Transport and logistics
Freight runs on timing, and most of the delay is paperwork. We design and build driver apps, transport management software and websites for New Zealand carriers, couriers, warehouses and freight forwarders.
The problem
Proof of delivery comes back on paper days later, so invoices go out late and disputes drag on.
Customers ring dispatch because they cannot check a status for themselves.
Jobs are handed out by phone and whiteboard, and one sick day throws the whole plan.
A booking is typed into the job system, the accounts package and a spreadsheet, and the three drift apart.
What we build
From a single driver app to the system that runs the yard. Each starts with a day in your operation.
Apps for drivers, couriers and warehouse staff. Today's jobs, scanning, photos and a signature on the screen, all working with no signal and syncing when the phone is back in range.
A transport management system built around how you take bookings, plan runs and bill. Custom where your operation is unusual, or built around the TMS you already have where it is not.
Software that shows where stock and orders are across suppliers, warehouses and carriers: inventory, purchase orders, picking and the reports that tie them together.
Websites for carriers, freight forwarders, couriers and warehouses. Clear about what you move and where, with quote requests, tracking and customer login built in.
A place where your customers book a job, see where it is and download the paperwork, without ringing dispatch. Statuses come from scans and GPS, so what the customer sees is what happened.
A quote in seconds from your own rate cards, zones and surcharges, on your website or in the hands of your sales team. An accepted quote becomes a booking without anyone retyping it.
Work we can show you
We have not published a transport project yet. These three rely on the same parts: live availability and bookings, orders shipped to more than 150 countries with duties and taxes worked out at checkout, and a large website for an industrial business with many kinds of customer.
Worth knowing first
If your operation is standard general freight, an established transport management system will do the job for less than building one. We will tell you that.
Building pays off when the way you price, plan or prove delivery is different from everyone else. Bolting on is often the best value: a driver app, a customer portal or a quoting tool added to the system you already have, to close the one gap that costs you hours every day.
Integration, mostly. Connecting to telematics, accounting, carriers and your customers' systems takes more time than building screens. The second driver is offline use: an app that keeps working in a dead spot and syncs cleanly afterwards takes more care than one that assumes coverage.
We quote each project and fix the price before we start.
The safest way in is one depot, one customer or one run. Drivers use the app for real for a few weeks, we fix what gets in their way, and then it goes out to everyone.
Software that drivers find slower than paper does not get used, whatever the office wants. So the people who will use it try it first.
How we work
The plan
Tell us what you move, how jobs come in and where the day goes wrong.
We spend time with dispatch and a driver, map a job from booking to invoice, and list the systems to connect.
One depot or one run uses it for real first. We fix what slows people down before it goes wider.
We roll it out in stages, train your team, and keep it hosted and updated if you want us to.
Good to know
Something else on your mind? Call (09) 951-9554 or send us a message.
Yes. We design and build apps for iPhone and Android with job lists, scanning, photos and signature capture, and the office system they report to.
Yes. Jobs are stored on the phone, and scans, photos and signatures are saved and sent when coverage returns. That matters on rural runs and inside steel sheds.
Usually, if it offers an API or an export. We check what your systems support before we quote, and tell you plainly if something is not possible.
Buy one if your operation is standard. Build when the way you price, plan or prove delivery is different. Or add a driver app, a portal or a quoting tool to the system you have, when one gap is costing you time.
Yes. A tracking page or customer portal shows live status, estimated arrival and proof of delivery, so customers stop ringing dispatch to ask.
Yes. A signature on the screen, photos, the time and the GPS position are saved against the job, and can be sent to the customer and attached to the invoice automatically.
Yes. We design and build websites for carriers, couriers, freight forwarders and warehouses, with quote requests, tracking and driver recruitment pages.
It depends on the number of systems to connect and whether it has to work offline, so we quote each project and fix the price before we start.
You get a timeframe in writing with your quote. A website is usually a matter of weeks. Apps and transport systems take longer, and we roll them out one depot or run at a time.
Tell us what you move and where the day goes wrong. We will come back with ideas and a fixed quote.
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Tell us what you need. We’ll come back with ideas, a timeframe and a fixed quote.
