Transport
Every transport company is different. Your routes, your planning logic, your connections with customers and systems, no off-the-shelf package covers that fully. Yet many organisations settle for a solution that doesn't quite fit, and spend years building around it. It can be different. With transport software built on your processes, you go live faster and keep control over how your system grows.
Challenges in Transport
An average transport organisation works with a mix of systems: planning software, driver management, track-and-trace, ERP, and connections with customers or external platforms. Handy on their own, but together they form isolated islands. And the bottlenecks differ per type of carrier. A courier service wrestles with real-time status updates and last-minute changes, a large-scale transporter with complex route planning and customer portals. Yet the same patterns keep recurring:
- Planning and route information is fragmented across multiple systems, causing errors and duplicate work.
- Drivers and planners work with information that doesn't align, leading to delays and miscommunication.
- Customers expect real-time insight into their shipments, while systems aren't set up for that.
- Connections with ERP, accounting or navigation software are missing or outdated, so data gets retyped manually.
- Operations rely on spreadsheets and manual work for processes that lend themselves well to automation.
- Peak moments or growth mercilessly expose the weak spots in your platform and your planning.
What we do for Transport
We build digital products that streamline your transport processes and connect your systems, from route planning to customer portal. This way your organisation shifts from separate tools to one coherent whole:
Custom transport software
We build solutions that fit your planning logic, routes and way of working. Fast to live via OutSystems, without compromising on scalability or quality.
Customer portals
Self-service for clients: real-time status insight, reports and communication in one place, built on your processes.
Connecting systems
With an integration platform like Alumio we connect your transport software, ERP, accounting and external platforms, so data is correct everywhere and manual work disappears.
Driver and planning tools
Internal applications that centralise schedules, communication and document management for planners and drivers on the road.
Management and further development
After go-live we stay on board with monitoring and support, so your platform keeps performing under pressure and grows with your operation.
Case: ISS World
ISS World had more than six business-critical integrations running on IBM WebMethods Integration. When IBM announced the discontinuation of this technology, there was one hard deadline: migrate everything, or risk operational disruption worldwide. Together we migrated all integrations to Alumio, on time, without a single minute of downtime. The result: faster data exchange, a centralised error overview, and a scalable integration foundation ready for the future.
Case: ISS World
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Want to know how to digitalise your transport processes and connect your systems? We start with a clear analysis of your situation and goals, work in clear steps and stay on board after delivery for management and further development. Leave your details and we'll get in touch.
FAQ
Can you connect our planning software without disrupting daily operations?
That depends on the scenario. In most cases we combine automation with manual review, migrating in phases and testing continuously so day-to-day operations keep running while systems switch over.
Can you build a customer portal that shows real-time shipment status?
Yes. We build customer portals with real-time status insight, built on your own processes and connected to your planning and track-and-trace systems, so clients see accurate information without calling your planners.
Do your applications also work for drivers on the road?
Yes. We build applications that work in the field, including on mobile, so drivers and planners always have access to current schedules and documents, wherever they are.