Quote from your Excel rate sheet automatically
Most forwarders keep their rates in Excel, and most quoting software wants you to rebuild them in a new rate system first. Laneworks prices quote requests straight from the rate sheet you already have, in whatever layout it's in, so there's no migration project before the first quote.
Free trial: forward a request to try@getlaneworks.com and the draft comes back in about two minutes. No sign-up, no call.
How the sheet is used
- Send it as it is: one tab per mode, one sheet per carrier, merged cells, notes in the margins. The setup team maps it, and the health check reports anything that can't be read.
- Keep it current by email: forward a carrier's rate notice or a new version of the sheet, and the changes are applied with a summary of what changed and one-click undo.
- Your markup, written down once: per mode, per customer or per lane, so two people quoting the same request get the same price.
How it works
- Forward the customer's quote request to your Laneworks address, attachments and all.
- We read it: lane, cargo, weights and dimensions, Incoterm and delivery address are pulled out of the email and any packing list.
- We price it by fixed rules against your own rate sheet. The AI never sets a price, and every line names the rate-sheet row it came from.
- Sent for you, or checked by you. With auto-reply on, fully priced quotes go straight to your customer from your own mailbox, usually within two minutes, 24/7. Anything unusual comes to your team as a draft.
Nothing is guessed
The AI only reads the request. Every price is set by fixed rules from your own rate sheet, every line names the row it came from, and anything that can't be priced (a lane or charge that isn't on your sheet, an expired rate, an unreadable attachment) is flagged for your team instead of filled in. How a Laneworks quote is priced
What else comes with it
- A one-page PDF quotation in your company's name on every priced reply.
- Your website's quote form handled the same way.
- A daily list of quotes nobody has heard back on, with the follow-up already written.
- A weekly report: quotes priced, minutes to reply, after-hours requests, jobs won.
- A free rate sheet health check: expired rates, missing container sizes, missing charges.
What Laneworks costs
Monthly price by quote volume, all users included. Plans start at A$1,500 a month (about US$980 or £780) including 150 quote requests. No per-quote fees, setup done for you. The trial needs no card, no call and no sign-up. Pricing
Questions
Do we have to reformat our rate sheet?
No. Send it in the layout you use today. If something can't be read, the health check names the rows so they can be fixed once.
What about rates in several files?
Send them all: carrier sheets, local charges and delivery zones can live in separate files.
Can we keep editing the sheet in Excel?
Yes. Send the updated file whenever it changes, or forward the carrier notice and let Laneworks apply it.
How do we test it?
Email your rate sheet with one real quote request to try@getlaneworks.com and the request comes back priced from your own rates.
Try it on one of today's requests
Forward a real quote request to try@getlaneworks.com. The priced draft comes back in about two minutes.
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