Logistics operations are too complex for generic software. The edge cases are where the money is.
Logistics web applications need to model the specific constraints of your network: routes, carriers, weight breaks, service levels, fuel surcharges, and the exception handling that determines whether a shipment gets delivered or sits in a sorting facility for three days. We build logistics applications that model your actual business. Fixed scope, fixed price.
Your logistics operation is running on a combination of carrier portals, spreadsheets, and manual processes because the off-the-shelf TMS tools don't model the specific constraints of your freight network.
Logistics software has a generalization problem: the large TMS platforms (Oracle TMS, SAP TM, MercuryGate) are built for enterprise shippers with standardized freight networks. The small-to-mid market TMS tools are built for the most common freight model — LTL/FTL over standard lanes with a handful of carriers. Neither category serves the logistics businesses in between: the 3PL with a specialized network (temperature-controlled, white glove, or final mile), the regional carrier with multi-stop route optimization requirements, or the freight broker with carrier relationship logic that doesn't fit the standard model.
The specific gaps where generic TMS tools fail: multi-carrier rate shopping that incorporates your negotiated contract rates (the TMS shows list rates, not the rates you actually pay); exception management workflows that match your customer service SLAs (the TMS has a generic exception queue, not the tiered escalation logic your operations team uses); and customer portal visibility that matches the tracking granularity your customers require (the TMS shows status updates, not the real-time GPS tracking your customers are asking for).
The result is logistics businesses running the TMS for what it does well (shipment creation, BOL generation) and supplementing it with spreadsheets and manual processes for the parts it doesn't handle correctly. The spreadsheet for managing carrier capacity, the email chain for exception escalation, and the phone call to get the real ETA.
A custom logistics web application that handles your shipment creation, carrier selection, tracking, and exception management — built around your network's specific constraints, not around a generic logistics model.
Shipment management with carrier integration
Shipment creation with the freight attributes your network handles. Carrier rate shopping via carrier APIs (FedEx Freight, UPS Freight, and regional carriers) with contract rate application. BOL generation, label printing, and EDI 204/210/214 transaction handling.
Route optimization interface
Multi-stop route planning with configurable optimization parameters (minimize distance, minimize time, maximize load utilization, respect service windows). Driver dispatch with mobile-accessible route view and status update capability.
Real-time tracking and visibility
GPS tracking integration for fleet vehicles. Carrier API polling for third-party shipments. Event-triggered customer notifications at key status milestones. Customer self-service tracking portal with the granularity your customers require.
Exception management
Configurable exception detection (late scan, missed delivery attempt, address correction required) with automated escalation to the appropriate team. SLA monitoring with breach alerts. Exception resolution workflow with customer communication templates.
Operations dashboard and reporting
Lane performance, carrier performance, on-time delivery rates, and exception rates. Cost per shipment by lane, carrier, and service level. Customer-facing reporting portal for accounts with reporting requirements.
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
A custom logistics web application that handles your shipment creation, carrier selection, tracking, and exception management — built around your network's specific constraints, not around a generic logistics model.
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
Logistics operators make technology investments based on operational ROI. Fixed price makes the ROI calculation possible.
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Read moreQuestions, answered.
Warehouse Management System integration is a common component of logistics web applications. The integration approach depends on the WMS (Manhattan, JDA, HighJump, or custom-built). Most WMS systems expose REST APIs or EDI transaction sets for order and shipment data exchange.
Carrier rate contracts are modelled in a rate card database with the contract rate structure (base rates, fuel surcharges, accessorial charges, weight breaks, lane-specific discounts). The rate shopping logic applies the contract rates from the rate card rather than list rates from the carrier API, producing the accurate cost-to-ship figure the operations team needs.
Yes — customer-facing shipment visibility portals are a standard component. The tracking portal can be branded, can show the tracking granularity specific to the customer's SLA requirements, and can expose historical shipment data and analytics for key accounts.
Logistics applications with carrier integration and tracking: $35k–$65k. Full TMS replacement with route optimization and operations dashboard: $65k–$120k. Fixed-price.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.