Logistics

Software that keeps visibility after a job leaves the depot: mobile run-sheet and ePOD apps for drivers, tracking and freight systems that talk to each other, and exceptions that surface early instead of at invoice time.

Movement is data, but tracking, proof of delivery and exceptions often live across disconnected tools and a lot of paper. When something goes wrong, the answer is a phone call and a hunt through dockets.

Track and trace software that holds together after the depot

Every movement is data, but the data scatters the moment a truck leaves the yard. The run sheet is on paper, the proof of delivery is a signature on a docket, telematics lives in one portal, the customer’s tracking expectation lives in an email, and the exception (a missed window, a damaged pallet, a redelivery) only surfaces when someone rings to complain. So when something goes wrong it becomes a phone call and a hunt through dockets, and the answer arrives a day after the customer wanted it.

Off-the-shelf transport software can cover the standard freight lanes, but most operators run something it does not model: a particular run structure, a billing rule, a customer who needs their own portal, a yard process nobody else has. Before automating any of it, it pays to write down how a job actually moves today; our guide on mapping manual processes before automation covers why that step saves money. From there we build the custom system and connect what you already run rather than ripping it out.

What we build for transport, freight and distribution

We build custom software and driver mobile apps for the parts that decide whether a run is profitable:

  • Run sheets and driver workflows on a phone, with the day’s stops, instructions and sequence in one place instead of on a printout.
  • Electronic proof of delivery (ePOD) capturing signatures, photos and delivery exceptions, working offline on the road and syncing back so a customer query is answered in seconds, not after a docket hunt.
  • Track and trace that pulls together telematics and GPS, dispatch and consignment status into one visibility layer, so you and the customer see the same position.
  • Exception and delay management that surfaces a problem while the truck is still moving, not at invoice time when it is too late to fix.

We also build the fleet and maintenance side, scheduling servicing off real usage and odometer data rather than memory, so a truck comes off the road on plan instead of breaking down on a run. Driver records, inspections and compliance documents sit against the vehicle, so a check is a quick capture on the phone rather than a clipboard that gets transcribed later, if at all.

Connecting telematics, TMS, EDI and freight billing

Logistics data is only worth capturing if the systems talk. We integrate telematics feeds, your TMS, EDI consignment and manifest exchanges with customers, and accounting, so a delivery confirmed in the field flows through to freight billing and reconciles against the rate. That removes the manual re-keying that lets revenue leak. Our piece on API integration for growing businesses explains how that wiring scales, and integrating Xero with CRM and operations shows the finance side of the same pattern.

On top of that we add automation for freight billing and reconciliation so the records agree instead of chewing through admin every run, and where the data supports it, applied AI sits mid-list for jobs like predicting late deliveries or flagging the runs most likely to throw an exception. None of it replaces the dispatcher’s judgement; it just gets the answer to them sooner. We are based in Toowoomba and work with transport and warehousing operators across Queensland, and the same systems run for logistics businesses Australia-wide. Built in Toowoomba, useful anywhere there is freight to move and a customer waiting on it.

Freight software for a major Queensland transport state

Queensland moves a lot of freight, and the network is spread out enough that visibility is worth real money. The Port of Brisbane and the distribution belt around it handle the container and import flow, while Toowoomba has grown into a genuine inland freight hub: the Toowoomba Wellcamp airport and freight precinct, and the Inland Rail link feeding it, mean a Darling Downs operator is now part of a national supply chain rather than a regional sideshow. Further out, Gladstone and Townsville run their own port and bulk freight task, and the long line-haul routes up through Central and North Queensland mean a truck can be a full day from the depot when something goes wrong on a run.

That distance is exactly why an ePOD and run-sheet app that works offline matters here more than in a tight metro grid, and why exceptions need to surface while the truck is still moving. Operators also carry the compliance load of the Heavy Vehicle National Law, so fatigue, mass and maintenance records have to be captured against the vehicle, not reconstructed later. We build software that holds up across a Brisbane metro run and a Mount Isa line-haul alike, and the same systems run for transport businesses across Australia and into export freight beyond it.

Common challenges

Compliance reaches well beyond the cab. Under the Heavy Vehicle National Law, Chain of Responsibility makes operators, schedulers, consignors, consignees and loaders all legally accountable for safety, fatigue and load limits, so the records have to hold up. The sector is also short of drivers, with industry figures (IRU, reported by NatRoad) putting the 2024 shortfall near 28,000 and projecting it past 78,000 by 2029 as the workforce ages. Track-and-trace stays manual, proof of delivery is paperwork-heavy, visibility disappears the moment a job leaves the depot, and billing chews through admin because the records never quite agree.

How Rangefront helps

We build mobile run-sheet and ePOD apps for drivers, integrate tracking and freight systems, and automate the documentation and exception alerts so delays surface early instead of at invoice time.

Common questions

Yes. We build mobile run-sheet and ePOD apps for drivers that capture signatures, photos and delivery exceptions, work offline on the road, and sync back to the office. That replaces the paper docket hunt when a customer queries a delivery.

Usually yes. We integrate the tracking, freight and dispatch tools you already run so visibility holds end to end, and add the layer that surfaces delays and exceptions. You keep what works and stop the manual phone-around when something goes missing.

Yes. We connect fleet and maintenance records so servicing is scheduled off real usage, not memory, and automate freight billing and reconciliation so the records agree instead of chewing through admin every run.

No. We are based in Toowoomba and work with transport and warehousing operators across Queensland, but we deliver for logistics businesses Australia-wide. Built in Toowoomba, useful anywhere.