Transport is planned in isolation
Trips are built from a list of addresses rather than from the dispatches waiting to move, so vehicles leave half loaded.
Logistics
Transport planned against the orders it carries.
Trips, vehicles and carriers are attached to the dispatches they move. Freight cost lands on the right consignment, and the status of a delivery is a state on a record rather than something someone has to ring and ask about.
The problem
Where transport stops being measurable.
Most businesses can say what they spent on freight last month. Very few can say which customer, order or consignment it was spent on.
Freight cost never reaches the order
Carrier invoices land in a general expense line. The cost to serve a particular customer is unknowable.
“Where is it?” is a phone call
Status lives with the driver and the person who spoke to them last, not on the consignment.
The fleet’s real cost is unknown
Running cost per vehicle, and cost per tonne moved, are estimated rather than derived from trips that actually ran.
Capabilities
What the Logistics app covers.
Own fleet, third-party carriers or a mix — the difference is whether a trip carries a rate or a running cost.
Trip planning
Built from the dispatches that are waiting.
- Trips
- Routes
- Consolidation
- Capacity
- Scheduling
Carriers and fleet
Whoever is actually moving it.
- Own vehicles
- Third-party carriers
- Drivers
- Availability
- Documents
Freight cost
Captured on the trip, allocated to what it carried.
- Rate cards
- Cost capture
- Allocation
- Settlement
- Reconciliation
Tracking
The state of the consignment, on the consignment.
- Trip status
- ETA
- Milestones
- Exceptions
- Delivery confirmation
Reporting
What movement costs, and who is good at it.
- Cost per trip
- Cost per tonne
- Carrier performance
- Vehicle utilisation
Workflow
One trip, six stages.
The trip is created from dispatches and ends by putting a cost back on them.
A trip moves through six stages: dispatches ready, trip planned, vehicle assigned, in transit, delivered and freight cost settled.
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01 Dispatches
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Ready
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02 Trip plan
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Planned
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03 Vehicle
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Assigned
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04 In transit
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Moving
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05 Delivery
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Delivered
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06 Freight cost
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Settled
Use cases
Where it earns its place.
A mixed fleet and carrier operation
Own vehicles for local routes and carriers for the rest, planned in one place and costed on the same basis.
Cost to serve, per customer
Freight allocated to the consignments a trip carried, so the true margin on a distant customer is visible rather than assumed.
Consolidating deliveries
One trip carrying several dispatches, each keeping its own delivery status within it.
Works with
Logistics on its own is useful. Connected, it is the point.
These read and write the same Core OS records, so a handover between them passes a reference rather than a retyped copy.
Dispatch
Planning, picking, loading and proof of what actually left.
Trade
Import and export orders with their documentation and landed cost.
Inventory
Real-time stock across warehouses, batches and serial numbers.
Finance
Invoicing, receivables and reporting off operational records.
FAQ
Questions about Logistics.
Do we need our own fleet to use it?
No. Third-party carriers, own vehicles or a mix are all handled. What changes is whether a trip carries a carrier rate or a vehicle running cost.
How does freight cost reach the order?
Cost is captured on the trip and allocated across the consignments it carried, so it lands on the right customer, order or trade consignment instead of in a general expense line.
Can one trip carry several dispatches?
Yes, and consolidation is the normal case. A trip holds many dispatches and each keeps its own delivery status within the trip.
What tracking does it give?
Trip and consignment status, milestones and ETA held on the record itself. Where a carrier provides its own tracking, that can be brought in through Integrations rather than checked on a separate site.
Have a different question? Talk to us.
Bring last month’s freight bill.
We will show what it looks like allocated across the consignments that caused it.