Dispatching to Drivers and Vendors

What it is

Internal Driver — your own driver, in your company.

Driver — an owner operator driver who has their own entity.

Shared Driver — a driver another company shares to you, so you assign them like your own.

Vendor — a hauling company you dispatch to. Their dispatcher assigns the driver.

Each connects through a different stakeholder in the Connected Ecosystem — your own company, a vendor who shares a driver, or an owner operator.

How Tread models it

Assign to	Who it is	In the Assign panel	Billing path	When to use	Setup required
Internal Driver	Your own driver	Driver tab	Customer pays you, you pay your driver	Your own drivers and trucks	Internal User added under your company
Driver	Owner Operator / Driver with own Entity	Driver tab	Customer pays you, you pay the Owner Operator Entity	An owner operator who contracts with you through their own entity	Driver added under your company
Shared Driver	A driver a partner shares to you	Driver tab	Customer pays you, you pay the partner	A partner whose specific driver you assign yourself	Partner shares the driver to you
Vendor	A hauling company that sub-dispatches	Vendor tab	Customer pays you, you pay the vendor	You hired a hauling company and let their dispatcher pick the driver	Vendor invited and connected

An Owner-Operator (O&O) — a single-truck hauler who owns and drives — is the most common Shared Driver. For a Vendor, the driver’s name appears on your board only after their dispatcher accepts and assigns one.

Common pitfalls

Vendor jobs need an active connection. If the vendor has not accepted the connection, your dispatch will not send. Check Settings → Vendors first.

A Shared Driver must be shared to you first. Without the share, the driver does not appear in your Assign list. The partner shares from their side under Settings → Drivers.

​What it is

​Why it matters

​How Tread models it

​Common pitfalls

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What it is

Why it matters

How Tread models it

Common pitfalls

Related