🚚 Logistics & Supply Chain · State Machine
Freight Booking Lifecycle
The states of a freight shipment booking, from quote and booking through pickup, transit, customs and delivery.
Drawing diagram…
What this diagram shows
- Bookings confirm only after carrier acceptance
- Customs clearance is a separate state for international moves
- Exceptions (delays, damage) are tracked until resolved
Prompt used
State machine for a freight booking: Quoted, Booked, Carrier Confirmed (or Rejected back to Quoted), Pickup Scheduled, Picked Up, In Transit, At Customs (international), Cleared, Out for Delivery, Delivered, Invoiced. Exception can happen during transit (delay, damage) and returns to In Transit when resolved; customs Hold needs documents before Cleared.
Mermaid code
stateDiagram-v2 [*] --> Quoted Quoted --> Booked: Customer accepts Booked --> CarrierConfirmed Booked --> Quoted: Carrier rejects CarrierConfirmed --> PickupScheduled PickupScheduled --> PickedUp PickedUp --> InTransit InTransit --> Exception: Delay or damage Exception --> InTransit: Resolved InTransit --> AtCustoms: International AtCustoms --> CustomsHold: Documents missing CustomsHold --> AtCustoms: Documents provided AtCustoms --> Cleared Cleared --> OutForDelivery InTransit --> OutForDelivery: Domestic OutForDelivery --> Delivered Delivered --> Invoiced Invoiced --> [*]
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