Logistics software development for fleets, warehouses and freight desks.
We build custom TMS, WMS, order management and supply chain software for transportation and logistics companies.
Build from scratch, extend the ERP you already run, or both.
- 150+Projects delivered across 12 countries since 2012
- 100+Senior in-house engineers, six countries
- 2 to 4 weeksTypical time from signature to start
- ISTQBISTQB-certified QA engineers
- ISO 27001Certified security practice, audited by Quay Audit UK
Trusted by MiniMovesAmerica's only national moving company uniquely focused on helping people move small shipments locally, state-to-state, and to international locations around the world.01Overview
Logistics software development across the operation
Transportation and logistics software development connects the workflows that move, store and account for goods. We scope the system around how an order travels through your business, so the handoffs between systems become part of the design.
- Move and deliverEverything between the order and the door: who carries it, on what route, at what price.
- Transportation management
- Dispatch and driver ops
- Route and ETA calculation
- Store and fulfilThe building and the stock inside it, from receiving through to a picked, packed order.
- Warehouse management
- Order and inventory
- Returns and exceptions
- Connect and settleThe partner connections and financial records that carry a shipment through to settlement.
- EDI and carrier APIs
- ERP and accounting
- Billing and settlement
- Delivered logistics systemsOur four published logistics case studies cover order management, moving software, warehouse applications and freight management.
02Compare
Connect logistics operations from dispatch to reporting
Choose a logistics workstream by the handoff it improves, from dispatching a load to reconciling its invoice. Each situation below leads to the system or integration that handles it.
| What we hear | What it costs you | What we build |
|---|---|---|
| “Dispatch runs on phone calls, messages and a spreadsheet.” | Empty miles, missed pickups, drivers waiting | A dispatch board with route and ETA calculation, wired to your TMS and driver app.How we build custom systemsOr book a meeting |
| “The warehouse knows one stock number, the website knows another.” | Oversells, manual counts, refunds | A warehouse system with real-time inventory sync across channels and one source of stock truth.Warehouse management buildsOr book a meeting |
| “Customers phone in to ask where their shipment is.” | Hours of support time every week | A tracking surface fed by carrier APIs, EDI status events and container telematics, with proactive notifications.Freight and carrier APIsOr book a meeting |
| “Our ERP covers most of it and the rest is done by hand.” | Re-keying, parallel processes, no audit trail | A custom layer on top of Odoo, Dynamics 365, Sage 300 or NetSuite for the part that does not fit.Custom ERP for logisticsOr book a meeting |
| “Reporting arrives a week late, in a spreadsheet.” | Pricing and capacity decisions on stale data | A BI layer over one operational data store, refreshed on a schedule your desk can plan against.Data and BI engineeringOr book a meeting |
03Solutions
The logistics software we build
Scope a transport or warehouse workflow as the next release, or develop the integration and reporting around the systems you already run.
Software for managing transport operations, from a single depot to a mixed fleet, built around how your desk books work.
- On the floor
- Loads, carriers and rates in one place
Custom navigation and geospatial tooling that calculates transportation time and builds a routing system around your operating constraints.
- On the floor
- Routes and ETAs your desk can promise
Automation across the chain that simplifies planning and makes payment and transaction flows more secure and traceable end to end.
- On the floor
- One chain, visible end to end
Manage your key processes and performance indicators with a warehouse system developed for your layout, your SKUs and your peak-season volumes.
- On the floor
- One stock number, and picks against it
Automate and centralize order management, easing inventory work and the handling of recurring or repeat orders across channels.
- On the floor
- Fewer manual touches per order
Automate financial processes with accounting software our developers integrate directly with your third-party providers and systems of record.
- On the floor
- Invoices that match the load
Departments, warehouses, carriers and fleets connected over APIs and EDI. We build EDI order-collection tooling and integrate smart-container telematics.
- On the floor
- Partners connected once, properly
Make data-driven decisions, reduce losses and lift operational efficiency with BI integrated into the systems your team already uses.
- On the floor
- Yesterday's numbers, this morning
Migrate logistics software to a reliable cloud and keep it safe, observable and scalable as peak-season volumes change.
- On the floor
- Holds up through peak season
Driver calls and dispatch notes, turned into structured data
The conversation and voice patterns we run in our own AI products apply directly to logistics operations: driver calls, dispatch notes and customer calls become searchable records your team and your BI can actually use. Running in production in our own products.
04Stack
The stack behind our logistics systems
Our logistics stack covers the applications your staff use and the systems they connect to. Share the platforms you want to retain so we can scope the integration work.
React
Angular
iOS
Android
ASP.NET- ASP.NET MVC
- .NET
Java
PHP- REST API
AWS
Azure
Odoo- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- NetSuite
Sage 300- ePROMIS
05Approach
Choose a custom build, platform extension or both
We recommend the build route against your logistics workflow and the coverage of your existing platform.
- Route 01
Build custom logistics software
BespokeWhen your routing, pricing or fulfilment workflow is how you compete, we design and build the TMS, WMS, order or supply chain software around it. You own a system built to your specification.
- Choose this when
- The workflow is how you compete
- Route 02
Integrate or customize a platform
Platform workWhen an ERP already covers the standard workflows, we choose, configure and extend it. We integrate and customize Odoo, ePROMIS, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Sage 300 and NetSuite, and connect them to your other systems of record.
- Choose this when
- Most of the process is standard
- Route 03
Blend build and integrate
BlendedWe retain the platform's standard workflows and build a custom layer for your operating strategy, data or reporting. Integrations keep the two working as one system.
- Choose this when
- Best-fit coverage now, room to extend later
In logistics, one shipment exists in five systems, including carrier APIs, EDI and telematics feeds. So we build the integration layer first. A duplicate event is recorded once, each partner flow runs independently, and one reconciliation path always knows where a load is.
Oleksandr TrofimovCTO & Co-Founder, unicrew, who leads our transportation and logistics work06Delivery
How we scope and deliver logistics software
We scope logistics software with the people who run the operation, then phase delivery around a working release they can use.
- Discover and mapWe map the workflow and its data with the people who run the operation, including the boundaries of the platforms you retain.You getA workflow, data and platform-gap map
- Architecture and planWe recommend build, integration or a blend, with the architecture, delivery sequence and cost written into one plan.You getA costed, sequenced build plan
- Build in slicesWe deliver the priority workflow against real data and test it with dispatchers or warehouse staff before committing the remaining scope. Each increment ends in software they can run.You getWorking software you can put in front of staff
- Run and modernizeWe support the system, maintain its cloud environment and modernize it module by module as volumes change. Replacements follow the same phased approach so the operation keeps running.You getSupport, cloud maintenance, and the next module
07Security
Security, quality and how we handle your data
We scope logistics regulatory and data-protection requirements against the jurisdictions you serve and the goods you carry.
Hours of service and ELD
FMCSA rules in the US, tachograph and Mobility Package rules in the EU decide whether your board may legally offer a load to a given driver.
- In a build
- Data reaches the planner, not a portal
Customs and export filing
Export declarations and commercial invoices turn a shipment record into a document-generation problem with its own retention and audit rules.
- In a build
- A data-model decision, made early
Electronic consignment notes
The European e-CMR replaces the paper consignment note with a signed digital record shared between shipper, carrier and consignee.
- In a build
- Signed records, not a PDF export
Dangerous goods classification
DOT hazmat in the US, ADR in Europe. This constrains what may be consolidated onto which vehicle, and with what documentation.
- In a build
- Routing logic, not a paperwork step
Supply chain security programmes
We scope access and consignment-handover records to your role and applicable C-TPAT or AEO programme requirements.
- In a build
- Event sourcing, costly to retrofit
Personal data under GDPR
Driver identities and location histories sit alongside consignee names, addresses and phone numbers. The data model must support appropriate retention and erasure.
- In a build
- Retention and erasure, designed in
ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015
Information security and quality management, both renewed through a multi-stage audit with Quay Audit UK.
- In a build
- The controls procurement asks about
ISTQB-certified QA in the team
Our ISTQB-certified QA engineers test logistics workflows as part of delivery.
- In a build
- Defects stopped before the floor
Least-privilege access, agreed first
Contracts and NDAs before anyone starts. On a build engagement we work from access agreed with your technical contact, never write access to production during discovery.
- In a build
- Read-only where the work allows
08Proof
Why logistics clients choose unicrew
Our logistics experience spans order management and the integrations around a shipment. The client results below show why those workflows matter when an operation grows.
- Named logistics platforms we builtOrder-management enhancements helped MiniMoves in Chicago grow. Its VP of IT writes in his 2022 review that they "increased productivity and allowed us to maintain double digit growth without a substantial increase in staffing". Our other published logistics platforms are Cloud Van Lines in Boston, Bitergo in Dortmund and the freight platform for Mover Technologies in Florida.Double-digitgrowth MiniMoves maintained without a substantial increase in staffing, in its VP of IT's words
- Freight and moving platforms, built togetherIn his 2017 review, Mover Technologies' founder writes that "We started working with Artelogic in 2009 and we continue to build the system", across a freight-management platform and its iOS and Android apps. In his June 25, 2018 review update, he writes: "Our most significant success yet was selling Auto Transport Plus for a seven-digit figure. We were bought out four months after completion and invested much of that revenue into Cloud Van Lines." The same team built Cloud Van Lines, under our former Artelogic brand.2009the year this client started with us
- Voice AI for operations, from productionThe conversation and voice patterns we run in our own products (Snaplore, Talkmetry) apply directly to logistics operations: driver calls, dispatch notes, and customer calls turned into structured, searchable data. Proven on our own bill before we recommend them. See AI integration services.AIrun in our own products first
09Client voices
What logistics clients say
I’ve been impressed by their work ethic and how they put me as the customer first. They’re always ready to jump in and go the extra mile. They put great effort into communicating to ensure that tasks are updated in a timely manner. The team keeps us apprised of exactly what they’re working on.
They’re a highly ethical and well-managed organization. I was amazed by the CEO’s skill level and business acumen.
After launching the site we saw a rapid increase of test accounts ordered by potential customers. Now the site provides a steady source of sales leads.
I’m consistently humbled by Artelogic’s performance. Projects of this caliber are hard to outsource. Teams come and go, and this type of work almost never gets done. They’ve kept their priorities straight as they’ve grown and always deliver.
10Case studies
Logistics platforms we have delivered
LogisticsMiniMoves Order Management PlatformA custom-built moving order system that simplifies booking, boosts automation, and improves operational efficiency.Double-digit growthMaintained without a substantial increase in staffing
LogisticsCustom software for a US moving companyAn end-to-end SaaS platform for managing household moves and every business operation of a logistics company.Built from scratchAn end-to-end SaaS for household moves and the operations behind them
LogisticsApp Store for warehouse managementOur client Bitergo offers a collection of business apps to optimize warehouse management, scalable from start-ups to 4PL companies. The client decided to upgrade the front-end of all its applications to the latest version of Angular.Rapid increaseOf test accounts ordered by potential customers after the site launched
11Questions
Questions about logistics software development
Custom logistics software development means building a TMS, WMS, order-management or supply-chain system around the way your operation works.
We recommend a custom build when your routing, pricing or fulfilment workflow is a competitive capability. Where an existing platform covers the process, we extend or integrate it; a blended approach combines the two.
Custom logistics software brings the operating workflow and the systems around it under one design. The benefits include:
- Less manual handling of orders and inventory.
- Clearer shipment visibility and control for customers.
- Lower costs through better resource use and route planning.
- A system built to grow and connect to the rest of your stack.
We integrate and customize Odoo, ePROMIS, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Sage 300 and NetSuite.
We connect the platform to your other systems of record and build a custom layer for the workflows it does not cover. The recommendation follows the requirements of your operation and the platform you want to retain.
Yes. We deliver a priority workflow as a working slice against real data, then test it with dispatchers or warehouse staff before committing the remaining scope.
The build continues in short increments. Platform replacements go module by module so the operation keeps running.
Yes. We connect inventory, order-tracking and billing systems through APIs for real-time data sharing.
Where separate services fit the architecture, we isolate functions such as route optimization or cargo tracking. Each service can scale and be maintained independently, helping contain a failure within the affected workflow.
We price logistics software against the scope and recommend an engagement model after discovery.
- Time and materials: billed hourly, quoted per project.
- Fixed price: quoted per project against an agreed outcome.
- Team extension: billed monthly per team member.
Most engagements start within two to four weeks of signature. That is the start window; delivery is phased against the agreed scope.
We agree data access and the compliance requirements for your logistics operation before delivery starts.
Contracts and NDAs come first. On build engagements, access is least-privilege and agreed with your technical contact, read-only wherever the work allows, with no production write access during discovery. We work inside your cloud where your customers, insurers or shippers require it.
unicrew holds ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015, audited by Quay Audit UK, and has ISTQB-certified QA engineers. We scope GDPR for driver and consignee data alongside the hours-of-service, customs, dangerous-goods and supply-chain-security requirements that apply to your operation.
Plan the next stage of your logistics operation
Discuss your workflows and current systems with a senior engineer who has delivered transportation and warehouse software. We recommend a scope, delivery sequence and route to a working release.
What happens after you contact us
- We reply within one business dayTell us which logistics workflow you want to build, extend or connect.
- A call about the operationWe review your workflow, current systems and priorities for the next release.
- Route and engagement model, in writingBuild, integrate or blend, priced as time and materials, fixed price, or team extension.
- NDA, then discoveryMost engagements start within two to four weeks of signature.