Air, ocean, or ground, decided at tender time.
Duvo applies your contracts and routing guides at tender time, picks air, ocean, or ground for each shipment, and writes the decision and its reasoning back.
Every shipment
Rules applied
Contract rates and routing-guide rules are checked per tender, not just on the loads someone has time for.
At tender time
Decision timing
The mode is chosen when the shipment is tendered, not defaulted under deadline pressure.
Reason recorded
Decision trail
The chosen mode, the alternatives, and the rule behind the pick are written back with the tender.
Duvo establishes the baseline and validates the opportunity on your records before a live scope is agreed. No customer result is claimed for this solution yet.
Every shipment shows the modes that still meet the date and what each costs.
Each shipment becomes a case: the modes that meet the promised date, the cost difference between them, and the tender to send.
Mode Selection · Illustrative
Orders are checked against routing rules, service deadlines, and available transport modes before tender.
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Showing 5 of 24 cases
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Approval
Exceptions pause for the named owner
Each exception carries the source records, applied rule, recommended action, and the person authorised to decide.
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Recommended mode
Recommended mode is visible before the action
Each order shows the compliant mode, timing constraint, and rule behind the recommendation before it is tendered.
Late orders fly by default even when ocean still meets the date.
The mode gets decided under deadline pressure, and the most expensive option wins by default.
The rules sit outside the moment of decision.
Contracts and routing guides say when a shipment should sail and when it should fly, but they live in files, not in the tender.
Late orders default to air.
When an order is behind, it gets flown to be safe, even when ocean or ground would still meet the promised date.
The cost lands weeks later.
The gap between the mode chosen and the mode the rules would choose only shows up in the freight bill, after the shipment moved.
The mode decision runs on the rules you already have.
Routine shipments are checked and tendered in seconds. Shipments where the date is at risk reach a person with the options already priced.
- 01Intake
Pick up the shipment.
Orders ready to tender are read from your transport management system (TMS), SAP, and order files, with the lane, weight, and promised date attached.
- 02Check
Find the modes that meet the date.
Air, ocean, and ground options are checked against transit times, schedules, and cut-offs to see which ones still hit the promised date.
- 03Decide
Apply the cost rules.
Contract rates and routing-guide rules are applied per mode, and the cheapest option that meets the date is selected.
- 04Approve
Pause where judgement matters.
A date at risk, a customer-critical order, or no mode inside policy routes to the transportation owner before anything is tendered.
- 05Tender
Tender and record the reason.
The chosen mode and carrier are tendered, and the decision, the alternatives, and the reasoning are written back to the TMS and SAP.
Transportation keeps authority over the mode.
Approval thresholds
A promised date at risk, a customer-critical order, or a cost outside policy pauses for the transportation owner before tendering.
Decision rationale
Each case shows the modes considered, the transit times checked, the cost difference, and the rule behind the pick.
Recommend first
Start with recommendations only, then let Duvo tender once the team trusts the rule set.
Built to run on the systems you already have.
Mode selection works through the TMS, contracts, and carrier connections your team already uses, then leaves a clear record of each decision.
Works across
TMS shipment records, routing guides, freight contracts and rate cards, carrier schedules and transit times, SAP and order data, carrier portals, email and shared inboxes
Contracted guarantee
5x ROI, guaranteed.
If measured results fall below 5x the total proposal price, the whole contract is free.
What teams ask about Mode Selection
When does Mode Selection run?
An order is ready to tender and the mode is still open.
Who owns Mode Selection?
Transportation, logistics, supply chain, shared services
Which systems can Duvo work across?
Mode selection works through the TMS, contracts, and carrier connections your team already uses, then leaves a clear record of each decision. Typical sources include TMS shipment records, routing guides, freight contracts and rate cards, carrier schedules and transit times.
Where does a person stay in control?
Approval thresholds: A promised date at risk, a customer-critical order, or a cost outside policy pauses for the transportation owner before tendering.