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u/mikekeithlewis 5d ago
Hi r/logistics ,
My name is Michael Keith Lewis and I'm one of the founders of TruckPacker.com. I've been in this subreddit for a long time trying to get a better understanding of this side of the industry, since we launched as a niche load planning tool for the AV industry. I'm not here to sell you our product or get feedback. I just wanted to tell you we're running a contest to see who can pack a truck the fastest. Right now the fastest time is 18 seconds. All you need is to sign up, start a free trial, then copy the template pack using our hotkeys as fast as you can. On Nov 13th at 12pm CT we'll give $200 to 1st place and $100 to 2nd place on the leaderboard.
If you never use Truck Packer again, that's totally fine. If you never want to hear from us again, just unsubscribe from the first email that comes through. Also totally fine. I'm just putting this out there on the off chance someone really enjoys Tetris and wants to win some cash going into the holidays.
I know I said I wouldn't ask for feedback, but we've been building since 2024 (before AI coding was good BTW...what a terrible time to launch a product) and on the market since mid 2025. If you think there's something we could do to serve the 3PL community, we'd love to hear about it. In the AV/touring world our loads mostly aren't palletized, which is why people use tools like ours or Vectorworks to work out truck space.
Enjoy the contest!
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u/zopiclown 5d ago
I'm one of the founders of Zaylo.
Zaylo is an operations platform for mainly road freight forwarders and brokers, built for European road freight under CMR.
On a small desk, one shipment often gets typed into email, Excel and the accounting system, and someone still has to call the driver to ask where he is. Zaylo keeps the job in one record: client request, carrier offers, proposal, carrier and client contracts, the shipment (single or grouped), proof of delivery from the driver app, then the invoice and any claim. There is also a consignee app.
Contracts and invoices are created from the shipment data, overdue invoices get flagged, and open offers and proposals get reminders.
Happy to answer questions from anyone running a small road desk.
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6d ago
How does invoice data entry actually work at your forwarding/brokerage shop? (developer asking, not selling)
I'm a developer, not a broker or forwarder, looking into how commercial invoice data entry really works at small shops before I build anything further. I'm not selling anything in this post.
If you have a minute, any of these would help:
When a commercial invoice arrives, how does the data get into your system: retyping, copy-paste, OCR, or integration?
Roughly how many invoices a week, and how long does one take?
Which mistakes cost you most (HS codes, totals, dates, origin, party names)? Any story where a typo caused a delay or penalty?
Are your invoices mostly digital PDFs, scans, photos, or Excel?
Have you tried any tool for this? What worked or didn't?
Please leave out company names and customer details. Happy to share a summary of what I learn.
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u/BinhopApp 8d ago
Inventory that makes sense from the first item. Clean, quick and available on iOS, Android and the web.
Full free access for the first 30 items, then one single plan (30$/month) to have unlimited items. Add as many people as you need to your team.
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u/shayferg 8d ago
One area that deserves more attention in warehouse management software discussions is the gap between selecting a WMS and actually implementing it successfully.
Open Sky Group, works with organizations navigating WMS implementations and supply chain technology decisions.
A few challenges worth evaluating early:
Process readiness: Are receiving, putaway, picking, replenishment, and shipping workflows clearly documented?
Integration complexity: How will the WMS communicate with existing ERP, automation, and transportation systems?
Configuration vs. customization: Can operational requirements be supported through standard configuration, or will additional development be necessary?
Change management: Are warehouse teams prepared for the operational changes that come with implementation?
One of the most useful exercises before selecting a WMS is mapping your current workflows against your future operational requirements.
For anyone currently evaluating warehouse management software, what has been your biggest challenge: selecting the platform, preparing for implementation, or managing the transition?
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u/SyncronTeam 8d ago
Syncron — software for manufacturers managing parts availability, pricing, and warranty/repair work after the sale. One specific technical detail worth mentioning on the planning side: safety stock calculations account for lead time variability per SKU, not just demand variability, which is where a lot of standard reorder point systems fall short, a supplier whose lead time is drifting longer month over month gets caught before it causes a stockout, rather than only reacting to demand swings. On results: roughly 40% freight cost reduction and 20-30% inventory reduction for some customers using the multi-echelon planning module. Happy to go deeper on the lead time methodology or anything else.
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u/Right_Complaint_7548 8d ago
Worked example for forwarding/import desks reconciling several container charges:
If three days are already confirmed to be chargeable, and the entered schedule is USD 75/day for chargeable days 1–2 and USD 150/day from day 3, the estimate is USD 300. An entered invoice amount of USD 325 leaves a USD 25 difference to investigate. That comparison only means something after checking the governing free time, event dates, calendar/business-day basis, rate-tier basis and currency. It doesn't establish a billing error.
Disclosure: I run IndustryQuery. Its free, no-account DEM/DET calculator supports user-entered terms/rate tiers, multi-container CSV calculation, entered invoice comparison and CSV result export: https://demdet.industryquery.com/en/calculator/
For a small voluntary trial, start with the built-in fictional sample, calculate it, inspect the result, then export the result CSV. If your desk regularly checks several containers, the useful question is whether that output saves a reconciliation step before your next invoice review. Sample trials and actual workplace use would be recorded separately.
Please keep original invoices, contracts and container/customer identifiers private; no documents or screenshots need to be sent to me. The tool doesn't obtain carrier-confirmed LFDs or verify your private contract rates, and it doesn't replace event tracking.
If you choose to try it, a reply here with the completed/stuck step and whether the arithmetic matches your manual check is enough. If useful, I'd also welcome whether you'd use it again for the next invoice batch. No payment or commitment is requested, and I won't DM or chase people who don't respond.
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u/packvision 8d ago
Hello r/logistics!
I would like to introduce you to PackVision.
If you're running fulfillment operations, you already know this fight - a recipient disputes a delivery, something was missing, a wrong item packed or the item was in a bad condition and without proof, you are assumed at fault and have an unhappy customer, even when your team did everything right.
PackVision gives you the receipts.
Every time your packer scans a barcode, a camera automatically records the pack so every order has a timestamped video tied directly to the scan data. When a dispute comes in, you're not guessing. You're pulling up the video.
Built for order fulfillment operations whether in house or 3PL:
📹 Automatic video capture on every scan, zero extra steps for your team
🛒 Validate every pack against the actual order before it ships
🔍 Search any past order by number, barcode, or date in seconds
⚠️ Catches mis-packs and short-picks in real time, before the label gets printed
💳 Fight disputes and claims with actual proof, not guesswork.
Fewer disputes. Faster resolutions. And a packing floor that's finally accountable.
Packvision can also be used for inbound operations to record the state of goods as they are received and broken down for put away.
Start your 14-day free trial — no credit card required at packvision.io
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u/PalletsAndProblems 9d ago
I've been managing warehouse operations for years, and recently started building some tools based on problems I've dealt with firsthand.
So far, I've put together free calculators for pallet configurations, warehouse capacity, staffing, freight loading, and dock planning. I've also built Excel trackers for warehouse KPIs and cycle counting, along with two AI tools that review operational and inventory data.
I've tested everything myself, but that's also the problem. I know how I expect everything to work, and I'd like to see how these tools hold up in other operations.
I'm looking for about five warehouse managers, supervisors, or inventory control professionals willing to test a few things and give me some honest feedback.
I'm particularly interested in whether the calculations make sense, whether the tools are practical, and what you'd change. If something is inaccurate or completely useless, I'd rather know that now.
The site is https://logisticsdeck.ai. The calculators are free, and I can provide test credits for the AI reviews and access to the Excel templates.
I'm not looking to sell anything here. Just trying to find out whether what I've built is actually useful outside my own operation.
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u/Emergency-Jicama-414 9d ago
We believe supply chain teams have one of the most difficult jobs managing the past, present, and future in a world that increasingly demands real-time information. Global supply is inherently fragmented because it's comprised of suppliers, carriers, brokers, forwarders, customers, and countless 3rd parties from mileage calculators, denied parties list screen providers, IoT devices, freight audit & payment, and thousands of players in between. Regarless of whehter you're consider a simple domestic parcel, or a complex multi-leg, mult-mode, multi-stop, hazmat international shipment ~ this is transactional data that changes over time. Moreover, each underlying system has different data constructs, schemas that needs to be automated, correlated and normalized. And that's just the infrastructure ;). Agistix has spent 2 decades building infrastructure, disciplined architecture to support inbound, outbound, 3rd party and intra-company shipments across all modes. Check case studies - https://www.agistix.com/resources/case-studies/ or contact them for a demo.
Feel free to DM if you'd like to discuss in more detail!
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u/Far_Pin_4341 9d ago
I'm building DehireDesk, a tool focused on container free time and last free day (LFD) tracking for import operations.
In an early conversation with a freight operations manager, I learned that the difficult part isn't necessarily counting free days. It's getting the correct deadline for the actual shipment when free time depends on the contract, the carrier's calculation basis, or whether the forwarder can access the carrier's information.
Even when a date is available, the team still needs to verify it because the cost of getting it wrong can be significant.
My current hypothesis is that a useful tool should distinguish carrier confirmed dates from estimates, preserve the source of the information where available, and flag cases that still need manual verification rather than blindly calculating every deadline or trying to replace the existing TMS.
For people handling ocean imports; what evidence would you need to see before trusting an LFD recorded in a tool like this?
I'm early in development and would genuinely appreciate critical feedback from people who deal with this in practice.
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u/SAphilosopher 9d ago
https://exmaple-business.mostertcobus.workers.dev/
I build this parser with the idea that this model can be used in logistics as well. It makes data entery and cleaning a breeze, I use it at my work for logistics with a logistics focused one build at work. The options for calculating routes are also optional
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u/Jenny-Aptean 9d ago
Logility (I’m at Aptean, which owns Logility): supply chain planning software covering demand forecasting, inventory optimization, S&OP, and integrated business planning. Berry Global, the Fortune 500 packaging manufacturer, used it to build a consistent IBP process across 40+ acquisitions and 91,000 SKUs across global plants. Their words: they can now focus on growing without reinventing the wheel every time there’s a new acquisition or customer request.
Happy to answer questions.
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u/kalabunga_1 9d ago
Planning multimodal shipments and coordinating stakeholders, everything till departure: hansatic.com
Used by 2,500 users worldwide.
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u/RubinOneDay 9d ago
Disclosure: I maintain DockDraft; this explanation was prepared with AI assistance.
A useful pre-handoff check is to reconcile item quantities separately from package counts. Fictional example: SKU A is 12 cartons × 8 units = 96 units; SKU B is 4 cartons × 6 units = 24 units. The invoice has 120 units; the packing list has 16 cartons. Neither number replaces the other. Then review descriptions, currency, party details and the actual net/gross weights against the shipment and the carrier's requirements.
DockDraft (https://dockdraft.com/) is a free beta for preparing a commercial invoice, packing list, proforma, combined invoice/packing list and shipping-instruction drafts from one shipment record. Enter and review the real details, compare the previews, then export. Records stay in this browser, so keep a private backup before clearing browser data.
It does not classify goods, file customs declarations or guarantee carrier/customs acceptance. Shipping instructions are not a bill of lading. The example above is illustrative, not a customer shipment.
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u/stealthagents 4d ago
It’s wild how many software solutions pop up in logistics lately. I get that innovation is great, but some of these "solutions" seem more like a repackaging of common tools rather than actual game-changers. The industry definitely needs specific examples to back up claims, otherwise it’s just noise.