BrokerWare System Updates

New Features & Enhancements

Hide Estimated Delivery Date From Documents

• Extended the functionality to automatically hide the Estimated Delivery Date and Hours across additional system documents, including Blind Rate Confirmation, Dispatch, Rate Confirmation, and Cancelled Rate Confirmation sheets.
• Added two new configuration settings to the customer profile Preferences:
  • Show Estimated Delivery Date on Docs
  • Show Estimated Delivery Hours on Docs
• These new customer preferences become available only when the global "Hide Estimated Delivery Date From Documents" setting is enabled. When active, they allow specific customer profiles to override the global restriction and display the hidden date or time values on their generated documents.

BOL - Hazmat Subsidiary Categories

• Updated to streamline the display of subsidiary hazmat categories.
  • When a subcategory (e.g., 1.4G) is selected, the system will no longer display the redundant main category (1.4) alongside it on the BOL, ensuring compliance with FedEx requirements. If no subcategory is utilized, the main category will display as usual.

Class Check Notification

• Introduced a global default setting called 'Class Check Notification Message' that, when enabled, will display a warning banner to users when a class value does not align with the PCF value.
• Only on LTL shipment mode will this banner appear after a user finishes entering the commodity data and tabs or clicks away from the line item.

Critical Note

• Introduced a global default setting called "Shipment Critical Note".
• When enabled, a Critical Note section will appear on the Shipment Profile page, allowing staff to highlight key information on a shipment at a glance.
• This panel is viewable and editable exclusively by staff members; customer logins will not see this field.
• When a critical note is present, it is styled in bold text and highlighted with a thick, red border. If no critical note is active, the border is hidden to keep the interface clean.
• Any updates made to the critical note are automatically logged and persisted in the standard Shipment Notes history.

Hide Paid Line on Invoice

• Added a new global default called "Hide Paid Line on Invoice" to hide the "Paid" line on customer invoice documents. This ensures compliance with business requirements stating that no customer invoices should reference payment details.

Customer Invoice Preferences

• Added a note stamp to indicate when the Tax Exempt setting is enabled or disabled.

Customer Invoice Preferences - EDI with Support Docs (FTP)

• Added "Custom Text" field to allow plain text to be used for further custom naming options.
• Added the use of the caret (^) as a filename separator.

Prevent Customer Visibility to Disputes

• Added a new global client setting, "Prevent Customer Visibility to Disputes".
• When enabled, customer logins will no longer see the "Dispute" flag on shipment profiles or have access to the dispute log.

Customer Profile - Preferences

• Added optional HMAC-SHA256 signature verification for customer webhooks (status-change and new-document). When an API client secret is configured, outgoing webhooks include X-Signature and X-Signature-Timestamp headers to allow customers to verify delivery authenticity and protect against replay attacks.

Dashboard

• Removed the outdated 'Not Assigned to a Carrier' filter tab from both the Booked Not Covered and Booked Covered dashboard tiles to streamline navigation and remove redundant options.

Dashboard - Delivered Tile

• Added a load count to the Completed header.

Report Builder

• Added the Tariff Billing Description field to the Shipment Report in Report Builder. Pulls the billing description directly from the selected tariff to match tariff configurations.

Staff Notifications

• Added a "Delete All" button to the top of the notification bell popover within the application, allowing users to clear all notifications at once after a confirmation prompt.

Shipment Profile - Updated Delivery Information

• Added a new "Current Delivery Information" card directly below the "Original Shipment Information" section on the Shipment Profile.
• This displays real-time Pickup Window and Delivery Window updates sourced directly from carrier tracking and stop-level data, eliminating the need to scroll down to the stops section.
• Updating a date or time in either the "Current Delivery Information" card or the individual stop updates automatically synchronizes both areas.

Tariff Profile - Accessorial Information

• Added new Charge Types called Per Extra Pickup, Per Extra Delivery, and Per Extra Stop at the tariff/accessorial level for both customer and carrier custom tariffs.
• This can be configured to any accessorial saved to the system.
• When rating multi-stop loads with configured tariffs, the system automatically calculates and applies the additional stop charge to the quote total based on the number of stops (excluding initial origin shipper and final destination consignee) when an accessorial with this Charge Type is utilized.
  • Note: This feature is not applicable to API/XML carrier tariffs.

Duplicate Commodity

• Added a Duplicate (Clone) button next to existing line item actions which allows users to quickly duplicate an existing shipment line item rather than manually re-entering identical details.

Carrier Sales - Minimum Commission

• Added a new setting under Staff Permissions for Carrier Sales Commission to enforce minimum flat dollar threshold rules.
• Staff-Level Configuration: Enable the Minimum Flat Dollar Commission preference and specify a Minimum Commission Amount per staff profile. Supports both positive ($+) and negative ($-) threshold values.
• Automated Threshold Enforcement: If calculated commissions fall below the configured minimum threshold, the system automatically overrides and sets the carrier sales representative's commission to the minimum value.
• Carrier Sales Flat Minimum Flat Dollar Commission

Tariff - Using Ship Date as Pickup Date

• Updated the system logic to pass the Ship Date as the Pickup Date, ensuring carrier transit days and estimated delivery dates calculate accurately from that date forward.
• This can be utilized on a custom carrier or customer tariff under the General Information tab, checking off "Using Ship Date as Pickup Date".

Partner Integrations

Highway

• Added a new configuration setting under Highway partner configurations called "Prevent Loads from Dispatching Due to Fraud Search Alerts".
  • When set to Yes (default), loads with identified fraud search alerts or load locks will be blocked from dispatching in the TMS until overridden. Setting this configuration to No allows users to proceed with dispatching, e-dispatching, or email dispatching without a required fraud alert override.

DAT Rateview

• Relabeled the "Display this User Name for User" field to "Use Rateview for this user:" to more accurately reflect who the system pulls RateView rates for.
• Removed the Contact Method field from the DAT RateView integration configuration, as it is not utilized or required for the RateView integration.

Highway TFX

• Introduced a new configuration field, Broker Contact, available when Use Load Lock is set to Yes.
• This configuration determines which details are sent to Highway TFX for the broker contact fields: (broker_contact_name, broker_contact_phone, and broker_contact_email).
  • Broker Contact: Added option "User Assigned To:" which dynamically sets the broker contact based on the user assigned to the load. If the Assigned To field is blank on the shipment, it automatically falls back to the default setting.
• Added a configuration dropdown: Override Commodity Description with Custom Reference Field (Customer Preference) placed in settings after the Broker Contact dropdown.
  • When enabled for a customer, the designated custom reference field value will replace the standard commodity description line sent during Highway TFX load posts.
  • Added a customer-level toggle: Enable Highway TFX Custom Reference field Commodity override. (Only visible when the global configuration is enabled).
• Highway TFX

My Carrier Portal (MCP)

• Added a new configuration page (similar to Highway's Config) to allow users to configure update settings specifically for MCP's integration which will impact post-onboarding carrier details.
• This is located under the Admin Tools menu.

QuickBooks Online

• SCAC Support for QBO Invoices: Added a default setting configuration allowing customer invoices sent to QuickBooks Online (QBO) to populate the Ship Via field with the carrier's SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code) instead of the full carrier name.
  • Automatic Fallback: If the SCAC preference is enabled but a carrier does not have an assigned SCAC, the system automatically falls back to sending the full carrier name to QBO.

Shiplify

• Added a customer preference configuration for Shiplify called "Auto Delivery Appt for Shiplify Residential" to automatically include the Delivery Appointment accessorial whenever a residential delivery (RSDE) is identified.
• Added an explicit notification message to the shipment profile flow when Shiplify returns an HTTP 429 (Rate Limit Exceeded) status code.
  • When a Shiplify account reaches its rating rate limit, users will now see a clear error message instructing them to reach out to support@shiplify.com and george.anderson@shiplify.com for assistance rather than encountering an unhandled or unclear error.

Macropoint

• Added a configuration setting called "Hide for LTL" to automatically hide all Macropoint features and action buttons from both staff and customers when a shipment’s mode is set to LTL when enabled.

DAT REST API

• Added the required x-dat-partner-id header across all DAT REST API calls to comply with DAT integration requirements and improve integration supportability.

System Status

• Added an error button/link on the Status Page called "View Errors" to allow users to view specific error messages. The button automatically toggles visibility and only appears when a row has an error count greater than zero.

Invoice Printing

• Customer Filter on Hold Queue: Added a multi-select customer filter to the Invoice Printing Hold Queue page.
  • Includes both master accounts and sub-accounts.
  • Master accounts are prefixed with "Master - " for clear distinction.
• Consolidated Invoice Number Column: Added a Consolidated Invoice Number column to the table in the "View Details" view on the main Invoice Printing page.

Carrier Integrations

CH Robinson

• Added a new configurable field called "Default Shipment Value".
• This will allow users to set an amount for the Shipment Value to default to during CH Robinson e-dispatch.
• If a shipment lacks a predefined Shipment Value, the integration automatically applies the configured default value and updates the shipment record.
• Pre-existing Shipment Values set at the shipment level are strictly preserved and never overwritten.

Archer Cargo

• Renamed carrier from Archer Cargo LLC to Archer Cargo on the Carrier Integrations page.
  • Note: If this carrier is currently saved in a carrier list, users will need to manually update it via their carrier profile.

Hub Group Integration

• Added support for rating, E-Dispatching, and tracking via Hub Group APIs.

R&L Carriers

• Updated the integration to remove support for collect payment options and default to prepaid-only billing, aligning with R+L's updated API deprecation policies for Remit COD (Collect on Delivery).

Old Dominion

• Implemented ODFL's NMFTA-compliant eBOL API endpoint to handle PRO number generation/assignment, BOL document generation, and shipping label creation.
• This can be enabled using the new value "Enable Electronic BOL" via Carrier Integrations.

Fresh X

• Updated API response mapping to properly capture FreshX's carrierQuoteId field and save it to the Carrier Reference Number in the shipment profile.

Bug Fixes

Old Dominion

• Fixed tracking issue where incorrect load numbers were being assigned.

TForce Worldwide

• Fixed issue where shipment tracking updates and milestone statuses (e.g., Delivered) were not returning or mapping properly.

R&L Carriers

• Fixed issue where loads remained stuck in Dispatched status due to tracking statuses such as "Arrived at origin terminal" were incorrectly interpreted as the shipment remaining at its origin location.

Averitt

• Fixed issue where the overlength accessorial charges were not passing the specific codes determined by the longest dimension of the shipment.

ShipMind

• Fixed issue where automated, system-generated private shipment notes detailing ShipMind API dispatch failures were visible to users with Customer permissions on the Shipment Profile status page. Private notes are now strictly hidden from customer logins and restricted exclusively to internal brokers and administrators.

EDI 214s

• Fixed issue where EDI 214s were marking the incorrect stop as Delivered when a load had multiple stops.

Customer Address Book

• Fixed issue where switching an address book entry from FCFS to Appointment Required was incorrectly checking the wrong box; the "Appointment required, not requested" box will be checked when using the Appt Required toggle.

Global Address Book

• Setting an address status to FCFS now correctly clears all appointment-related checkboxes. Additionally, removing all checkboxes manually now correctly displays "FCFS" in the UI instead of "Appt Required."

Book & E-Dispatch

• Fixed issue where if Advanced Required Fields were set on the full form and the default setting "Show Required Fields on LCR Short Form Book" was enabled, the system was failing to enforce the full-form validation settings when users attempted to use Book & E-Dispatch from the LCR.

Invoice Printing

• Fixed issue where printing would fail with an error due to unparseable objects within an invalid POD. The system now safely excludes invalid POD documents without halting or impacting the rest of the document generation process.

Accessorials

• Fixed issue where some accessorials were incorrectly being applied to customer charges across all carriers instead of being limited to the configured carriers on the applicable lanes.

Receive Payable

• Fixed issue where the Receive Payable button was missing on certain loads due to a stale isPendingApproval state on the carrier record.

Customer Profile - Credit Application

• Fixed issue where the customer profile notes were not recording when the Credit Application Date and Credit Approval Date were added and/or updated.

EDI 210s

• Fixed issue where EDI 210 processing failed to properly parse cost discounts from carrier invoices due to non-standard syntax. This caused approved invoices to miscalculate carrier rates and incorrectly display as losses.

Parcel Form - Edit Commodity

• Fixed issue where the commodity total values (Total Weight, Billed, and Cost) were misaligned with their respective columns across parcel shipments and dashboard tiles using the Edit Commodities modal.

Dispute Log

• Fixed issue where the Load Number column in the Dispute Log export file was saved with Text formatting. Updated the export logic so that load numbers are properly formatted and saved as Numbers.

Tariff - Accessorial Information

• Fixed issue where if an accessorial was set to Schedule as its Cost value, the current rate/value pulled from a Fuel Schedule was not displaying in the summary table. Updated the Accessorial Information tab to properly format and display live schedule preview rates (percent or dollar/mileage) from configured fuel schedules.

Bazaar

• Fixed issue where the seller's BOL and/or POD were not properly transmitting to the buyer's portal.

Highway TFX

• Fixed issue where loads were not posting to Highway if an unmapped equipment type was selected in the Highway TFX Equipment mapping.
  • The integration will now automatically set the value to "Other" when an equipment type is unmapped.

Cargo Cover

• Fixed issue where insurance quotes were not generating when selecting the Commodities value "Non-Perishable Goods".

Velocity View

• Fixed issue where the Pickup and Estimated Delivery date columns were not properly sorting when initiated.

Linear Feet - Stackable

• Fixed issue where selecting "Use Stacked Calculation" alongside "Is Stackable" generated incorrect linear footage (e.g., 4 stacked pallets with a 48" longest dimension now correctly calculate to 4 linear feet instead of 8).