John As chair of the X12 Transportation Subcommittee, I asked Sue Donarski of Schneider if she had anything related to the development of those transaction sets. She was able to dig up the following from a 1998 X12 meeting during the development of the transaction sets:
106 Motor Carrier Rate Proposal Introduction Prior to the creation of transaction set 106 Motor Carrier Rate Proposal, motor carrier responded to requests for rate proposals in a number of proprietary formats using paper, fax, phone, spreadsheet or other electronic media. The 106 is intended to replace those proprietary formats. It allows a carrier to electronically communicate rates to a purchaser of transportation services. It may also be in response to a 107 request for rate proposal or at the carrier's initiative. Typical transaction set flow within a fully automated rate request/proposal process: Transaction sets 107 Request for Motor Carrier Rate Proposal, 106 Motor Carrier Rate Proposal and 108 Response to Motor Carrier's Rate Proposal provide a standardized format where shippers, carriers and other purchasers of transportation services are able to electronically request and respond to rate proposals. The first step in this process is for a shipper or other purchaser of transportation services to request rates from one or more carriers via the 107 Motor Carrier Rate Proposal. The 107 enables the requester to specify the structure in which they want rates quoted and to communicate information the carrier needs to make the quote including volumes and services requirements. In some situations, the 106 Motor Carrier Rate Proposal is initiated by the carrier without a prior 107 Request for Motor Carrier Rate Proposal. In that situation, the electronic data flow begins with the 106 described in the following paragraph. The next step in this process is for motor carriers to respond to the 107 Motor Carrier Rate Proposal. The 106 Motor Carrier Rate Proposal transaction set enables the carrier to electronically communicate rates and service commitments to the requester in a standardized format. Finally, after the initial requester has received all carrier proposals via the 106, the results are evaluated and communicated back to the carrier. The 108 Response to a Motor Carrier Rate Proposal transaction set creates a standardized format to communicate these results and to accept or reject all or part of a carriers proposal. shipper * ------- 107------- >motor carrier shipper *<------- 106------- motor carrier shipper * ------- 108------- >motor carrier * shipper or other purchaser of transportation services. - OR - shipper *<------- 106------- motor carrier shipper * ------- 108------- >motor carrier * shipper or other purchaser of transportation services. intro106.doc 02/25/98 That said, we are not aware of any motor carriers that have implemented the 106/107/108. Most of the time TL carriers have contracts with shippers that include the lanes and the number of loads per period that the carrier commits to handle. With this information the shipper uses the 204 to submit the tender to the carrier. The carrier responds back with a 990 to accept or decline the load. If the carrier accepts the load an additional 204 confirm is usually sent to the carrier. If the carrier declines the load the shipper usually has secondary carriers in that lane and sends out a new 204 and the process repeats. Note that the response time for the 990 is generally an hour or greater and if the carrier does not respond within that time the shipper assumes that the carrier declines the load. This process occurs well in advance of the load being ready to move. The 219/220 are used by logistics companies. Hope this helps. Doug Doug Anderson Vice President Sales Support Kleinschmidt Inc. 847-405-7457 http://www.kleinschmidt.com <http://www.kleinschmidt.com/> -----Original Message----- From: John Fiorino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] 106 vs 107 Hello group, Need to pick your brains a little. The 106 is the Motor Carrier Rate Proposal and the 107 is the 'request' for Motor Carrier Rate Proposal. When is the 106 used vs. the 107? One of my sites wants to send out quote requests to all their various transport companies in order to get quotes/bids on specific loads. Best one wins! Right now, the person in charge of this spends their day calling up or emailing various carriers going back and forth just to get a quote! So we want to implement the EDI- equivalent of this. I assume this is the 106 or the 107 and the return is the 108. Are these the correct transactions to use? Or is it the 219/220 pair? Thanks. 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