Time Saving Tips for Completing Online BOLs, Quotes, & Pickup Requests 

We all look for things to make our job and life easier, right?  We have created time saving features on abf.com to help make things easier when getting an online quote, completing a bill of lading, or requesting a pickup.  For example, when creating a bill of lading, you can have your information already populated on the screen.  Click Auto-Fill My Information and your company's information will already be displayed when you return to the Bill of Lading page (1).  To change a location of a shipper, click View My Locations (2).

Want a faster way to complete the form?  Enter a few letters into the Company Name field and click Lookup My Contact (1).  The site will automatically look for a match.  Click View My Contacts (2) to select from your contact list or from previous shipping parties.

Using Previous Entries

You can save yourself time by clicking Use as Default (1).  This makes your most recent bill of lading your default for future bills of lading.  Remember, though, previous bills of lading are removed from the list after 30 days.  Use the action icons (2) to create a template, edit the Bill of Lading, delete the Bill of Lading, create a pickup request, or packing slip for the shipment.

Using Templates

A template can be a previously saved or partially completed bill of lading that is used as a starting point for a new bill of lading.  Templates can be saved, retrieved, updated, used as default, or deleted (1-5).  They stay until you delete them and they can be updated or deleted at any time.

Note that all of these time-saving features are also available across abf.com for rate quotations, pickup requests, and other tools.

Using Commodities

The commodities section allows you to lookup recently shipped commodities or lookup the NMFC/Item-Sub.  Click the Commodity link (1) to get a list of commodities shipped over the past 45 days.  They can be saved to your list.  You can also add a commodity to your list.  Click the NMFC/Class link (2) to lookup the NMFC Item-Sub information for the commodity.  You will input keywords and select a specific commodity.  The information will automatically be filled in for you.

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