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Operations software

Transport Management Software for Indian Logistics

From booking to POD to bill, one consignment note all the way.

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Typical timeline
8-16 weeks
Licensing
Unlimited users, you own it
Deployment
Cloud or your own server

Transport businesses run on documents, and the documents run ahead of the money. A consignment is booked at one branch, loaded onto a truck with a dozen others, unloaded at a hub, delivered by a different branch, and the proof of delivery comes back weeks later — by which time the billing clerk is trying to reconstruct which trip it belonged to. Meanwhile the party disputes a freight rate, a driver has taken an advance nobody logged, and the branch says it deposited cash that has not appeared.

This system follows the consignment note through every one of those stages. Booking, loading sheet, trip creation, hub transfer, delivery and POD all update the same record, so at any moment you can answer where a consignment is and who is holding it. Freight billing draws from confirmed deliveries rather than from memory, branch cash is tracked against deposits, and trip profitability is calculated with the actual diesel, driver and toll costs attached.

Modules

Take the whole system or start with the modules that hurt most — the rest can be added later without a rebuild.

01

Consignment booking and LR

Lorry receipt generation with paid, to-pay and TBB options, multi-article booking, rate masters per party and route.

02

Loading and trip sheets

Truck loading with challan generation, trip creation, driver assignment, route plan and advance payment recording.

03

Branch and hub operations

Multi-branch booking and delivery, hub transfer manifests, in-transit visibility and branch-wise accountability.

04

Delivery and POD

Delivery register, POD capture with photo and signature from a driver phone, and undelivered consignment tracking.

05

E-way bill and compliance

E-way bill generation and extension, GST invoice compliance under reverse charge, and document validity alerts.

06

Freight billing and collections

Party-wise consolidated bills from delivered consignments, credit terms, outstanding ageing and collection follow-up.

07

Trip costing

Diesel, driver batta, toll, maintenance and commission recorded per trip to give real profit per vehicle and per route.

08

Customer tracking portal

Your clients track their own consignments by LR number, cutting the volume of status calls to your branches.

Who this is built for

  • Full and part truckload transporters
  • Parcel and courier services
  • Freight forwarders and CHA firms
  • Contract logistics providers
  • Fleet owners running on hire

What changes after you use it

  • Any consignment locatable by LR number at any moment
  • Freight bills raised from delivered consignments, not from memory
  • Trip-level profit including diesel, driver and toll costs
  • Branch cash and outstanding tracked centrally instead of by phone
You own the software. Source code, database and hosting are handed over at project close. There are no per-user licence fees and no annual renewal that switches the system off if you stop paying.
750+
Projects delivered
10+
Years of experience
4.9/5
Average client rating
18
Countries served
Why custom

Ready-made software versus a system built for you

Both are valid choices. Here is the honest comparison so you can decide which fits.

Off-the-shelf software

Fast to start and cheap in month one.

  • Live within days of signing up
  • Low entry cost, billed monthly
  • Your process must bend to fit the software
  • Per-user pricing grows with your headcount
  • Features you asked for may never arrive
  • Your data lives on someone else's terms

Custom transport management software

Slower to build, and yours permanently.

  • Built around how your business already works
  • One-time cost, unlimited users forever
  • New features added when you need them
  • Integrates with the tools you already run
  • Full source code and database ownership
  • Hosted wherever you choose
FAQ

Transport Management software — common questions

What businesses ask before commissioning a system like this.

Does it generate e-way bills?
Yes, through the government API, along with extensions when a vehicle is delayed and consolidated e-way bills for multi-consignment trips. Validity alerts warn before a bill expires in transit, which is where penalties usually come from.
Can drivers upload proof of delivery from their phones?
Yes. A simple driver app captures the consignee signature and a photograph of the delivered goods, timestamped and location-tagged. It uploads automatically once the phone finds a signal, so paperwork stops travelling back by bus.
Does it work for multiple branches?
Yes. Each branch books and delivers under its own code with its own cash accountability, while head office sees consolidated operations, in-transit stock and branch-wise performance. Hub transfers are documented with manifests.
Can it calculate profit per trip?
Yes. Freight earned is set against diesel issued, driver advance and batta, toll, maintenance allocation and any commission, producing profit per trip, per vehicle and per route. That reporting usually reveals one or two routes quietly losing money.
Can it integrate with GPS tracking devices?
Yes. Most common Indian GPS providers can be integrated so live vehicle position appears against the trip, and estimated arrival is calculated for the customer tracking portal.
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