Bookings form an integral part of the ‘Buy-Ship-Pay’ model where the transportation of goods is not only using available capacity offered by a Transport Service Provider but binds the supply chain together with a Transport Plan. This provides multiple interested parties with the planned movements of a consignment journey from which the delivery of service can be executed and measured.
The Booking Standard Package package contains the following elements:
The Booking process is not a single ‘act’ but (can) comprise a series of transactions over time between a Transport Service Buyer and the Transport Service Provider.
New booking models aligned with the provision of advance data for operational planning (e.g. defining a transport plan/route map) used to monitor and track performance supporting a culture of ‘delivered as promised’, with the omnipresent demand for earlier visibility, scrutiny and assessment of data for trade facilitation and regulatory compliance.
Consequently, this document outlines the key principles of the required Booking interactions necessary to assure fully effective Transport Plans can be executed and delivered, profitably, safely, securely and as promised.