Module 3 of 8 — Rating

Price every load correctly. Every time.

LogAI.ai's rating engine applies your contract rates, accessorial schedules, and weekly fuel surcharge tables the moment a load is captured. No rate lookup tabs. No manual math. No margin surprises at billing.

Everything the rating engine covers

From contract rates to spot benchmarks—every input that affects your margin is calculated at quote time.

Contract Rate Application

Upload customer contract rate sheets—per-mile, lane-based, or zip-to-zip—and the engine applies the correct tier automatically based on the load's origin, destination, and equipment type.

Accessorial Schedules

Detention, liftgate, inside delivery, residential, trade show, and appointment fees are pulled from your customer-specific accessorial schedule and added to the quote as line items—not as an afterthought.

Fuel Surcharge Tables

Weekly DOE diesel index updates drive your fuel surcharge table automatically. FSC is calculated at quote time and re-validated at invoice audit. No manual lookup. No stale rates.

LTL Class-Based Pricing

For LTL loads, the engine accepts commodity NMFC class, weight, and dimensions. It applies your carrier base rate, discount, minimum charge, and class-based adjustments in one calculation.

FTL Per-Mile & Flat-Rate Logic

FTL loads price on per-mile or flat-lane rates with mileage sourced from PC*Miler or loaded directly from your rate table. Dead-head miles and team driver premiums are supported.

Spot-Market Benchmarking

When no contract applies, the system pulls spot-market benchmarks from DAT rate data to anchor the quote. Margin floors prevent quoting below cost on any lane.

Rate Confirmation Draft

Once a rate is approved, the engine generates a rate confirmation draft with all charges itemized. The draft is held for human review before it can be sent to the carrier.

Margin Visibility

Every quote shows shipper-side revenue, carrier-side cost, gross margin in dollars, and margin percentage. Dispatchers see the full P&L before booking—no surprises at month-end.

Output

From quote to rate confirmation draft

The rating engine outputs three things: a quoted rate per mile, an all-in cost breakdown by line item, and a rate confirmation draft. The draft is held in a human approval queue before it can be sent to the carrier—keeping your team in control of every commitment.

Rate confirmations that go out are automatically linked to the load record and used as the reference document when the carrier invoice arrives in the Audit module.

Quoted Rate

Per-mile or flat-rate, per the applicable contract or spot benchmark.

All-In Cost

Base rate + accessorials + fuel surcharge, itemized by line.

Rate Confirmation Draft

Held for human approval before release to the carrier.