Innovative Computing Corporation is announced the addition of the new IES Accu-Rate module to the lineup of administrative and trips processing tools integrated into Innovative’s transportation management system Innovative Enterprise Software.

With IES Accu-Rate, Innovative customers not only will have the existing IES option to create automated rates specific to each customer or commodity, but with IES Accu-Rate, carriers will also now be able to create automated rates for round trip and other specific routes. In addition, with IES Accu-Rate, carriers will have the option of utilizing customer supplied backup or catch-all rate matrices, pick and drop locations, and round trip rates – including those with tiered multiple stop-off rates.

Also like Innovative’s existing computerized rating tool, IES Accu-Rate has the option of creating rates for given customers based on pre-set, 3-digit ZIP to ZIP, city to city and state to state routes in any combination. IES Accu-Rate also extends ZIP to ZIP rating further by now including rates based upon 5-digit ZIP codes and Canadian postal codes.

Knight Transportation, Inc., of Phoenix, AZ, has already begun reaping the benefits of this new tool in their own work. As a long-time Innovative customer, Knight has been using Innovative’s computerized rating tools for some time. With the addition of IES Accu-Rate to Knight’s arsenal of tools, Knight and Knight’s shippers have benefited by more customizable rating tools.

Cory Staheli, Vice President of Information Systems said, “We recognize a significant improvement in flexibility, accuracy, speed to enter rates, and the ability to automate so many accessorial charges. Our environment requires carriers to be agile in their response with their customer’s needs. Customers expect a perfect bill, one that matches the contracts we’ve entered into. IES Accu-Rate is flexible enough to match all our current customer contractual obligations, and enables us to adapt quickly and efficiently as new requirements present themselves.”

Additional IES Accu-Rate benefits allow carriers greater flexibility in their rating outcomes, which in turn increases their customer negotiation options and their ability to adapt to changing markets. For example, with IES Accu-Rate, carriers can manage critical additions to their fees as needed. These rating options include:

Accessorial – Allows carriers to account automatically for critical charges such as Tarping and Lumper fees.
Surge Charges – Enables carriers working with dedicated contracts to manage and account for additional fees when a surge in a given customer’s load volumes occurs.
Fuel Surcharge Override Per Lane – Allows carriers to overcome costly or consistent fuel cost overages for particular routes.
Customer Specific Mileage Lookup – Offers carriers the flexibility of working with customer stated miles for specific lanes.
Internal Rate Comments and Authorization – Benefits carriers by recording internally not only who authorized a given rate, but any comments related to that rate.