Access via Mainchain

• Mainchain—our one stop shop for freight management, with all the tools needed to manage your supply chain anywhere, anytime
• Go to www.mainchain.net > Actions > Freman NZ to create consignments

Print your freight documentation

• All freight documentation can be easily printed and uploaded at the click of a button
• This includes Consignment Notes, Thermal and A4 Labels and Dangerous Goods Declaration Forms if required

Calculate the estimated costs

• Based on the information you provide, we can give you a quick estimate for picking up and delivering your consignments based on your agreed rates
• You can also use our Help Me Decide feature to compare service options and rates with New Zealand Couriers, Post Haste and Castle Parcels

Profiles & saved default settings

• Use profiles to quickly switch templates between different charge codes, pickup sites, carriers or services
• Associate a colour for each profile to make it easy to recognise!

Use your own references to make tracking easier

• Setup a custom prefix and use your sales order or invoice number as your Consignment Note Number
• Add as many Sender and Receiver References as you need to provide traceability for you and your customers

Stay up to date

• Subscribe for email or SMS notifications to stay informed from the point of creation to consignment delivery
• This is a great way to keep your end receivers in the loop, or keep an eye on an important consignment

Save time with stored products and addresses

Save your products and addresses to quickly access these on the go!

• This includes delivery instructions or notification preferences for saved receivers, and dimensions, weights and cubic measurements for your products

Ensure your Dangerous Goods documentation is compliant

• Validate and save your product’s DG information into Freman using our validation tool
• Rest assured, we keep a PDF copy available in the event the physical paperwork is unreachable in an accident
• TIP: Make sure you select the DG Signatory before printing to ensure your Declaration Forms are compliant and correctly signed

Help us identify your freight with pack type information

• Select the appropriate pack type from the dropdowns, or save this information with your Saved Products. If your Pack Type isn’t available, contact your account manager

Let us manage your hire pallet transfers

• We can automatically transfer your Chep and Loscam pallets off your account when consignments are delivered
• Contact your account manager if required

Specify special instructions

Sometimes you need to let us know where to drop off your freight, which driveway to lookout for, or that there is no room to turn around at your site.

• Simply add instructions into the Pickup and Delivery Instruction fields for our drivers and team to see

Booking return pickups and freight forward jobs are easy

Need to arrange a pickup for Return goods or from a new location?

• Change the Sender Code to ‘Return/Non-Standard Sender’ and enter in the address information for the pickup request
• Email copies of the documents to the sender to ensure the freight is ready to go and labelled when our driver arrives

Let your system ‘talk’ to ours via EDI Interfacing

• Freman has an EDI interface which allows our customers to directly import consignment details from third party ERP systems 
• The EDI interface allows you to automatically import your consignment note details from your ERP system so you only need to click print 
• Save time in your despatch process by giving your team more time to continue on with other tasks instead of re-entering consignment information into multiple systems

Automated Pickup jobs

Your consignment details can be set up to be electronically uploaded into our network via Freman when you print your consignment notes. We can be automatically notified when your freight is ready to be picked up. This auto-pickup process can save you time by eliminating the need to phone or email a pickup request to our team 

Setting up your printers

• Download our Mainchain Printing Tool to save and print to your default printers from your browser
• To setup your printers go to: Admin > Settings > Printing

Having trouble printing?

1. Ensure your printer is turned on or try restarting it
2. Check there are no paper jams or errors showing
3. Print a test page from another application or website and check if this works for the same printer
4. Check the Mainchain Printing Tool is running in your taskbar
5. Ensure the right printers are selected in Freman
6. Contact your account manager or our IT Helpdesk team