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FTM Carrier Onboarding
Connected to Private Loadboard

Build a carrier
network without
onboarding chaos.

Collect documents, verify compliance, approve carriers, and create operationally ready carrier records inside Salesforce.

Salesforce-native
Compliance workflow
Carrier approval process
Document collection
Network ready
Carrier Onboarding · New Application Live
Application
Documents
Compliance
Approval
Network
Norfolk Logistics
MC-348120 · Dry Van, Reefer · Applied Jun 18
In Review
Operating authority verified
Pass
Certificate of insurance on file
Pass
Safety rating review
Pending
W-9 and carrier agreement signed
Pass
3 of 4 checks complete Pending Final Approval
4.9
AppExchange Rating
Governed
Every carrier, same process
Verified
Before freight is ever assigned
Auditable
Full compliance history
14d
Target go-live
The onboarding problem

Most onboarding happens in email.

Teams manage onboarding through PDFs, email threads, shared inboxes, compliance websites, and spreadsheets. The result is slow onboarding, incomplete records, compliance risk, and carrier frustration.

Before: Manual Onboarding
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Carrier submits a packet by email
2
Email chain back and forth
3
A document is missing
4
Follow-up, then manual approval
After: Governed Workflow
1
Carrier submits an application
2
Compliance workflow runs automatically
3
Approval routed to the right reviewer
4
Carrier is network ready

The problem is not paperwork. The problem is operational readiness.

Most transportation companies do not struggle to find carriers. They struggle to trust them. Before a carrier can move freight, teams need to verify insurance, authority, compliance, documents, contacts, and operational readiness, and most do it through tools that were never built for governance.

The core concept

Turn onboarding into a governed workflow.

Every carrier enters the network through the same process. No shortcuts, no missing records, no tribal knowledge sitting in one person’s inbox.

Carrier Application
Carrier submits information directly
Verification
Authority, insurance, and documents checked
Compliance Review
Internal and third-party checks complete
Approval
Routed to the right reviewer, logged
Private Loadboard
Carrier becomes eligible for opportunities
Dispatch Console
Carrier is ready for execution

Every carrier follows the same path. No carrier moves freight by skipping a step because someone vouched for them. The record proves it, not a person’s memory.

What the workflow does

Six capabilities. One governed path to the network.

Each capability moves a carrier closer to operationally ready, not just paperwork complete.

A
Carrier Application Portal

Carriers tell you about themselves once, in a structured way.

Collect information directly from carriers, not through email
Structured fields replace free-form attachments
Application status visible to both sides in real time
B
Document Collection

Every required document, attached to the record it belongs to.

Insurance, W-9, authority, and agreements collected in one place
Required documents tracked until each one is received
Nothing buried in an inbox no one else can search
C
Compliance Verification

Checks happen the same way, every time, for every carrier.

Support workflows involving compliance providers and internal review
Verification status visible on the carrier record as it happens
No carrier activated on the strength of a phone call
Compliance Status1 pending
CheckProviderStatus
AuthorityFMCSAPass
Safety RatingSaferWatchPending
D
Approval Workflow

A carrier moves forward only when the right person says so.

Route carriers through approval steps before activation
Multiple reviewers supported for higher-risk approvals
Every approval decision logged to the carrier record
E
Carrier Record Creation

Approval produces a real Salesforce record, not a checked box.

Approved carriers become structured Salesforce records
Documents, compliance history, and approvals stay attached
New team members see the full carrier history on day one
F
Operational Readiness

Approved doesn’t mean filed away. It means ready to move freight.

Approved carriers are immediately available for sourcing
No separate activation step after approval
Carrier appears in Private Loadboard and Dispatch Console the same day
Why this matters before freight moves

Reduce onboarding risk before freight moves.

The cheapest time to identify risk is before a carrier is awarded a load, not after something goes wrong on a lane.

Missing insurance
Caught before activation, not discovered after a claim.
Expired documents
Tracked with renewal status, not forgotten until they lapse.
Incomplete records
A carrier can’t reach approval with required fields blank.
Compliance gaps
Surfaced during review, not after a load is already covered.
Unauthorized carriers
Cannot reach the network without completing the same workflow.
Manual oversight risk
A documented workflow replaces one person’s memory of who’s compliant.

Risk caught at onboarding never reaches a load. The same gaps that show up after a missed pickup or a denied insurance claim are visible during onboarding, if onboarding is actually a checked process instead of a folder of emails.

Where network quality starts

The quality of your carrier network starts at onboarding.

Network quality is not something you fix at the sourcing stage. It is built or lost during onboarding, before a carrier ever sees a load.

Poor Onboarding
1
Poor onboarding
2
Poor data
3
Poor sourcing
4
Poor execution
VS
Strong Onboarding
1
Strong onboarding
2
Trusted network
3
Better sourcing
4
Better execution

Everything downstream depends on what happens here. Private Loadboard and Dispatch Console only work as well as the carrier data they’re built on.

How it connects

The first step in the carrier lifecycle.

Carrier Onboarding is where every carrier enters the operating system. Approved carriers move directly into sourcing and execution workflows.

Carrier Onboarding
Carriers verified and approved
Private Loadboard
Opportunities distributed
Dispatch Console
Loads execute
Driver App
Field data captured
Customer Portal
Visibility for the shipper

This is the same record described on the Private Loadboard and Dispatch Console pages. Carrier Onboarding is where it starts, not a separate compliance tool your team has to reconcile against it.

Built for the whole team

One workflow. Different value for every team.

The same governed process creates value differently depending on who is looking at it.

Compliance
Better governance.
Carrier Sales
Faster activation.
Dispatch
Higher confidence.
Operations
Cleaner execution.
Executives
More scalable growth.
Why architecture matters

Why Carrier Onboarding works better on Salesforce.

Every onboarding action becomes part of the carrier record. Nothing is lost between systems, because there is no second system to lose it in.

Capability
Traditional Carrier Onboarding
FTM Carrier Onboarding
Carrier records
Scattered across email, PDFs, and spreadsheets
One structured Salesforce record per carrier
Documents
Attached to email threads, hard to find later
Attached directly to the carrier record
Approvals
A verbal or informal sign-off
A logged decision with a reviewer and timestamp
Compliance history
Whatever the last email thread happened to contain
Full history retained on the carrier record
Workflow automation
Manual follow-up for every missing item
Salesforce Flow, configured by your admin
Reporting
No reliable view of onboarding status across carriers
Native Salesforce dashboards, current at any moment
Auditability
Reconstructed from old emails if ever needed
Complete audit trail, available on demand
AI readiness
Carrier data disconnected from operational systems
Einstein AI runs on the same structured freight data
Every onboarding action becomes part of the carrier record. Nothing is lost between systems, because compliance, approval, and execution all run on the same Salesforce data.
What changes

What better onboarding creates.

These are the operational shifts teams report after moving onboarding into a governed workflow, not promises about specific numbers your operation will see.

Faster carrier activation
Carriers move from application to network ready without waiting on a follow-up email.
Cleaner records
Every carrier record has the same required fields, completed the same way.
Better compliance visibility
Know the status of every carrier’s documents without searching an inbox.
Stronger carrier network
Every carrier in the network cleared the same governed bar to get there.
Reduced operational risk
Gaps surface during onboarding instead of after a load is already moving.
More scalable growth
Onboarding more carriers does not require proportionally more headcount.
Implementation

Deploy without changing how carriers work.

Carrier Onboarding works with the process carriers already expect. It does not require carriers to learn a new system before they can join your network.

Works with existing carrier onboarding processes
Salesforce-native, no separate system to maintain
Supports brokers, carriers, and mixed operations
Core workflows live in as little as 14 days
Go live in as little as 14 days.
Because Carrier Onboarding feeds the same Salesforce record as Private Loadboard and Dispatch Console, rollout is configuration, not a new compliance system to build and maintain separately.
Carrier Onboarding FAQ

Questions teams ask before rolling out.

For questions specific to your carrier base, a transportation specialist can walk through your use case.

Can carriers submit documents online?
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Yes. Carriers submit applications and upload required documents directly through a carrier-facing portal, with no email attachments required.
Can onboarding be customized?
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Yes. Required documents, compliance checks, and approval steps are configured in Salesforce to match your existing onboarding standards, not a fixed template.
Does it support compliance providers?
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Yes. Onboarding workflows can incorporate checks from compliance providers like SaferWatch and Highway alongside internal review, with results recorded on the carrier record.
Can approvals require multiple reviewers?
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Yes. Higher-risk approvals can require sign-off from more than one reviewer before a carrier is activated, with each decision logged to the record.
How does it connect to Private Loadboard?
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Carriers approved through onboarding automatically become eligible for Private Loadboard opportunities. There is no separate step to add an onboarded carrier to the network.
Is Salesforce required?
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FTM includes Salesforce Enterprise licensing, so you do not need an existing Salesforce subscription. If your organization already uses Salesforce, Carrier Onboarding runs in the same org alongside your other data.

See how carriers enter your network.

Bring your onboarding process. FTM will show how Carrier Onboarding, Private Loadboard, and Dispatch Console work together.

Salesforce Enterprise included  ·  Go live in as little as 14 days  ·  No long-term contract required
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