Select the
Bids Managericon from the left navigation menu
2. Select Upload Bids in the top right-hand corner
3. Enter basic bid details:
Bid configuration name: The bid will be saved under this name
Start date: Start date of the bid rate
End date: End date of the bid rate
New or existing business: Denotes if the carrier has worked with the shipper before, or if this is a completely new business
If a new business is selected, select a “Reference shipper” with a similar business, or “All shippers”, which will base the loads generated off all loads on the lane. The user will also have to enter a name for the new shipper.
If an existing business is selected, the user will need to choose the shipper from the list of all shippers
4. Upload bid data from a spreadsheet file, or manually enter the data within the provided table.
5. Select the sheet that contains the lane data
6. Select the row within the sheet that contains the header data for the file
7. Assign relevant columns to the corresponding data.
Optimal Dynamics requires that the following columns be populated:
Origin: 5-digit zip code of the lane origin
Destination: 5-digit zip code of the lane destination
Load volume: The estimated number of loads on the lane
Load volume type: Indicates whether the volume provided is by year, week, or month
Mileage: Number of miles between origin and destination. If this is left blank, we will automatically calculate it.
8. Review the imported data, and resolve any data issues. You can also discard any rows with data issues to complete the upload.