70%
fewer empty miles on tomorrow's plan
212 to 64, with one return leg added
No empty miles.No unpaid loads.
Loaded111 of 1411 of 14 trucks loaded
Empty miles96 mi96 empty miles
Revenue$17,560$17,560 revenue today
On time13 of 1413 of 14 on time
8 more trucks
What changes with Trace for Carriers
Worked out from the sample work on this page and from how the agent runs. Your results depend on your freight and your settings.
21%
more revenue from the same trucks
$5,970 to $7,210 on tomorrow's plan
16%
more billed on one delivery
Detention and a lumper on a $1,240 linehaul
Dispatch
01 / 04In sync asthe day changes.
Every truck on one live board, re-planned the moment a load runs late.
Today's board. T-18 is running late on I-90.Accepting a load waits for you
Dispatch5 of 14 trucks shown
On time13 of 1413 of 14Late loads11Empty miles9696
Truck5 AM7 AM9 AM11 AM3 PM5 PM7 PM9 PMNow, 1:40 PM
T-0753' dry van · 6h leftSeattle → Portland · deliveredPortland → Tacoma · $980
T-1253' dry van · 7h leftSpokane → Tacoma · $1,180
T-1853' dry van · 40m leftYakima → Seattle · out of hours
T-2153' dry van · 9h leftPortland → Yakima · deliveredEllensburg → Seattle
T-24Flatbed · 9h leftSeattle → Boise · $1,450
Relay found. The I-90 closure held T-18 for 2 hours, so it reaches Ellensburg with 40 minutes of drive time. T-21 is 20 minutes away with 9 hours left and delivers by 5:10 PM.
One live board
Assigned, picked up, in transit, and delivered, for every truck.
Re-plan mid-route
Split a load into legs instead of stranding a truck.
Shippers in the loop
Your customers see status without calling dispatch.
Invoicing and settlements
02 / 04Delivery proof becomes the invoice.And the driver's pay.
The POD lands on the load, the invoice goes out the same day, and the settlement is ready.
Load 6620, from signed POD to invoice and pay.Sample load
Load 6620 · Cascade PaperSeattle → Portland · delivered Tue 3:34 PM · T-18
InvoicedThe POD landed at 3:41 PM. The agent billed the 1.5 hours the geofence recorded past the 2 free hours, attached the lumper receipt, sent the invoice, and added the detention share to T-18's settlement.
Proof of delivery
Invoice INV-7731Cascade Paper · net 30Sent
- Linehaul
- $1,240
- Detention · 1.5 h
- $112.50Geofence 12:04 to 3:34 PM
- Lumper
- $85Receipt attached
- Total
- $1,437.50
Signed PODLumper receiptRate confirmation
Sent to Cascade Paper · Tue 3:52 PM
Settlement · T-18Week of Sep 21 · paid FridayReady
- Loads
- 4Tacoma, Seattle, Portland
- Miles
- 1,180
- Mileage pay
- $708$0.60 / mi
- Detention pay
- $37.50Share of INV-7731
- Total
- $745.50
Pay waits for you
Syncs to QuickBooks once approved
Current$0$48,20031 to 60 days$0$6,150Short pays0 · $02 · $160Detention, this month$0$1,840
Invoiced on delivery
The POD attaches itself and the invoice goes out that day.
Settlements, done
Driver pay from the loads they ran.
Every dollar tracked
Detention, short pays, and aging in view.
Rate requests and calls
03 / 04The desk work happenswithout a desk.
Rate requests get answered and calls get handled, and nothing binding moves without you.
Rate requests and calls, answered from your own lanes.Tenders wait for you
Lakeshore Freight · RQ-3312Rate sentTacoma → Spokane · 53' van · 24 pallets · Thu 7 AM
Email request7:12 AMSent7:21 AM
Hi Lakeshore team, we can cover Thursday's Tacoma to Spokane with a 53' van at $1,650 all-in, pickup 7 AM. Send the tender and we'll confirm the truck.Priced from your lanesTacoma → Spokane · 280 mi
- Lane history
- $1,610Last 9 loads
- Cost per mile
- $2.41Fuel, driver, tolls
- Return
- $980DAT backhaul, Fri
- Quoted
- $1,650$5.89 / mi
Call · Lakeshore dispatch(206) 555-0163Live · 0:00
Rate requests, answered
Priced from your own lane history before you sit down.
Every call handled
Answered, summarized, and filed on the load.
The next haul, lined up
Backhauls found before the truck is empty.
Compliance and maintenance
04 / 04The whole fleeton one record.
IFTA, ELD, and maintenance live beside the loads.
Fourteen trucks, one record, fed by the loads they ran.Sample fleet
Fleet14 trucks · Q3 to date
IFTA, Q3Ready to fileHours of serviceAll in limitsService due2 trucksInspectionsNext in 12 days
| Truck | Type | Today | Hours left | Next service | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-07 | 53' van | Portland → Tacoma | 6 h | 8,400 mi | Inspection in 12 days |
| T-12 | 53' van | Spokane → Tacoma | 7 h | 3,100 mi | Up to date |
| T-18 | 53' van | Yakima → Ellensburg | 40 min | 1,200 mi | Service Thu |
| T-21 | 53' van | Ellensburg → Seattle | 9 h | 6,700 mi | Inspection in 12 days |
| T-24 | Flatbed | Seattle → Boise | 9 h | 11,900 mi | Up to date |
| T-31 | Reefer | Yakima → Seattle | 10 h | 4,300 mi | Up to date |
T-18's service is due in 1,200 miles. The agent booked it for Thursday after the Portland return, so no load moves.
IFTA, filed
Fuel tax miles by state from the loads you ran.
ELD, connected
Hours of service beside every dispatch decision.
Maintenance, planned
Service dates in the plan before a truck goes down.
Questions and answers
Trace for Carriers is a TMS for asset-based carriers, with the agent built in. It plans every truck around your equipment and driver hours, keeps dispatch in sync as the day changes, answers rate requests from your own lane history, and turns every delivery into an invoice and a driver settlement. IFTA miles and maintenance sit on the same record as the loads, for fleets running in Canada, the United States, and across the border.
Trace fits fleets from a handful of trucks to several hundred. Planning, dispatch, invoicing, and settlements work the same way at every size, and the agent picks up the desk work a small team rarely has time for, such as answering rate requests, handling calls, and chasing the paperwork after each delivery.
The plan looks for the next haul before a truck runs empty, matching return legs to where the truck will be, its equipment, and the hours its driver has left. When no load fits, it prices the empty miles, so dispatch decides with the cost in view instead of finding out after the truck is home. Trucks, trailers, and driver hours are matched to loads before they are promised, and a truck that sits open gets load board freight.
Yes. Each request is read as it lands, matched to a truck that can take it, and priced from your own history on that lane. Every lane carries its revenue and cost per mile, return leg included, so you see what each lane really earns. The rate is drafted and, unless that customer runs in God mode, waits for your yes before it goes out, and accepting a load or a tender always waits for a person, so a truck is never committed on its own.
Very little. Your dispatchers keep their board, with every truck shown as assigned, picked up, in transit, or delivered. Trace keeps it in sync all day, re-plans the moment a load runs late, can split a load into legs instead of stranding a truck, and handles the calls and paperwork around it. Drivers get their instructions and changes by text, check calls are logged, and customers get updates from the same record.
Yes. Hours of service from your ELD sit beside every dispatch decision, so a load goes to a driver who has the hours to make it. The same ELD data feeds tracking, so the brokers and shippers you haul for follow their loads through tracking links and a portal instead of calling your dispatch.
The signed POD lands on the load, and the invoice is ready the day it delivers and goes out inside the mode you set. Detention is measured by the geofence at the dock, and lumper receipts attach to the load, so billable time and charges go on the invoice with the proof beside them. Short pays and aging stay in view until every invoice is paid.
Yes. Driver settlements are calculated from the loads each driver ran, on the same record as the invoice, and IFTA fuel tax miles are counted by state from the same loads. Maintenance dates sit in the plan too, so a truck goes in for service before it goes down rather than in the middle of a load.
Run one week of your fleet on Trace.
Bring your lanes and your trucks. See your week from rate request to paid on one record.
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