ShipWise adds LTL freight to its shipping platform

ShipWise has launched LTL freight across its platform, letting ecommerce brands, 3PLs and enterprise shippers rate, book and document palletized freight in the same screen they use for parcels. The expansion is meant to cut manual work and keep parcel and freight tied to the same order data as LTL classification gets more complex.

Why it matters: - ShipWise is trying to reduce the split between parcel and freight operations, which often live in separate tools and create extra manual work. - The launch gives operations teams one workflow for rate shopping, booking and documentation across parcels and pallets. - Automatic freight classification and routing can help avoid reclassification charges and other invoice surprises.

What happened: - ShipWise said LTL freight is now live across its platform. - Ecommerce brands, 3PLs and enterprise shippers can rate, book and document palletized freight from the same orders screen they already use for parcel. - The company said the launch is available now.

The details: - Configurable routing rules can send orders to parcel or LTL based on shipping requirements. - Freight documentation and tracking stay connected to the order instead of being managed in a separate system. - ShipWise rate shopping in freight mode uses its pre-negotiated national LTL carrier panel on every shipment. - ShipWise said customers get discounted rates with no carrier contract to open and no volume commitment. - Customers with their own LTL contracts can compare those rates with the ShipWise freight network. - Before any commitment, ShipWise will run a complimentary rate analysis on a customer's parcel and LTL shipments from the previous quarter. - The analysis shows savings on the customer's own lanes. - Launch features include automatic mode selection, automatic freight classification, accessorials, per-client rate markups, rule-based carrier routing, automated client billing, API access, and freight documentation with pickup scheduling. - Accessorials in carrier quotes can include liftgate, residential, limited access, inside delivery and appointment service. - Freight documentation includes bills of lading and pallet labels generated from shipment details. - API access lets freight rates and bookings flow from an existing ERP, WMS or OMS.

Between the lines: - LTL classification has become harder to manage as the National Motor Freight Traffic Association moved about 2,000 commodity listings to density-based classification and expanded its density scale from 11 tiers to 13. - ShipWise is positioning automatic density calculation as a guardrail for teams that do not have a dedicated freight desk. - The company is also using LTL as a wider platform expansion, not a standalone feature. - ShipWise said it is extending the platform further into the warehouse and plans to share more in the coming months.

What's next: - ShipWise said more warehouse-focused platform expansions are coming. - The company says it is building toward an end-to-end solution for ecommerce and fulfillment operations.

The bottom line: - ShipWise is betting that combining parcel and LTL in one workflow will simplify shipping operations and make the platform more central to fulfillment teams.