Freight Forwarder Shipment Quotation, Buy/Sell Rates, Routing & Margin Tool

Freight forwarding · NVOCC pricing · Route selection · Commercial yield

Freight Forwarder Shipment Quotation, Buy/Sell Rates, Routing & Margin Tool

Build a defensible customer quotation from carrier purchase rates, origin and destination services, inland legs, disbursements and currency exposure. Compare alternative routings on earned margin, delivery commitment, rate validity and unpriced operating risk.

Customer quote builderBuy / sell margin bridgeRouting bid wallFX and accessorial sensitivityPass-through separationQuote readiness holds

Rapid shipment quotation · 12 inputsAll amounts except the buy-rate FX factor are in USD. Quote total includes chargeable services; customs duties and taxes are excluded unless explicitly entered as a pass-through in Advanced.

Routing and commercial pricing deskSet the shipment envelope, then compare individual carrier offers and charge lines in four editable registers below. Days are relative to the quotation date. R1, R2 and subsequent keys follow visible route-row order.

Pricing boundary: A freight quote is not a carrier booking, guaranteed transit, confirmed allocation, rate filing, customs/tax determination or Incoterms allocation. Validate carrier free time, tariffs, accessorial triggers, customer service scope, applicable NVOCC obligations and quote validity independently. Quoted FX, delay probabilities and penalties are user scenarios, not market forecasts.

Carrier & Routing Offers

Each route represents one mutually exclusive end-to-end carrier/routing option. Freight buy is converted to USD using the supplied FX multiplier; sales freight and other charges are already USD. Status and validity are planning checks, not booking acceptance.

Use	Route / service	Mode	Carrier / supplier	Buy rate / unit	Sell $ / unit	USD per buy currency	Departure day	Transit days	On-time %	Space	Valid through day	Remove

Origin, Destination, Inland & Customs Service Charges

Use ALL for fees shared by all routes, or R1, R2, etc. to allocate route-specific costs. “Per unit” multiplies by shipment quantity. Pass-through disbursements are billed at cost and excluded from earned revenue and margin; the entered sell value is ignored for those lines.

Use	Route	Charge / service	Category	Basis	Buy $	Sell $	Billing treatment	Remove

Commercial Cost Risk & Accessorial Allowances

Each item is a potential owner/forwarder-borne cost event in total USD per shipment. Expected exposure equals amount × probability × forwarder share. Downside assumes each enabled event occurs. Do not enter guaranteed costs here; put those in the charge register.

Use	Route	Cost event	Event cost $	Probability %	Forwarder share %	Evidence	Remove

Booking & Quotation Readiness Gates

Critical pending or failed items put an option on hold. No route should be treated as award/booking-ready unless evidence, space and customer scope are separately confirmed. Free text is kept in local exports, not sent to Tool Data.

Use	Route	Verification step	Critical?	Status	Evidence / comment	Remove

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