Logistics Platforms That Survive The Real World
TMS, fleet, last-mile, and warehouse software built for the dust, rain, and missing signal of actual supply chains — not stock-photo warehouses.
Why Most Logistics
Projects Quietly Fail
Most logistics software doesn\'t fail because the tech is hard. It fails because nobody spent enough time with the people who\'ll actually use it, or took the regulations and integrations seriously early. We start there.
No real visibility
Customers call asking where their shipment is. Ops opens three tabs to answer.
Drivers on WhatsApp
PODs as phone photos, updates as voice notes. Nothing structured, nothing auditable.
Freight billing leaks
Manual LR-to-invoice flow. Detention, demurrage, and surcharges missed on every trip.
What You Actually Get
No vague deliverables. Here's exactly what lands in your hands.
Roadmap & Plan
A written plan with milestones, owners, and risks — not slides.
Architecture / Design
Documented architecture, schemas, and design decisions you can defend to auditors.
Production Code
Reviewed, tested, deployed code in your repo — not "delivered" via zip.
Runbooks & Handover
How to run it, debug it, restore it. Your team owns it from day one.
Why Logistics Teams Choose Us
Specifics, not adjectives. Here's what makes this engagement different from the generic agency you tried last time.
Domain-literate
We read your regulations, walk your floors, and interview your users before designing.
Senior engineers only
No juniors hidden behind a charming PM. The person on the call is the person doing the work.
Written plan first
Every engagement starts with a documented plan you sign off on. No surprise pivots.
Compliance-aware
Audit logs, access controls, and data residency designed in — not bolted on before the audit.
Real-time visibility
Live dashboard with tasks, logs, and decisions. You're never out of the loop.
After-launch support
30-day stabilization included. We don't vanish at handover.
You See Everything. In Real Time.
Every Pillai Infotech project comes with a dedicated client dashboard. Kanban boards, live logs, test results, meeting notes — it's all visible the moment it happens. No status-report theatre, no "we'll get back to you", no surprises at the demo. You work with us like you work with your own team.
Kanban Board, Live
Every epic, every story, every task — visible on your dashboard. Drag, comment, reprioritize. It's the same board our team works from.
Documented Everything
Every decision, spec, API contract, and architecture diagram lives in the dashboard. Searchable, versioned, linked to the tasks they shaped.
Live Logs & Test Results
Build logs, deployment logs, test suite results — streamed to your dashboard the moment they run. You never have to ask "did the build pass?"
Meetings → Tasks, Automatically
Every meeting is recorded, transcribed, and every action point is auto-converted into a tracked task assigned to the right person. Nothing gets lost between calls.
Sprint Burndown & Velocity
See exactly how much work is done, how much remains, and our velocity over time. If a sprint is slipping, you see it the same moment we do.
Comment, Approve, Decide — In-Place
Comment on any task, approve designs, sign off on specs, and raise blockers directly in the dashboard. Everything tied to the work, not buried in email threads.
What We Build For Logistics
The most common shapes our logistics engagements take. Yours is probably similar — and if it isn't, we'll tell you.
🚚 TMS
Transport management with load planning, dispatch, and settlement.
📦 Last-Mile Delivery
Dispatch, route optimization, driver app, OTP / proof of delivery.
🏬 WMS
Inbound, putaway, pick-pack-ship, and cycle counts with barcode / RFID.
🚢 Freight Forwarding
Multi-modal (ocean / air / road) shipment tracking and documentation.
📱 Driver & Hub Apps
Offline-first mobile apps for drivers, hub staff, and field agents.
🧾 Billing & Settlement
Auto-generated LRs, invoices, and driver / vendor settlements with full audit.
Tools We Reach For
We pick stacks based on what your team can run and what your regulators will accept, not on what's trending on Hacker News.
Backend
Frontend
Cloud
Data
How We Run The Work
Six steps. Documented at each step. You see what's happening at every stage — no black boxes.
Discover
Goals, users, regulators, integrations. We ask the questions your last vendor didn't.
Design
Architecture, schemas, and UX decided on paper — and signed off — before code.
Build
Sprints with daily progress on the dashboard. No silent weeks.
Test
Unit, integration, and user testing — caught here, not in production.
Launch
Staged rollouts with rollback paths. Nothing big-bang.
Evolve
Stabilization, metrics, and a handover plan your team can run.
How We Engage
Three engagement models, picked by what fits the work — not what fits our sales quota.
Fixed Scope
Defined deliverables, defined budget, milestone payments.
- Best for tightly-defined projects
- Written scope and SoW
- Milestone-based payments
- 30-day post-launch warranty
Dedicated Team
A senior team embedded in your sprints. Scales up and down as you need.
- Best for evolving products
- Dedicated engineers + PM
- Monthly billing, sprint cadence
- Scale team size on 30-day notice
Staff Augmentation
Senior engineers integrated directly into your existing team and workflow.
- Best for in-house teams that need depth
- Engineers in your standups
- Reports to your tech leads
- Hourly or monthly rates
Questions You Should Ask
The questions every smart buyer asks before signing. Here's what we tell them.
Can you build for low-connectivity drivers?
Yes. Offline-first Android apps with background sync — drivers can capture POD, scan, and update status even in dead zones.
Do you integrate with GPS / telematics?
Yes. Locus, Trackobit, custom hardware, or OEM telematics — we've built live tracking screens and geofence alerts on top of most.
Can you do route optimization?
Yes. Google OR-tools, HERE, Mapbox, or specialized engines like NextBillion and Locus depending on fleet size and constraints.
Can you integrate with customers' ERPs?
Yes. SAP, Oracle, Netsuite, and custom ERPs via EDI, REST, or SFTP. Shipment bookings in, milestones out.
Can you handle freight billing complexity?
Yes — slab-based rates, fuel surcharges, detention, demurrage, and multi-leg settlements. We design the billing engine to be audit-friendly.
Do you build customer-facing tracking pages?
Yes — branded live-tracking pages with ETA, history, and POD downloads. Usually cuts "where is my shipment" calls by 60%+.
Who owns the data?
You do. Fleet, driver, and customer data stay in your cloud.
How long does a TMS / WMS build take?
10–20 weeks for a first-usable release, longer for multi-hub rollouts and complex billing.