Active authority evidence
MC / property authority and USDOT status are checked as separate fields. A lead should not be promoted because one identifier merely exists.
Orbit methodology · Truck dispatch
What is a verified carrier lead?
A verified carrier lead is not simply a company with an MC number, a phone number, or one positive status. For Orbit, verification is an evidence record: the lead should show which qualification checks were performed, what evidence supports each check, and when that evidence was last checked.
Evidence before labelUnknown stays unknownLast-checked timestampSource-aware qualification
Perfect Lead model1
Authority
Check MC / operating-authority state and USDOT status rather than assuming one implies the other.
2
Insurance evidence
Record the evidence supporting insurance status and relevant cancellation signals. Do not convert missing evidence into “active.”
3
Operational fit
Qualify MC age, equipment, geography, OOS signals and the dispatcher’s current target.
4
Reachability
Validate contact quality separately from regulatory status. A valid authority record is not automatically a reachable sales lead.
Definition
The Orbit “Perfect Lead” standard.
“Perfect Lead” is Urava's working term for a carrier prospect that satisfies the dispatcher’s chosen target and has sufficient evidence for the statuses being claimed. It is a qualification state, not a permanent label.
Insurance evidence
Insurance status must be supported by evidence from the verification workflow. If current evidence is unavailable or conflicting, the result should remain unresolved.
Fit to target
Equipment, state, MC age, operating profile and other dispatcher filters are part of qualification, not optional decoration.
Recency
A verified record needs a last-checked time. Carrier data changes; verification should be treated as time-bounded evidence.
Recommended record
What a dispatcher should be able to inspect.
The useful output is not a green badge alone. The record should expose the exact checks behind the badge.
MC / authority
Status and the evidence used to support it.
USDOT
Current DOT status recorded independently.
Insurance
Insurance evidence plus relevant cancellation or uncertainty signals.
Qualification
MC age, equipment, geography, OOS information and target-match fields.
Evidence
Source context and last-checked timestamp so the dispatcher can judge recency.
Boundary
Verification should fail closed.
If a source is unavailable, a field conflicts, or a check has not been performed, Orbit should not silently produce a positive claim. The same rule applies to secondary enrichment such as WhatsApp availability: confirmed, detected or unknown is safer than inventing “not available.”