Virtual assistant services for transportation & logistics

AssistBPO's virtual assistant services for transportation and logistics companies give a carrier, brokerage or 3PL one named person who owns the load file from rate confirmation to paid invoice. The assistant is an employee of the group, matched to you within 72 hours of a discovery call, with a trained backup and a team lead.

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How does a virtual assistant work for logistics?

Freight admin follows the truck: a load books, a rate con arrives, the driver picks up, a POD gets signed, the packet goes to the broker or the factoring company, and the driver gets settled. Each step has a document, and each missing document holds up cash. Your assistant works that chain every day inside your TMS, your load boards and your fuel card portal, and reports at the end of the shift with loads billed, documents outstanding and who owes what. Dispatch and tracking sit with TransportBPO when you want them, on the same shift, so office and road speak to each other.

What tasks does a virtual assistant cover for transportation and logistics companies?

  • Rate confirmations filed against the right load number
  • Signed BOLs and PODs chased from drivers and receivers daily
  • Invoice packets assembled and sent to brokers, shippers or factoring
  • Carrier and broker setup packets, W-9s and certificates of insurance
  • Driver CDL, medical card and inspection renewal calendar
  • Fuel card and toll transactions matched to units
  • IFTA mileage by state prepared each quarter
  • Permit, IRP and UCR renewals started before they lapse

The KPI that matters here

Documents outstanding at the end of each week. A load with a missing POD or receipt cannot be billed, so the count of incomplete load files is the number we drive toward zero.

What rules does a virtual assistant follow for logistics?

  1. FMCSA hours-of-service and ELD rules. Assistants never edit or annotate ELD logs and never ask a driver to run beyond the limits in 49 CFR Part 395. Check calls respect the driver's duty status, and TransportBPO dispatchers plan around available hours.
  2. TCPA for shipper and driver calls. Outbound prospecting calls and driver texts go out with lawful consent and do-not-call scrubbing under the FCC's TCPA rules, and recorded lines carry a notice in two-party consent states.
  3. Broker records and confidentiality. Rate confirmations, margins and the transaction records brokers must keep under 49 CFR 371.3 stay inside your TMS. Assistants work in your systems under your permissions, and Clearinghouse queries stay with your designated employer representative.

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Frequently asked questions

Does the assistant need trucking experience?

We match for it. Assistants proposed for carriers and brokerages have worked freight admin before and know what a rate con, a lumper receipt and a TONU are without a glossary. During onboarding they learn your reference number formats, your brokers' packet requirements and your factoring company's rules. The team lead reviewing their work has run transportation desks for the group's sister brand.

Can one assistant cover a brokerage as well as a fleet?

Usually, if the volumes fit the hours. For a brokerage the work leans toward carrier packets, authority checks, rate confirmations out and carrier invoices in. For an asset fleet it leans toward PODs, driver documents, fuel and settlements. We scope the split during the discovery call and add a second desk when one person cannot keep both current. Most carriers start with one desk and add hours as the load count grows.

What happens when the assistant is off?

A trained backup who has shadowed your account picks up the delivered-loads list, the factoring schedule and the main line. Your procedures live in a shared playbook, not in one person's head, and the team lead reviews the handover. You are told in advance who is covering and the end-of-day report arrives as usual. If the backup ever needs to become the permanent assistant, the same match process applies and you meet them first.

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