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AI freight broker quoting from lane history

AI freight broker quoting from lane history is FreightScout pricing spot and contract quotes off your own lane cost history and current buy rates. FreightScout does it on top of McLeod, Aljex, or Tai. The TMS stays the system of record. The reply is drafted, and the quote is logged. It is not a TMS and it is not a load board. The number comes from your book, not from a guess.

See how quoting sits in customer sales. The bid file is on the RFP page. Read how check calls come off the floor. Plans are on the pricing page.

What it does

1. Read the lane you have actually run. Cost history sits in the TMS you keep. Scout uses that history plus the current buy, not a national average with your name pasted on it.
2. Price the spot quote and the contract quote. Both come off the same book. The figure is one you can open and trace to the loads behind it.
3. Draft the reply. The customer gets a note in your voice, with the price you are willing to send. You approve it until you decide that action can run without you.
4. Log the quote. It lands where the rest of the book lives, so the next quote on that lane can see this one. Won freight flows into Build, Cover, Track, and Bill on that same TMS.

Quoting is part of customer sales, not a separate app the rep pastes into. When the freight is won, the execution layer already knows the lane.

What stays with your people

Build, Cover, Track, and Bill are all live and supervised by default, including invoicing and collections. Your people still own the account, the exception, and any call you would not hand off. Booking the carrier and shipper outreach run supervised by default. A broker can switch either one to autopilot whenever they want, per team and per action. Every action is logged and reversible. The price you will defend on a strategic account stays with you. Scout brings the history. You make the call when the account needs your name on it.

What it doesn't do

FreightScout is not a TMS and it is not a load board. It is not a broker and it is not a carrier. FreightScout does not replace DAT, Highway, Truckstop, or your accounting system. It does not invent a rate or a detention amount. A number over your max pay goes to a person. It does not invent a rate to make a quote look competitive. If the history is thin, the gap is the point, and a person fills it.

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Questions people actually ask

What is AI freight broker quoting from lane history?

It is spot and contract quoting priced off your own lane cost history and current buy rates. FreightScout drafts the reply and logs the quote, on top of McLeod, Aljex, or Tai. The TMS stays the system of record.

Where does the price come from?

From your book. Lane cost history and the current buy rate, not an invented number. The quote is logged so the next one on that lane can see it.

Who sends the quote?

You approve the reply while the action is supervised. Booking and shipper outreach can be switched to autopilot whenever you want. Every action is logged and reversible. A price you want to own yourself stays with you.

Does quoting replace my TMS?

No. FreightScout sits on McLeod, Aljex, or Tai and writes back. It is not a TMS and it is not a load board.