Procurement & Rating
Rate Card Management
Maintain contract rates by lane, mode, and effective date
Store and version buy- and sell-side rate cards with lane tables, equipment types, minimums, and effective dating so quotes and settlements use the right tariff.
Versioned
Tariff control
Lane-level
Rate coverage
Audit-ready
Effective dating
The challenge
Why this breaks without a TMS
Rate agreements live in spreadsheets and email. Planners quote the wrong version, finance disputes the invoice, and nobody can prove which tariff applied.
The ZingTMS approach
How we solve it
ZingTMS centralizes rate cards with effective dates, lane coverage, and version history so rating, tendering, and settlement pull from one controlled source.
What you can do
Rate Card Management is designed for daily freight operations - not slideware checklists.
Create and version rate cards by carrier, customer, or lane program
Define lane rates by origin/destination, mode, and equipment
Apply minimums, flat fees, and per-unit (mile, cwt, pallet) structures
Schedule effective and expiry dates with controlled cutover
Search and filter active tariffs by lane and service
Feed the rating engine and settlement with the applicable card
Business benefits
Outcomes procurement, ops, and finance leaders use to justify the platform.
- Eliminate spreadsheet rate drift across ops and finance
- Support contracted lanes with clear effective and expiry dates
- Reuse the same cards for quoting, tendering, and audit
- Keep buy-side and sell-side tariffs linked to the same shipment
Typical use cases
Shippers managing annual carrier contracts by lane and region
3PLs maintaining customer sell rates alongside buy-side tariffs
Forwarders storing mode-specific contracted rate tables
See Rate Card Management on your freight flows
We will walk through configuration, integrations, and the operating model that fits your team.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers for operations, IT, and finance evaluators.
Can buy-side and sell-side rates be managed separately?+
Yes. Rate cards can represent carrier buy tariffs and customer sell tariffs while remaining linked through rating and settlement.
What happens when a contract rate expires?+
Effective dating prevents expired cards from being selected; planners can fall back to spot or successor tariffs you configure.
Do rate cards support LTL and FTL structures?+
Yes. Cards support common FTL, LTL, and per-unit structures used in North American freight procurement.
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Rate Card Management runs as part of the full ZingTMS platform - white-label, multi-tenant, and integration-ready.