Transport management system
Dispatching without spreadsheets and endless phone calls.
I build custom transport management systems where order intake, trip planning, driver assignment and POD tracking live on one screen. Your dispatcher finally stops shuttling between the whiteboard and a notebook.
Why dispatching on paper and Excel hurts
At most haulage companies I talk to, the entire fleet status lives in the dispatcher's head. It works while they're in the office — the moment they take a holiday, everything grinds to a halt.
The dispatch board doesn't scale
A whiteboard and coloured markers work up to about 10 trucks. Above 15, double bookings and missed loads creep in daily, because nobody sees the whole picture at once.
Orders arrive by email and phone
Half the bookings come in by email, half by phone, and someone retypes them into a spreadsheet by hand. One mistyped loading address and the driver shows up at the wrong depot.
The POD surfaces weeks later
The signed delivery note rides behind the driver's sun visor for days. Until it's back, you can't invoice — your cash is sitting in the truck.
You don't know which trips made money
Freight rate minus fuel, tolls and driver wages — someone assembles that in Excel at month end. By then it's too late to fix pricing on loss-making lanes.
What a custom TMS actually does for you
I'm not selling you an off-the-shelf TMS. I build a system around your actual workflow — the way your team really dispatches, just without the paper.
Order intake on a single form
Bookings come in structured: shipper, consignee, cargo, weight, deadline. Email bookings get logged in a few clicks too — nothing falls through the cracks.
Digital dispatch board
A live view instead of the whiteboard: where each truck is, what its next load is, where you have free capacity. Drag a load onto a truck and the schedule is done.
Driver assignment and notifications
Drivers get trip details on their phone: address, time window, loading instructions. No more dictating routes every morning or printing paper.
POD tracking with photos
The driver photographs the signed CMR or delivery note right after unloading, and it's attached to the trip instantly. You invoice the same day, not two weeks later.
Per-trip margin calculation
Every trip shows its revenue and attributable costs. You find out which lanes and which customers are actually worth it.
Customer status sharing
Your regular customers see their shipments' status on their own link. Fewer 'where's my cargo?' calls, happier clients.
What does a transport management system cost?
It depends on the features, but a focused MVP — order management, dispatch board, driver app — is typically ready in a few weeks. In many cases, 1-2 years of off-the-shelf TMS subscription fees buys you a system you own forever, built exactly around how your team works.
Use the price configurator to outline your needs in a few minutes and get an instant ballpark figure.