IST Freight-Linkis designed to be the most productive system available in the market. An agent using Freight-Link should easily double or triple their productivity. The integration of Freight-Link with accounting system will provide substantial additional productivity benefits.
Web-based tracking and tracing; the availability of web based tracking and tracing is a critical point that differentiate between maintaining and obtaining accounts against losing accounts. Many major shippers are now insisting upon this capability to save time tracking shipments.
High cost benefits ratio; the above productivity benefits results in a rapid return on investment. Pay back periods are often measured in months.
Comprehensive report writers: the use of highly productive report writer’s enables users to analyze their data from many different perspectives, providing potential insights that could result in substantial returns.

SYSTEM MAIN FUNCTIONS
Rate Request
One of the basic functions of a freight forwarder is arranging the shift of cargo to and from an international destination. Their core competency and functionality necessitates accountability, responsibility, and experience. Getting the rate setup right is one of the most important things that determine the extent of success achieved by a freight forwarding company.
Quotations
IST Freight-Link allows the participating logistics providers to offer shipping quotations and reach binding agreements with the customers. IST Freight-Link allows customers to describe the product, states a price for it and to sets the time of shipment.
Routing Order
Routing Order is a document issued by a foreign importer instructing the seller to effect shipment by means of a specific freight forwarder. In other words, the Routing Order tells the vendor/supplier which freight forwarding company will be handling the details of the shipment. It usually leaves the specifics of pickup and delivery to the discretion of the freight forwarder.
Shipping Declaration
Shipping declaration form is required for all shipments sent to foreign countries regardless of the method of transportation. Each shipment requiring a Shipper's Declaration of Dangerous Goods under the FIATA/IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations must be accompanied by properly executed documents in conformance of the requirements of these regulations.

Shipping Order
Inventory control document that is used to identify what should be shipped from the warehouse and to whom and where it should be shipped. The shipping order usually accompanies the shipment, so that the recipient can verify that the items listed were received. The shipping order can then be used to prepare an invoice.

Operation
IST Freight-Link design allows forwarding operations to be prepared quickly and easily, with a minimum amount of data entry. Operations should be prepared for freight forwarding transactions including; air, ocean and road, export and import shipments, single shipment and consolidation and deconsolidation processing. Access to all of the above rate tables from within operations is provided to assist in the preparation of operations is needed.

Master and House B/L
The B/L is a type of document that is used to acknowledge the receipt of a shipment of goods. A transportation company or carrier issues this document to a shipper. In addition to acknowledging the receipt of goods, the B/L indicates the particular vessel on which the goods have been placed, their intended destination, and the terms for transporting the shipment to its final destination.

Operation Invoices & Expenses
IST Freight-Link's user can define invoices and expenses items and use it easily while working with system operations. Multiple invoices can be taken from single job, when the invoice option is requested the system will automatically include sales amounts in the invoice which the user can be customized and saved.

Debit/Credit Notes
Debit/Credit notes are documents which are used to request debit or give credit to customers this can be used to cancel an invoice by putting the invoice reference number to it. Operation invoices payments are easily handled by the system, Debit/Credit Notes to adjust balances.