Quotation Engine

Automate quote generation for customers online

Transportation has complex requirements of pricing and quotes based on various customer movements. Fero provides users with a quotation module where automated quotes can be generated by end customers based on their trucking inquiries. It also provides visibility in terms of quotes generated per customer and tracks quotation to confirmation lifecycle through analytics.

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Quotes

Today · all channels · road freight

Requests

6

Auto-quoted

5

Needs approval

1

Accepted

2

QuoteLaneChannelStatusAmount
QT000417CUS00088KEZAD → RiyadhLow bed EmailNeeds approval Over-dimension
QT000416CUS00131DIC → Sharjah3-ton box PortalSentAED 580
QT000415CUS00142Jebel Ali → Abu Dhabi40ft flatbed AssistantAcceptedAED 1,510
QT000414CUS00097Al Quoz → KEZADReefer 20ft WhatsAppAcceptedAED 1,260
QT000413CUS00088Mussafah → Jebel Ali40ft flatbed PortalLostAED 1,240
QT000412CUS00131Sharjah → Jebel AliCurtain side EmailSentAED 875

Key features

What Quotation Engine gives your team.

    • Jebel Ali → MussafahCurtain side · standard route AutoAED 1,288
    • DIC → Sharjah3-ton box · standard route AutoAED 580
    • Jebel Ali → Abu Dhabi40ft flatbed · standard route AutoAED 1,510

    Automated quote generation for standard routes

    When a customer asks for a trucking quote on a standard route, the quote is priced and prepared automatically.

  • Needs approval

    QT000417

    KEZAD → Riyadh · Low bed

    Over-dimension · escort

    ReviewApprove

    Notification on special requirements for approval and quote preparation

    Requests with special requirements are flagged to your team for approval before the quote goes out.

  • CustomerLocalCross-border
    FMCG+12%+15%
    Retail+10%+14%
    Cold chain+18%+20%

    Percentage based mark-up quotes generated for customers and service type

    Each quote adds the percentage mark-up you set for that customer and service type.

  • Read requestAuto
    Match base rateAuto
    Apply mark-upAuto
    Special requirementsReview
    Send quoteAuto

    Customizable ‘Extent’ of automation within workflows

    You decide which steps of the quote workflow run on their own and which wait for a person.

Key benefits

Why teams switch it on.

  • Visibility on customer wise successful quote conversion

    Every quote is tracked from request to confirmation, so you can see which customers convert.

  • Multichannel quote generation (via Whatsapp and Google assistant)

    Customers can ask for a quote where they already are, not only through a portal.

  • Control on quotations generated per customer

    See how many quotes each customer has requested and what they were quoted.

  • Added Value to customer service

    Customers get a priced answer to their trucking inquiry without waiting on a call back.

Also in quote

Rates come back in minutes instead of days, with the buy and sell side held apart so margin is a decision rather than a discovery.

Bring us one lane. We will show you the difference on your own numbers.

A week of your orders, rates or invoices, run through Fero with your contracts and your carriers.