Subscriber to Subscriber Loads

To create a sub2sub load, a connection must first be established between the initiating subscriber and the receiving subscriber. One way or bi-directional connections can be created. Creating the load in the initiating subscriber and then assigning it to the receiving subscriber will automatically create the child load, which will be available in the receiving subscriber’s tendered/accept tab.

When assigning the load, select the child subscriber from the list of carriers. It will be marked with this icon. The parent load will move to active and the child load will be created. 

The child load’s customer load number will be set as the parent load’s load number to identify the connection between the two. The Customer of the child load will be the parent subscriber and the shipper price will be what was set upon carrier assignment. If $0 carrier price loads are enabled for the initiating subscriber and the receiving subscriber is assigned as the carrier with a $0 carrier price, regardless of $0 shipper prices being enabled, the child load will be created with a $0 shipper price. The child load will need to be accepted in the tendered/accept tab of the receiving subscriber and then assigned to a carrier.

Data Approval Rules

The approval of information flowing from the child to parent load is controlled in the Data Approval Rules tab of Carrier Master. Go to Administration → Carriers in the initiating subscriber and select the receiving carrier.

These transactions can be individually toggled to trusted or not trusted. If they are trusted, the Load Events, Active Load Locations, or Resource Assignments will update for the parent load automatically. These updates sync on a schedule. If they are not trusted, they will go to the Approval Queue. For more information on the Approval Queue, refer to this article.

Rate Confirmation

When updates are made to cargo details, product details, carrier price, or load location details of the parent load, a rate confirmation will be automatically generated and sent to the child subscriber’s email address. That email address can be configured in Carrier Master. Go to Administration → Carriers select the receiving subscriber in the list of carriers to enter in the email in the Data Exchange Partner Settings section of Carrier Primary Data.

These updates will also flow to the child load from the parent.

Load Documents

Load documents uploaded to the child load will automatically be uploaded to the parent load if they are a required document.

Carrier Invoices

When an invoice is generated for a child load, that invoice is automatically uploaded as the carrier invoice of the parent load. If the invoice is re-generated for the child load, it will overwrite the carrier invoice for the parent load. 

Shared Trailer Tracking

There is a setting available to share trailer tracking between the parent and child load located in Administration → Carriers. In the child subscriber, select the parent subscriber in the list of carriers to enable the setting in the Data Exchange Partner Settings section of Carrier Primary Data.

When tracking is enabled for the parent subscriber or active load locations are manually created, these will sync back to the child load to create active load locations. This will only work if the trailer is synced between the parent and child loads. This is specific to a subscriber to subscriber setup where the initiating subscriber is a carrier broker.