Freight management system

An apparatus comprising:

• a network interface to receive and send packets in a network;
• and
• a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining, from a first blockchain node of an enterprise, via a blockchain channel, a data object that includes at least one executable instruction and a rate card data record that includes at least one unique identifier, primary information about the rate card data record, and a plurality of data values that change over time and include at least one first data value that is being negotiated and at least one second data value that is an approved data value, and one or more keys for authenticating the data object, wherein the rate card data record is in a form of a distributed ledger blockchain;
• performing a rate negotiation process, using a smart contract, including:
• parsing the data object using the at least one executable instruction;
• determining a structure of the data object based on a break-down policy:
• retrieving at least one required value which is the at least one first data value while omitting to retrieve a non-required value in the rate card data record while performing the rate negotiation process;
• transforming the at least one first data value in a first field of the rate card data record in which the at least one first data value is not used in generating event transactions into the at least one second data value based on an authentication from the first blockchain node of the enterprise using the one or more keys such that the at least one first data value is enabled for generating the event transactions, and
• recording, using the smart contract, an updated rate card data record into a blockchain;
• generating, using a set of rules in the smart contract, a data transaction based on one or more values in the updated rate card data record, wherein the data transaction is in the form of the distributed ledger blockchain;
• and
• providing, to a second blockchain node, via the blockchain channel, the data transaction that triggers an executable event.

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method including:

• obtaining, from a first blockchain node of an enterprise, via a blockchain channel,, a data object that includes at least one executable instruction and a rate card data record that includes at least one unique identifier, primary information about the rate card data record, and a plurality of data values that change over time and include at least one first data value that is being negotiated and at least one second data value that is an approved data value, and one or more keys for authenticating the data object, wherein the rate card data record is in a form of a distributed ledger blockchain;
• performing a rate negotiation process, using a smart contract, including:
• parsing the data object using the at least one executable instruction;
• determining a structure of the data object based on a break-down policy;
• retrieving at least one required value which is the at least one first data value while omitting to retrieve a non-required value in the rate card data record while performing the rate negotiation process;
• transforming the at least one first data value in a first field of the rate card data record in which the at least one first data value is not used in generating event transactions into the at least one second data value based on an authentication from the first blockchain node of the enterprise using the one or more keys such that the at least one first data value is enabled for generating the event transactions, and
• recording, using the smart contract, an updated rate card data record into a blockchain;
• generating, using a set of rules in the smart contract, a data transaction based on one or more values in the updated rate card data record, wherein the data transaction is in the form of the distributed ledger blockchain;
• and
• providing, to a second blockchain node, via the blockchain channel, the data transaction that triggers an executable event.