Local pickups, one OTR truck, clean billing.
Carriers running cross-dock or regional consolidation operations need a module that groups multiple short-haul pickups onto a single OTR truck without breaking per-load billing. Keelway's consolidations module does exactly that — independent invoices per load, shared linehaul on settlement, clean status tracking across Planned, At Yard, and In Transit.
Build a consolidation from the load list
Per-load invoices stay independent
Linehaul allocated to the OTR move
Status auto-advances per consolidation
Frequently asked questions
How does consolidation handle billing?+
Each consolidated load stays an independent invoice line. The broker on load A bills separately from the broker on load B; the OTR truck moving both gets a shared linehaul allocation across the involved loads. Settlement and AR reconciliation both stay clean.
What statuses track on a consolidation?+
Three: Planned (consolidation built but not dispatched), At Yard (loads collected at the cross-dock or yard awaiting OTR), In Transit (loaded on the OTR truck and moving). The status auto-advances on the underlying load events.
Who uses consolidations?+
Mostly multi-stop short-haul carriers with cross-dock operations and any carrier that does drayage-to-OTR handoff. Carriers running long-haul-only fleets rarely use the module. Carriers handling produce, regional LTL, or warehouse-to-DC routing use it daily.
Is there a limit on loads per consolidation?+
No hard limit. Practical limits are physical (trailer capacity, weight, equipment compatibility). Keelway warns when a consolidation exceeds typical capacity but the dispatcher decides.