Rate Management
Freight rate management software, connected to quoting and invoicing
Expedient keeps carrier and agent rates in the same platform that generates your quotes, books your freight, and raises your invoices — no more chasing rate sheets across spreadsheets and carrier emails to work out what a job should cost.
The Problem With Rate Management Today
Rates that live in spreadsheets don't talk to the jobs that need them
Carrier and agent rates end up scattered across spreadsheets, PDFs, and email threads — disconnected from the quotes, bookings, and invoices that actually depend on them. Every quote means someone hunting down the current rate and hoping it hasn't expired.
Expedient keeps rate cards and contracts inside the same platform that generates your quotes, books the freight, and raises the invoice — so the rate used at quoting time is the rate that flows straight through to what you bill.
Rate Cards by Carrier & Lane
Store contracted and spot rates by carrier, lane, and service level in one place, replacing the scattered spreadsheets and inbox rate sheets that go out of date the moment a carrier sends an update.
Rate Lookup at Quoting
Pull the current rate straight into a quote as you build it, rather than switching between a spreadsheet, an inbox, and the booking screen to work out what a job should cost.
Connected to Booking & Invoicing
Rates live in the same system that books the job and raises the invoice, so the figure a quote was built on is the figure that flows through to what the customer is billed.
Margin Visibility
See the buy rate and sell rate side by side as a job is quoted, so margin is visible before a job is booked rather than discovered afterwards when the invoice is reconciled.
Rate Expiry Tracking
Contracted rates carry validity dates, so an expired rate is flagged rather than quietly carried into a new quote — no more finding out a rate lapsed after the job has already been booked.
Multi-Currency Rates
Hold rates in the currencies your carriers and agents actually invoice in, across both the Australian and New Zealand books, without a separate conversion step bolted onto the quoting process.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is rate management connected to quoting and invoicing?
Rate cards and contracts live in the same platform used to build quotes, make bookings, and raise invoices, rather than in a separate spreadsheet or document. When a quote is built, the applicable carrier or agent rate is pulled straight from that rate card, so the same figure carries through from quote to booking to the final invoice, with no manual re-entry or reconciliation step required along the way.
Can we manage rates for both AU and NZ, in different currencies?
Yes. Expedient is built for logistics companies operating across both the Australian and New Zealand markets, and rate cards can be held in the currencies your carriers and agents actually invoice in. A rate agreed with an overseas carrier in US dollars, for example, sits alongside your local AUD or NZD rates in the same system, without a manual conversion step added to the quoting process.
What happens when a contracted rate expires?
Contracted rates carry a validity period, so an expired rate doesn't sit quietly in a rate card waiting to be quoted by mistake. Rates approaching or past their expiry are flagged, giving your team a clear signal to chase a renewal with the carrier or agent before the next quote goes out, rather than discovering the problem after a job has already been booked at an out-of-date price.
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