Load Drop
A load drop is when a driver delivers an import loaded container at the consignee's warehouse to be loaded at a later date or time.
Import Route Examples
Please follow the below examples for how to structure routes for Imports in the TruckerZoom web application.
Live Load Import
Route 1
Pick Up at Deliver to Consignee Empty Return
Pre Pull Import
Route 1
Pick Up at Pre Pull to Yard
Route 2
Pull From Yard Deliver to Consignee Empty Return
Load Drop Import
Route 1
Chassis Pick Up Pick Up at Drop Load at Consignee Home Yard
Route 2
Home Yard Empty Pick Up Empty Return
Load Drop Import with Pre Pull
Route 1
Pick up at Pre Pull to Yard
Route 2
Pull From Yard Drop Load At Home Yard
Route 3
Home Yard Empty Pick Up Empty Return
Load Drop Import with multiple Pre Pulls
Route 1
Pick Up at Pre Pull to Yard
Route 2
Pull From Yard Drop Load at Home Yard
Route 3
Home Yard Empty Pick Up Home Yard
Route 4
Pull from Yard Empty Return
Export Route Examples
Please follow the below examples for how to structure routes for Exports in the TruckerZoom web application.
Live Load Export
Route 1
Empty Pick Up Load at Shipper Return Load to
Pre Pull Export
Route 1
Empty Pickup Pre Pull to Yard
Route 2
Pull From Yard Load at Shipper Return Load to
Empty Drop Export
Route 1
Empty Pick Up Empty at Shipper Home Yard
Route 2
Home Yard Load Pick Up Return Load to
Empty Drop Export with Pre Pull
Route 1
Empty Pick Up Pre Pull to Yard
Route 2
Pull from Yard Empty at Shipper Home Yard
Route 3
Home Yard Load Pick Up Return Load to
Empty Drop Export with multiple Pre Pulls
Route 1
Empty Pick Up Pre Pull to Yard
Route 2
Pull from Yard Empty at Shipper Home Yard
Route 3
Home Yard Load Pick Up Home Yard
Route 4
Pull from Yard Return load to
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