Logistics & transportation · Custom software

Logistics app development for carriers, 3PLs and distributors

Logistics app development at Orcatec starts with your loads, routes and drivers, not a generic template. Our San Diego team builds dispatch tools, driver apps, tracking portals and warehouse software for companies that move freight and need their systems to work together.

  • Dispatch, routing and driver apps with GPS and offline mode
  • Customer tracking portals and automatic status updates
  • Integrations with TMS, ELD, accounting and carrier systems

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Logistics and transportation software we build

Dispatch and load planning

Assign loads by equipment, hours and location on a live board, with rules that match how your dispatchers already think.

Driver apps

Load details, turn-by-turn stops, proof of delivery with photos and signatures, document scanning and messaging, working offline.

Shipment tracking portals

Customers see status, ETAs and documents without calling your office, and get notified when something changes.

Warehouse and yard tools

Receiving, put-away, picking and cycle counts with barcode scanning, plus dock and yard scheduling.

Fleet and maintenance tracking

Vehicle locations, inspections, service schedules and repair history for trucks, trailers and vans.

Integrations

Connect your TMS, ELD and telematics providers, load boards, accounting and customer EDI so data flows without re-keying.

Challenges we design for

Drivers on the road

Apps must be quick, readable at a glance and safe to use. We keep driver tasks to a few taps at stops, not while driving.

Patchy connectivity

Rural highways, docks and border crossings drop signal. Offline mode and reliable sync are required, not optional.

Many outside systems

Shippers, brokers and partners all use different formats. We build integrations that handle errors and missing data.

Regulated data

Hours of service, inspections and delivery records need accurate time stamps and audit trails you can rely on.

Proof: dispatch and GPS in our own product

Orcatec already schedules and dispatches mobile crews, tracks their location and time, and captures proof of work in the field. The same building blocks power logistics tools.

Orcatec (our own product)

Orcatec: field service management software, web and mobile

We designed, built and still run Orcatec, a field service management platform used by home services companies to sell, schedule, dispatch, invoice and get paid, in the office and in the field.

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  • Live on the App Store and Google Play
  • One platform for office, sales and field teams
  • Built, hosted, supported and improved by our own team

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Describe your fleet, warehouses and the process you want to fix. We’ll reply within one business day with questions and a first idea of scope.

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AI use cases in logistics

Document capture

Read bills of lading, delivery receipts and invoices from photos into structured data.

ETA and delay alerts

Predict late arrivals from location and history, and warn dispatch and customers early.

Email and order intake

Turn load requests from emails and PDFs into draft orders for a dispatcher to confirm.

Customer updates

Answer “where is my shipment” questions automatically from live tracking data.

How we work

  1. Discovery

    We sit with dispatch, drivers and warehouse staff, and map loads, documents and systems.

  2. Prototype and scope

    A clickable prototype and a written scope with timeline and budget.

  3. Build and pilot

    Two-week sprints, then a pilot with a few drivers or one warehouse.

  4. Rollout and support

    Training, data migration and ongoing updates as lanes and customers change.

Logistics software from a San Diego team

San Diego sits next to one of the busiest land border crossings in the country and runs active port and military logistics. Cross-border carriers, customs brokers and distributors here juggle documents, wait times and two sets of rules. We are based in San Diego County and understand that context, and we also work with logistics companies across the US.

You get one team for design, development, QA and support. You own the code and the data, and we document the system so you are never tied to us.

Frequently asked questions

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