🚚 Freight
Basics of Machship
At MTM Logistcs we use Machship as it is a cloud-based freight management software that consolidates all freight tasks across carriers. We use this software to create consignments and to print carrier compliant manifests and labels.
Important terminology
- Consignment, are the goods or products sent by the consignor to the consignee, a contract is drawn up between the two parties in which one party pledges to deliver a certain amount of goods to the consignee.
- Manifest, a summary of shipping details, including the number, size and weights of items being lodged for delivery.
- Companies, a organisation you are creating the order on behalf of.
- Receiver pays, a method of charging where the receiver of the delivery pays for the shipping.
- Items, is the delivery label for the consignment.
From here login to the account.
The main page of Machship displays a breakdown of unmanifested consignments and has access to few important features.
- Is the create/Manage this opens a drop down that contains Unmanifested Consignments and View Manifests which are key to creating and manifesting orders.
- Is the Companies drop down, it contains all companies available to make an order through and has the "Stop impersonating" button.
warning
Machship isn't needed if the order uses a Couriers please coupon.