Shipper
Who you invoice. Legal name, ID, address. The mapped column on the file is always the bill-to.
04 · Shipment
No billing period. A haul, a rate, a bill.
A shipment is the thing that gets billed. The carrier contract holds the rate card and the mapping. The file is billed on Shipments — no monthly schedule.
Who is on the deal
Carrier
Who hauled. Each contract points at one catalog carrier. Create it here, or from the contract’s Carrier tab.
Contract
One carrier deal: Carrier, Contract, Rates, Mapping. Production files are uploaded on Shipments — not on this page.
Rate cards
A signed amount or a formula — per shipment, on this contract.
Add products from the catalog. Every line shares one currency. Order matters. A formula can read a published index on the haul date. Activate writes carrier price variants — draft save does not.
Rate indexes
Default
The main published series. Any carrier not listed on a branch uses these dates.
Branch
A complete table for listed carriers. A carrier belongs to one branch — it does not inherit a missing row from Default.
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CarrierContractRatesMapping
Charges on this contract
| Product | Type | How it charges | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line haul | Formula | distance × 42 | INR |
| Fuel | Formula | distance × diesel | INR |
| Detention | Flat | ₹ 1,200 | INR |
| Admin fee | Flat | − ₹ 6 | INR |
Same currency · order matters · Activate writes carrier variants
The haul date
The rate is the one in force on the day the shipment moved.
That date is the haul date. It picks the contract still in term, and the published index value for that day. An expired deal is not a fallback. Issued invoices keep the rate they were billed.
The contract
Four tabs. Then the file is billed on Shipments.
Start and end are inclusive calendar dates. None is one invoice per haul. Daily, weekly, and monthly group by shipper and window from the start date — weekly is seven days from that date, not Monday–Sunday. Leftover days are a stub. The invoice date is the window’s last day.
01
Carrier
Pick a catalog hauler, or New then Create. Create writes the carrier and saves this contract.
02
Contract
Reference, invoice from (your organisation or the carrier), start, end, frequency. The shipper is not here — it is the mapped column.
03
Rates
The rate card. Same currency on every charge. Activate is what writes carrier variants.
04
Mapping
Sample, shipper column, attributes the charges read. Process always saves the contract first.
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CarrierContractRatesMapping
Carrier
Westbound Haul
Term
1 Apr – 31 Mar
Frequency
Weekly
From start date
Invoice from
Your org
Billing details
Start / end
Inclusive calendar dates. Leave end open if the deal has none.
Weekly
Seven days from the start date — not Monday–Sunday.
Invoice date
Last day of the window. Leftover days are a stub period.
Bill-to
The mapped shipper. Not chosen on this tab.
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CarrierContractRatesMapping
ProcessShipper column
C · Consignee · Name, then aliases
| Shipper | Shipment | Match | Invoice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbound Logistics | SHP-441 | Matched | Sonic created |
| Helio Labs | SHP-442 | Suggested | Sonic created |
| Apex Tools | SHP-448 | New shipper | Sonic created |
| Delta Pack | SHP-451 | Matched | Sonic created |
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Platform
One chain. The order.
01
Contracts
PDF to a typed agreement
02
Catalogs
Who you bill, what you sell
03
Subscription
The schedule is the core
04
Shipment model
Rate cards, not months
05
Usage & seats
Events and snapshots
06
Shipment uploads
Process, confirm, create, invoice
07
Invoices
Drafts grow. Sent do not.
08
Watchtower
Inbox, cadence, a person
09
Revenue
Billed is not recognised
10
Bank rec
A deposit is a fact
11
Integrations
Pipes in and out
Next
See it on your contracts
A walkthrough on the agreements and files you actually bill from — not a slide deck.