> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://failfast.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Transport management

> National road-freight management for Colombia: from the customer's service order to the manifest, billing, carrier settlement, and RNDC reporting.

The transport module manages national road freight in Colombia (gestión nacional de transporte): the full chain from a customer's transport request to the trip on the road, the invoice to the customer, the settlement with the carrier, and the regulatory report to the Ministry of Transport.

## Where to find it

Transport is delivered as pages in the **Programs** section of the sidebar. If the transport module is enabled for your workspace, its tables appear in your Programs menu; what you can do on each depends on your role and permissions.

## The document chain

Every trip moves through the same sequence of documents:

1. **Service order** — the customer's transport request, with its details, vehicles, costs, and policies.
2. **Load order** — the assignment of cargo or containers to the service order.
3. **Remittance** (remesa) — the shipment document, one per trip or cargo.
4. **Manifest** (manifiesto) — the trip document that binds the vehicle, the driver, and the remittances travelling together.

After the trip is executed, the chain splits into two settlement branches:

* **Bill the customer** — billing groups the remittances and produces the customer invoice.
* **Settle the carrier** — the compliment (cumplido) proves the trip completed, legalization consolidates it, and a supplier invoice pays the carrier or vehicle owner.

## Regulatory reporting

Dispatches are reported to **RNDC** (Registro Nacional de Despachos de Carga), the Ministry of Transport's national cargo dispatch registry. See [RNDC and fleet monitoring](/docs/transport/fleet-monitoring) for how reporting and trip tracking work.

## Before you start

The chain relies on master data that must exist first:

* **Stakeholders** — customers, drivers, and vehicle owners.
* **Vehicles** — with their documents and insurance policies up to date.
* **Routes and tolls** — the geography your trips run on.
* **Freight pricing** — the price tables that resolve what a trip costs.
* **Settlement concepts** — the concepts that compute freight and deductions on both settlement branches.

Vehicle documents and insurance policies are managed with [Insurance and legal](/docs/operations/insurance-and-legal); expired policies block operations from progressing.

## Explore the transport guides

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Transport operations" icon="route" href="/docs/transport/operations">
    Work the chain day to day: service orders, load orders, remittances, and manifests.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Billing and settlement" icon="file-invoice-dollar" href="/docs/transport/billing-and-settlement">
    Bill the customer and settle the carrier after the trip.
  </Card>

  <Card title="RNDC and fleet monitoring" icon="satellite-dish" href="/docs/transport/fleet-monitoring">
    Report dispatches to RNDC and track trips with GPS providers.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Insurance and legal" icon="shield-halved" href="/docs/operations/insurance-and-legal">
    Keep vehicle policies valid so operations are never blocked.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>