Systems and methods for processing trailer repair requests submitted by carriers

A method for facilitating submission of repair requests by carriers having to repair trailers to domicile facilities associated with the trailers, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of computing devices of a plurality of carriers, the computing devices of the carriers configured send and receive signals over a communication network;
• providing a plurality of computing devices of a plurality of domicile facilities associated with the trailers, the computing devices of the domicile facilities associated with the trailers configured send and receive signals over the communication network;
• providing a central computing device including a processor-based control circuit and configured for communication with the computing devices of the carriers and with the computing devices of the domicile facilities associated with the trailers over the communication network;
• providing an electronic database in communication with the central computing device;
• receiving, via the computing device of the carrier, a repair request indicating repair needed for the trailer;
• transmitting, over the communication network, from the central computing device to a computing device of a domicile facility associated with the trailer, an alert including an electronic invoice directed to the domicile facility associated with the trailer;
• receiving, at the central computing device, a transmission over the communication network from the computing device of the domicile facility associated with the trailer indicating a response of the domicile facility to the repair request submitted by the carrier;
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• transmitting, from the central computing device over the communication network to the computing device of the carrier, a notification indicating whether the repair request submitted by the carrier has been approved by the domicile facility associated with the trailer.