There comes a point in every growing brokerage or trucking company where one pick, one drop loads just don’t cut it anymore.

That’s why we built Manifest Loads — giving you the ability to:

It works just like the AscendTMS you already know and love.

Automated Workflow Engine (AWE) rules? ✔
User Permissions? ✔
Tracking integrations? ✔
Accounting? ✔

Begin by selecting the Settings tab found on the left side of your AscendTMS screen

Locate the Load Management section, then select Enable Manifest Loads

Once enabled, a new tab labeled Manifest Loads will appear in Load Management.

This Manifest Loads tab provides a centralized view of all multi-carrier and multi-leg loads. Individual legs will also appear in other relevant Load Management tabs, based on your organization's Load Status workflows.

Building a Manifest Load is just as simple as building a standard load.

You can:

On the Build a Load screen, you’ll now see two additional options:

Select the appropriate option and proceed.

The overall load-building process remains familiar, with a few updates designed to support multiple carriers and multiple legs.

For Manifest Loads:

The Carrier / Asset Info & Edit Stops tabs have been combined into a single tab — Edit Manifest & Carriers

Additionally, you can toggle back to a Standard Load at any time by selecting the Convert to Standard Load option.

Next, add some Stops to your Manifest Load. To do so, simply select from:

Here's a quick look at what your Edit Manifest & Carriers tab will look like once you've added Stops.

To rearrange the order of your Stops — which can be done at any time while building the Manifest Load — simply click and drag the Stop into the desired position.

Each Manifest Load receives:

—Select the stops that belong to the leg using the checkbox next to each stop

—Choose one of the following options:

Use this option if you already know which carrier will handle the leg. You will be prompted to select the carrier immediately.

A new window will appear where you can search your existing carrier database and select the carrier to assign to the leg.

You will now see the carrier selected as assigned to the leg

Use this option if you do not yet have a carrier or driver you wish to assign. You can assign a carrier or driver at any time after the leg has been created.

Once you've created a leg, the leg identifier will appear under the Manifest Load.

If you chose the Create Leg & Set Carrier Unassigned (outlined above), Click Assign Carrier on the leg.

A new window will appear where you can search your existing carrier database and select the carrier to assign to the leg.

You will now see the carrier selected as assigned to the leg

Once a carrier has been assigned to a leg, all documentation and financial management for that leg can be handled directly from the leg view.

From the leg view, you can:

Each leg operates independently, so each carrier receives their own documentation and pay structure.

To add carrier payables (expenses) to a leg:

When expanded, you can:

All financials and documentation can still be managed the same way as a standard load — they’re simply consolidated into one convenient location within the leg view.

Once you've added desired info (including the rate you're paying the carrier), select the View / Send Carrier Confirmation button

When sending the carrier confirmation, choose one of the following options:

Regardless of which option you choose, the workflow remains the same as sending confirmations on a standard load.

Once all load details and carriers are assigned, you can manage your manifest loads via Load Management. All shortcut menu items as well as load actions can all be accessed for Moad Management.

From the Manifest tab, you can see all your multi-carrier loads. Each load will show the main load with "Manifest" as a header and then each leg will fall under the main load.

All action items such as editing a load, copying a load and archiving all work the same in Load Management.

From Load Management, posting loads will be the same for manifest loads as they are for standard loads. As long as all criteria to post the leg are met, just click on Post Loads as shown below and the posting modal will appear.

In the modal, each leg id shows as well as the stop details.

From the shortcut menu, you can choose individual legs to post. Just highlight the leg, right click to the shortcut menu and choose Post Load. As shown above, the load details and load id will show and you can post the leg.

From inside the load, you can choose the Post Load option as shown below. In this screenshot, the second leg is already assigned. Once you click post load, the unassigned leg(s) is the only leg that will show in the modal to post.

All options for tracking or texting fall under the Dispatch and Tracking option throughout Ascend. All follow the same steps. You can either choose the main load or each individual leg to track, text or log a check call.

If you choose a load for any of these options, you will get a modal where you can choose which leg to track, text or log a check call.

This is the view you will get. Here you can select which leg to track.

You will see the leg here so choose which tracking service you will use.

Then just enable tracking.

For texting and check calls, the process is the same, but the modal looks a little different. Once you choose which option, this is what you will see. Just click on Select to go to the texting or check call modal for that leg.

This process is the same for tendering loads to carriers via the portal. The carrier must have been unboarder prior to tendering. From Financials, you will click on thec Tender Load button.

Once you click on this, you will get a modal to choose which leg to send to the carrier's portal. If they are not setup already, you will not be able to tender and the option is blocked.

When sending manifest loads to accounting you can either wait for the load to complete or you can individually send legs to Accounting so to not hold up paying portions of the load where the leg is done and the carrier can then get paid.

On the Invoices page, manifest loads will show as per below and still look the same.

From the Bills page, you will see a bill for each leg/carrier on the load. Just follow the same process to record individual carrier bills.

Lastly, if using Quickbooks, driver bills will not show the individual leg identifiers but will show the main load id for each leg.