A load (truck) is a collection of pre-shippers and shippers with an optional, given stop sequence. The stop sequence, or drop-off sequence, is the order in which a truck stops for the different shipments. Load optimization provides route calculation with drop-off sequencing that both expedites shipments and decreases shipment costs.

Most TMSs either consolidate orders into shipments to reduce overall shipping costs or optimize the loads by calculating routes with drop-off sequences. The TMS creates the optimized or consolidated loads and sends them back to QAD Warehousing. You can also create loads in QAD Warehousing.