viper:online>collaborate provides rich functionality, forms-based, electronic collaboration technology that allows the participants in a freight services transaction to jointly contribute to the establishment and completion of a business transaction.

For example, it has a full-featured on-line order entry screen that allows order details to be recorded by shippers at the source for electronic transfer to other participants. This eliminates the need for hand-writing consignment notes and faxing or phoning details through to a carrier. The order entry screen is appropriate for ad hoc and low volume situations ... a batch order entry method is also available for high volume shippers.

viper:online>collaborate forms have built-in intelligence that ensures data consistency and makes available productivity features such as drop-down lists and previous transaction cloning.

Using thin client technology, the viper:online>collaborate service facilitates extensive information sharing and collaborative business processes between providers and users of freight services.

viper:online>collaborate functionality is divided into three modules:

Order Entry

• ad hoc and batch order creation

• advanced shipping notice distribution

• order status monitoring

Invoice Processing

• electronic invoice distribution

• online POD retrieval

• invoice reconciliation and approval

• payment advice distribution

Advance Reporting

• standard KPI reports

• statistical analysis tool