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AI agent for freight brokers

Freight Rate Negotiation Prep Agent

A negotiation range and tested offers so each deal keeps its required margin

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Freight Rate Negotiation Prep Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

A broker who enters a rate talk without lane data tends to accept a number that costs margin. This agent builds the case for each talk. It pulls the lane's history: past rates, volumes and on-time performance by carrier, then adds market rates from the sources the broker uses. It computes a target range with a floor and a walk-away number given the customer's rate and the broker's required margin. It tests several opening offers against that range. As counters arrive, it rechecks each against margin and updates the advice. The broker approves each offer. Edge case: the lane is rare, with fewer than five past loads, so the agent widens to similar lanes and says so.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueApprovedYes, continueNoNo 1 STARTS WHEN Rate talk planned 2 USES A TOOL Pull lane history and carrier performance 3 USES A TOOL Pull current market rates 4 CHECKS THE RESULT Are there at least five past loads on this lane? If not: widen to similar lanes and mark the data asthin. Back to step 2. 5 DOES Compute target, floor and walk-away rates from thecustomer rate and margin rule 6 DOES Test opening offers against the range 7 YOU APPROVE Broker approves the opening offer 8 USES A TOOL Log each counter as it arrives 9 CHECKS THE RESULT Does the counter leave the required margin? If not: advise a response inside the range or walk away.Back to step 5. 10 RESULT Agreed rate with a record of the logic
Read the steps as a list
  1. Rate talk planned
  2. Pull lane history and carrier performance
  3. Pull current market rates
  4. Are there at least five past loads on this lane?If not: widen to similar lanes and mark the data as thin. Back to step 2.
  5. Compute target, floor and walk-away rates from the customer rate and margin rule
  6. Test opening offers against the range
  7. Broker approves the opening offerThe agent waits here for your OK.
  8. Log each counter as it arrives
  9. Does the counter leave the required margin?If not: advise a response inside the range or walk away. Back to step 5.
  10. Agreed rate with a record of the logic

How it decides

The range runs from market low to the highest rate that still leaves the required margin. An offer is advised only if it falls inside the range.

  • Walk away when the rate cannot leave the minimum margin
  • Open near the market low, never below the carrier's floor
  • Weight carrier on-time performance when ranking offers
  • Mark data as thin below five past loads

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Required margin
  • Market rate source
  • Opening offer position
  • Lane data window

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Broker approves each offer or counter before it is sent

Hard limits

  • Never send an offer without approval
  • Do not share one carrier's rate with another
  • Show the data behind the range

It stops when

  • Done: a rate is agreed within margin
  • Stop: no rate fits the margin and the broker declines the load

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

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  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensA Dallas to Atlanta lane has 12 past loads averaging $2,350. Market is $2,420 and the customer pays $2,800 with a 12 percent margin rule, so the ceiling is $2,464. The agent advises opening at $2,300. The carrier counters at $2,520, over the ceiling. The agent advises $2,450. The broker approves and the carrier accepts.

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