Custom Freight Forwarding Management System
Axix builds a custom freight forwarding management system on Axix ERP Selling and Accounts, IDP for trade PDFs, and tracking adapters—not a finished forwarder TMS we resell. Typical scopes cover job files, house documents, sell and buy charges, and a shipping management system view of milestones. Fixed Price or Dedicated Team delivery follows discovery of modes and charge codes.
Job files, house docs, and charges
Forwarders run jobs with shipper and consignee parties, house bills, consol links, and charge lines for freight, fuel, and local fees. A custom freight forwarding management system usually stores those jobs, prints document sets, and posts Sales Invoices for sell-side charges into Accounts Receivable while buy-side costs land as Purchase Invoices when accounts payable is in scope. Profitability views compare sell versus buy per job after Payment Entry. We assemble that from ERP Selling and Accounts patterns—not a global forwarder SaaS brand.
Shipping management system milestones
When buyers want a shipping management system lens, discovery defines milestones such as booked, gated in, sailed, arrived, and delivered. Status boards and customer notifications follow those definitions. Carrier EDI or portal scrapers are adapters you document; we do not invent accuracy SLAs for third-party schedules. Exception queues surface demurrage-risk dwell times when you define thresholds.
IDP, tracking feeds, and compliance
IDP can pull fields from invoices and packing lists into job files after human review. Tracking numbers and GPS or IoT events can be configured or built as part of a project with vendor APIs. Integration with local requirements (e.g. FBR, ZATCA, customs authority portals) is scoped per project when declarations attach to jobs—we never claim certification or approval. Branch desks share the same job number so sales and ops do not fork status in chat threads.
Delivery for forwarder operations
Discovery maps charge masters, document templates, and which roles may release invoices. Pilots often run one trade lane and one consol type before multi-branch desks. Engagements use Fixed Price or Dedicated Team with NDA and charge-code dictionaries—no free-trial freight product claim. Training covers who may override milestones after cutover. Job profitability after Payment Entry helps commercial managers see which lanes need rate renegotiation. Customer portals for milestone read-only views are optional project work when shippers demand self-service status. Charge disputes attach notes to the job before Credit Notes issue. Consol split and merge operations keep child house bills linked to parent master jobs. Rate sheets for sell-side charges stay versioned so historical invoices do not silently inherit a new tariff.
What we build
- Forwarder job files with parties and references
- House document packs and charge lines
- Sell-side Sales Invoices via ERP Selling
- Buy-side costs via Purchase Invoice when scoped
- Shipping milestone boards
- IDP and tracking adapters as scoped
Built on Axix platform modules
Custom systems are assembled from existing Axix modules—not sold as a finished off-the-shelf product for this industry until a product offering is published.
- ERP: selling and accounts-finance for freight invoices and payments
- ERP: buying-procurement optional for carrier payables
- IDP: trade PDF extraction with human review (optional)
- Custom software engineering for job files, milestones, and tracking API adapters
How a project runs
- 1
Discovery
Scope workflows, integrations, compliance constraints, and which Axix platform modules fit before any build starts.
- 2
Pilot
Ship a focused pilot on agreed modules with feedback loops, so stakeholders validate fit before wider rollout.
- 3
Rollout
Phased go-live, training, and handover under NDA with IP transfer on completion unless otherwise agreed.
Engagement models: Fixed Price for scoped builds, or Dedicated Team for an Axix-managed delivery pod. Staff Augmentation is available when you need specialists inside your ceremonies.
Available in
- Pakistan
- Saudi Arabia
- UAE
- USA
- United Kingdom
Frequently asked questions
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