Maintain Carriers

Field

Description

Carrier Id

Carrier Id can be up to 25 characters in length and should be unique within the system. If you enter an Id that already exists in the system, the carrier record will be pulled from the system and can be edited. Otherwise, a new carrier record can be created.

Click here for information on how to use the record id field.

Status

Select whether the carrier's status is Applicant, Driving, On leave, or Terminated.

Date

If the carrier is no longer working and the status is "Terminated," fill out the date the termination happened. If the carrier is still working, leave this section blank.

Reason

If the carrier is no longer working and the status is "Terminated," select why the carrier was terminated from the list of possible reasons.

Type

Select whether this is a carrier or a lessor. Carrier is for other companies you are brokering loads to. Lessor is for owner operators that have drivers or equipment linked.

Auto-Dispatch profile

Select the auto-dispatch profile that should be used instead of the default for this carrier/lessor. Leave this field blank if this carrier should follow default settings.

Field

Description

Company name

Here enter the company's name.

Website

The company website must be in a http://www.site.com format.

Contact (First/Middle/Last)

Here enter a primary contact name.

Address

Here enter a address information.

Country/Zip/State/City

Here enter the zip code to fill in all fields.

Email address

The entered email address has to be unique and valid. Ditat TMS has strong email integration and having access to valid email addresses will increase system functionality.

Phone 1/2/3

Enter the Phone number(s) for this carrier.

Copy To 'Pay To'

Use this if the Pay to information is the same as the Company information. The Pay to side is what will be used on settlements.

Field

Description

Federal tax classification

Select what federal tax classification the company is from the listed options.

LLC tax classification

If the company is classified as an LLC, a specific LLC Tax classification needs to be selected from the listed options.

1099 Eligible

Check this box if this Carrier is 1099 Eligible.

EIN/Federal Id

Here enter the company's Employer Identification Number/Federal Tax Identification Number.

SSN

If the company operates from a Social Security Number, enter it here.

FHWA/DOT Number

Enter the company's Federal Highway Administration/Department of Transportation number.

MC Id

Here enter the company's Motor Carrier Identification number.

Field

Description

Accounting system Id

Enter the Id used for the accounting software that is integrated with the Ditat TMS for accounting functionality.

Payment Terms

Here enter the Payment Terms for this carrier.

Loaded pay plan

Here enter a Loaded Pay Plan for the carrier. If this carrier uses a Percentage based pay plan you will enter that pay plan in the Loaded Pay Plan field.

Empty pay plan

Here enter an Empty Pay Plan for the carrier.

Pay company

Here select which of your companies will pay this carrier.

Direct deposit bank

You can enter the direct deposit information for this carrier here. This is for your tracking only. Ditat will not do anything with the direct deposit information.

Direct deposit routing #

You can enter the direct deposit information for this carrier here, this is for your tracking only Ditat will not do anything with the direct deposit information.

Direct deposit account #

You can enter the direct deposit information for this carrier here, this is for your tracking only Ditat will not do anything with the direct deposit information.

Field

Description

Insurance on file

Check this box if you have Insurance on file for this carrier.

Claims on file

Check this box if you have Claims on file for this carrier.

Contact on file

Check this box if you have a Contract on file for this carrier.

Authority on file

Check this box if you have Authority on file for this carrier.