About the Project
An ERP-based system for freight forwarding companies is a centralized platform that brings together all critical business operations—such as shipment handling, customs clearance, duty calculations, documentation, and regulatory compliance—into a single, unified interface. The system ensures that all departments (operations, finance, logistics, and management) work with the same real-time data, improving accuracy, visibility, and overall efficiency. In this system, shipments can be created and tracked across different modes of transport (air, sea, and land), with detailed information about routes, ports, cargo, and timelines. It also manages customs-related processes, including documentation, duty and tax calculations, and compliance with local and international regulations. Financial operations such as invoicing, billing, and payment tracking are integrated, allowing businesses to automate workflows and reduce errors. Additionally, it supports document management (like bills of lading, invoices, and permits), client and partner management (shippers, brokers, and companies), and provides reporting dashboards for better decision-making.
Major Features
- Secure login/signup with role-based access
- User and company management (clients, shippers, brokers, partners)
- Shipment and freight management
- Logistics and supply chain tracking with real-time status updates
- Customs handling, duty/tax calculations, and compliance management
- Port and route management
- Developed a dock planner module to optimize docking schedules, reducing wait times at stations
- Invoice generation, billing center, and automated financial workflows
- Finance module with payments, transactions, and reporting
- Document management with upload/download support (invoices, B/L, customs docs)
- Emails and tracking
- Amazon CBMS module for consignments collaboration with Amazon
- Product and cargo details management
- Reporting and analytics dashboards for operations and finance
- Intrastats handling
- Logs and activity tracking
- Centralized ERP dashboard for monitoring all operations