Choosing a Cost-Efficient Provider
Use the Low Cost Provider functionality primarily in brokerage situations where a for-profit broker allocates trips to several contracted service providers. In this case, it is in the broker’s best interest to choose the most cost-efficient provider.
Before you begin
About this task
To use the Low Cost Provider functionality, provider fare types must be defined before a Provider Faring structure is created. This requirement is applicable only if your providers do not share the same service areas.
Once your Provider Faring structure is defined, you are able to use the Cost button from Trip Booking and select the most cost-efficient provider.
Procedure
- Select a client and create a trip.At minimum, a Date, Client, Req time, Origin, and Destination should be defined.
- Click the Detail tab.
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Next to the Provider field, click Cost:
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In the Provider Cost dialog box, highlight the appropriate
provider and click Select.
If a provider is one of the lower cost providers but is not available to perform the trip, that provider does not appear in the generated list of providers.
- Continue adding information about the trip as needed.
- Do one of the following:
To Do this Save the booking for batch scheduling later Click the Save button: 
Schedule the booking immediately Click the Schedule button: 