Automatic matching of freight and vehicle offers

What is an automatic matching?

Automatic matching of offers is a system feature that allows you to save your time through automatic search and selection of suitable freight or vehicle for your offer.

Only offers with «Published» status participate in automatic selection.

The auto-selection results are updated every 2-5 minutes, i.e. after publishing your offer, the first auto-selection result may appear in 5 minutes.

Comparison of freight and vehicle offers is carried out using neural networks (AI) according to the following criteria, which may sometimes differ (automatic selection for the best result):

1. Exact match:

• Loading. The loading location of the freight offer must include the loading location of the vehicle offer or vice versa.

  For example, loading is indicated in Istanbul, and this city is included in the area that is indicated in the vehicle offer as the loading region.

• Unloading. The final loading point in the freight offer must coincide with or be included in the location of one of the transport delivery directions (there can be up to 15 of them) or vice versa.

  For example, in freight offer the last unloading is Istanbul, and in transport one of the directions is Turkey.

• Loading time. The first loading time must overlap with the time when the transport is ready for loading.

  For example, the loading period is from the 13th to the 15th, and the transport is ready for loading from the 14th.

• Type of transportation. If the types of transportation in the cargo and transport are specified, they must match.

  For example, an FTL load that requires an entire truck to be transported will not match a vehicle that is only looking for less than full truck loads (LTL).

• Vehicle category. If a requirement is specified in the freight offer, it must match the vehicle category.

  For example, the load for a truck will not match transport that has the category of light van (LCV up to 3.5t).

• Body type. One of the body types in the freight offer must match the corresponding value in the vehicle offer.

  For example, a load that requires a timber truck will not match a fuel truck.

• Weight. The tonnage of the vehicle must be sufficient to carry the weight of the cargo.

  For example, a load that weighs 18 tons will not match a transport that indicates a free tonnage of 12 tons.

• Volume. The free cubic volume of cargo space must be able to accommodate the volume of cargo.

  For example, a load with a volume of 90m³ will not match a vehicle with a body volume of 20m³.

• Temperature conditions. The temperature requirements of the cargo must fully fall within the range of the temperature conditions of the transport.

  For example, cargo with a minimum temperature of -15°C will not match transport with a minimum temperature of -5°C.

• Cargo hazard. If cargo is dangerous, then hazard class must correspond to one of the ADR classes in transport.

  For example, cargo with hazard class 4 will not match transport where ADR class 9 is indicated.

• Loading type. If cargo and transport indicate loading types, one of the loading types must match one of the types in the transport.

  For example, cargo that requires top loading/unloading will not match a vehicle that has a rear loading type.

1. Partial matches are freight and vehicle offers that do not fully meet the exact match criteria,

   but may potentially be suitable for transportation. Partial search criteria have been expanded to include the following fields and data:

• Loading. If transport specifies location and radius, the radius is increases 2x times.

  For example, if transport indicates a radius of 15 km, then the radius is increased to 30 km.

• Type of transportation. The specified values of freight and vehicle offers are ignored.

  For example, there is currently no LTL option for cargo on the market, but there are FTL carriers with whom you can negotiate.

• Vehicle category. The specified values in freight and vehicle offers are ignored.

  For example, the cargo indicates double-trailer, but there are no such offers on the market, however, there are 2 trucks that are fully suitable according to other criteria.

• Body type. If not a whole group of body types is chosen in the freight offer, then the entire group gets selected.

  For example, freight offer indicates curtainsider, but it can also most likely be transported in a refrigerator with the temperature control turned off or in an all-metal body.

• Load type. The specified values in cargo and transport are ignored.

  For example, right now there is no suitable transport on the market with loading from both sides, but in general, loading cargo from one side is possible.