Your Dispatch Agent Sends Drivers One Complete Load Message
The AgentWorks Dispatch Agent takes the phone tag out of dispatch. It matches each load to a driver by equipment type, location, hours-of-service availability and delivery deadline, then sends that driver one complete dispatch confirmation with the pickup details, route instructions and required documentation. When the day changes, it shows which loads are at risk. Your dispatchers spend their time solving problems with drivers and customers, not dialing one driver after another.
What it takes off your plate
Here is dispatch at a lot of fleets. The dispatcher has a stack of loads and a board of drivers. They call the first driver who might work. No answer. They text the next one. That driver has the wrong trailer. The third one is out of hours. Matching happens from memory: who is where, who is pulling what, who is about to go off duty.
Once a driver takes the load, the details come in pieces. The pickup number in a text, the appointment time on a call, the special instructions through a Qualcomm message, the BOL requirement somewhere else. The driver calls back with questions. Then a pickup runs late, and nobody can see which afternoon deliveries are now at risk until the receivers start calling.
What the Dispatch Agent does, step by step
It starts with the communication with drivers.
- Offers the load to the right driver. The Dispatch Agent sends the offer to the best-matched driver through the channel they use, in-cab unit or text, and waits for acceptance before moving to the next match.
- Sends one complete confirmation. Once accepted, the driver gets a single message with the shipper, pickup address and appointment, pickup number, commodity and weight, route notes, delivery appointment, and the paperwork required, such as BOL, lumper receipts and seal numbers.
- Answers driver questions. When a driver asks about a gate code, a dock number or an appointment, it answers from the load record and hands anything unusual to the dispatcher.
- Flags schedule changes. When a pickup runs late or a driver's hours get tight, it warns the dispatcher and the customer service rep for the affected loads.
Then the data work:
- Matches loads to drivers. It considers equipment type, current location, hours-of-service availability from the ELD, and the delivery deadline for each load.
- Updates the load. Assignment, acceptance, and each milestone update the load in your TMS.
- Tracks risk. It recalculates delivery risk as the day changes and marks loads that may miss their appointment.
- Collects paperwork. It checks that required documents have come back from the driver and asks for any that are missing.
Once the driver is qualified and rolling, the Driver Onboarding Agent keeps their file current, and the Load Planning Agent builds the loads that dispatch assigns.
Where the work is recorded
Every offer, confirmation, driver question and answer the Dispatch Agent handles is logged on the load and the driver's record, and customer-facing updates are logged on the shipper account in your CRM. Anyone who picks up a driver's call sees exactly what was sent and what the driver replied.
In your TMS, each load carries its assignment, acceptance time, milestones and returned paperwork. When the dispatch manager opens the board the next morning, they see which loads are assigned and confirmed, which drivers are waiting for a load, and which loads are flagged at risk.
What your people do instead
Your dispatchers spend their time on the problems that need a person: the driver dealing with a breakdown, the shipper with a last-minute change, the receiver who will not unload. Customer service reps give shippers accurate answers because the load record is current. Drivers get what they need in one message and spend less time on the phone and more time rolling.
Drivers stay longer with a fleet that communicates clearly, and shippers stay with a carrier that delivers on time. The Dispatch Agent handles the matching and the messaging; your people handle the drivers and customers.
One next step
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