Freight Exception Email Triage Automation with McLeod

Scan the brokerage inbox continuously and escalate only the emails that need action. Built for how McLeod actually moves. This is exactly the kind of high-volume, rules-based work that a purpose-built AI agent handles better than a busy desk — and it’s what FastFreight’s Issue Triage Agent was built to do.

The problem with manual exception email triage

Detention notices, tender rejections, and appointment changes get buried in a flooded inbox until it’s too late to prevent a service failure. If your team already runs McLeod, re-keying between systems is pure lost time.

How the agentic workflow runs

The Issue Triage Agent is the primary actor, but it does not operate in isolation. A load event, inbox message, status change, or scheduled check triggers the workflow; the agent reads context from McLeod, Office 365, Outlook, and Your TMS, applies your operating rules, and hands exceptions or high-impact decisions to a person.

1. 1Reads inbound email continuously across the desk.
2. 2Classifies each message by type and urgency.
3. 3Escalates genuine issues to the right person with a summary and next step.
4. 4Leaves routine mail untouched so reps aren’t interrupted for noise.

What you get

• Cut time-to-first-response on exceptions from hours to minutes
• Reduce detention and preventable service failures
• Stop problems from hiding behind routine email

The point of automating exception email triage is not to replace your reps — it is to hand the repetitive, rules-based portion to the Issue Triage Agent so your people spend their time on relationships, negotiation, and the exceptions that actually need judgment.

Works with your existing stack

No rip-and-replace. This automation connects to McLeod, Office 365, Outlook, and Your TMS and layers onto the tools your team uses today, so exception email triage improves without a migration project.

How FastFreight implements this workflow

1. 1Map the current exception email triage SOP, including triggers, decisions, handoffs, and exception paths.
2. 2Connect McLeod, Office 365, Outlook, and Your TMS and identify the source of truth for every required field.
3. 3Configure authority limits, service rules, escalation thresholds, and human approval points for the Issue Triage Agent.
4. 4Launch on a controlled set of live freight, review the audit trail, and compare outcomes with the current process.
5. 5Tune the workflow and expand coverage only after the agent consistently performs inside the approved guardrails.

FastFreight provides both the agent platform and the implementation work. Dispatchers, carriers, and brokers supply the operating knowledge; our team translates it into a connected, governed workflow and continuously improves it as the operation changes.