Shipment tracking systems for logistics

Raze Drops builds shipment tracking systems for logistics companies, so a customer asking where a consignment is gets a real answer without reaching the operations desk, and a delay is escalated to the right person before the customer notices it.

On this page
  1. What does an operations desk lose to status calls?
  2. What does the shipment tracking system actually do?
  3. What does a tracking build cost and how fast is it live?

Operations desks in logistics spend a surprising share of the day answering one question, and it is never the question that moves a shipment. This page describes the tracking system we build so customers can answer it themselves, what it does when something is genuinely late, and what a build costs.

What does an operations desk lose to status calls?

Every status call interrupts the person who is actually solving problems, and the interruption costs more than the answer.

The same desk then misses the exception that mattered, because the delayed consignment nobody asked about was the one worth chasing. Busy and useful are not the same thing, and the desk usually cannot tell them apart in the moment.

What does the shipment tracking system actually do?

It answers status questions in the channel the customer already uses, reading from your own operational data rather than a separate spreadsheet of promises.

When a consignment slips against its plan it raises that with the right person, with the reference and the history attached, instead of waiting for a complaint. Reading your operational systems is an integration job and the customer facing part is a custom AI agent.

What does a tracking build cost and how fast is it live?

It is quoted per project, from $300 to $9,000 depending on how many systems hold your movement data and how many customer channels you want covered, plus a monthly maintenance retainer.

The proposal, the scope and the price are agreed before any deal is signed. Logistics operators often read quotation systems for contractors and project management for interior designers as neighbouring builds.

Moment in a consignmentAt the operations desk todayWith the tracking system
Customer asks where it isA phone call and a manual lookupAnswered in the customer’s own channel
Proof of delivery requestedSomeone digs through filesReturned against the reference automatically
Consignment slips its planNoticed when a customer complainsEscalated internally before the complaint
Delivery exceptionExplained twice, by two peopleOne record, one explanation, one owner
End of day pictureRebuilt by handAssembled from the same live data

Tell us which systems hold your movement data and we will send a proposal with a fixed price. Start on the contact page.

By Raze, Founder. Updated .

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