Capacity and Direct Matches are calculated by monitoring many different freight sources. Whenever you have a new load or we get a new signal we re-run our matching algorithms to see if there is another available truck.
Below are the sources from which we extract information for Truck Postings that will be shown in the Capacity tab and under Direct Matches:
Email - Carriers frequently send brokers truck availability emails. We have natural language processing technology that can read these emails and turn them into capacity.
Reload - Parade is connected to your TMS and will see if there are carriers working for that broker who are dropping freight within 75 miles or less of picking loads. The goal is to keep using a carrier as long as possible.
Carrier Search - Parade gives you a private portal where all your freight lives. Carriers can go there to see and book freight. They can also search for freight. Every time a carrier searches it becomes capacity for you (carriers only search for loads because they have a truck looking to get somewhere).
Quote - Parade sources quotes from both in- and out-of-network carriers.
User Entered - When one of your reps enters an available truck for a carrier. Every time anyone talks to a carrier they should ask where the carrier's trucks are and enter them into our Lanes & Trucks feature. This will show if the brokerage has any matching freight and enable it to get quoted/booked; it will also make sure that truck is available to match against new freight that comes into the brokerage.
Carrier Entered - When the carrier adds an available truck.
Internal Fleet - This represents your brokerage's own trucks that can be used to move the loads.
Load out - empty truck that is provided to move a load.
Recurring Truck - This is a Mcleod-only feature. Mcleod's PNN enables you to set up a recurring truck and sync it over to Parade.
Posted Truck - We have partnered with DAT, SmartHop, p44, Truxx.ai and E-Dispatcher to enable posted trucks from their networks to be sent to matching loads in Parade.
Direct Matches
Capacity Tab
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