Shipments in Matium Core, very simply, represent the pickup and delivery of materials. By centrally managing all of your shipments with Matium, you'll be able to book freight, generate all of your shipping documents, track the status and gain full transparency into your financials.

To view all shipments being tracked by your company, select Core and then Shipments in the left sidebar.

By default, all Shipments that are pending, dispatched, in transit and delivered will be shown. Click on a specific Shipment to go to the detail page and begin working.

By default, you can view all Shipments (All), Shipments where your company is the supplier or receiver (Company), or only those Shipments where you are listed as a representative (Personal).

Narrow your results by supplier, receiver, freight carrier, status, material type, tags, etc. by utilizing the Filters drop-down.

Click the Add New View link to save the filters that are currently set. The new view will display as an additional tab on the Shipments page.

Use the Sort drop-down on the far right to find the most recent shipments, sort by weight, total cost, etc.

When viewing the detail page for a Shipment, the following actions are available:

The top of the Shipment detail page will show pickup and delivery locations, parent order and the current status - Pending, Dispatched, In Transit, Delivered, Invoiced or Paid. Click the Status button to update.

Estimated carbon emissions (CO2e) for the shipment is based on total gross weight, distance from source to destination and the emission intensity of the mode of transport.

The mode of transport is based on the packaging for manifest items. Note that emission estimates are not yet supported when packaging is set to Railcar. All other packaging options are supported.

The Summary tab shows the full manifest for the Shipment along with all logistics information. You may generate or upload the required shipping documents and also book freight.

A full list of manifest items is shown including material, buy price, sell price, weights and packaging for each.

Click Add Item to add additional Inventory Items or Haves to this Shipment.

Either generate or upload all required shipping documents including:

Click on a document to create a new document, upload a document or view an existing document.

When generating a document, you will be prompted to enter the file name along with the other relevant fields. Click Preview to preview the generated document. Click Submit or Save to create the document. The document will be automatically downloaded to your computer and saved in Matium under the Documents tab for the Shipment.

When uploading a document, simply browse or select the file to be uploaded and click the Upload button. The document will be saved in Matium and can be found under the Documents tab for the Shipment.

All pickup and delivery details are shown including date and time, reference number, appointment requirements and contacts. Click on any field to update.

To book freight with Matium's partner, Tommorowmade, which offers FTL dry van shipments through the U.S. and Canada, select Tomorrowmade from the drop-down.

Click Request Quote to receive an instant quote from Tomorrowmade. Click Accept to book and a representative from Tomorrowmade will reach out with next steps. Click Reject to book with another carrier.

If you will be using a third-party freight carrier, select Third-Party from the drop-down under Book Freight.

Provide the Freight Company and Freight Rate. The freight company drop-down will populate from your list of existing companies. If needed, click Add to add the freight carrier to your company list in Matium.

Start a conversation about this Shipment with others in your company. Tag an individual or all members with a particular role at your company (Sales, Shipping, Purchasing, Accounting) using the "@" symbol.

The Finance tab provides a summary of total revenue, total cost and gross profit for the shipment along with a ledger of all cost and revenue numbers.

Material cost, material sale, and freight rate are populated automatically. Other revenue or cost line items can be added to the ledger by clicking Add Item.

The Documents tab will show a list of all documents related to this Shipment. Click the Upload button to upload a new document.

The History tab will show a generated activity log for this Shipment, displaying the user name and action taken by each.