Carriers and 3PL transport teams managing daily dispatch and lane planning
Use case
Transport planning dashboard development
Give dispatch and transport planners a live planning view across lanes, capacity, constraints and performance so daily routing decisions happen with trusted TMS data instead of scattered spreadsheets.
Use case
Who this is for
Operations leaders tracking utilization, dwell and on-time performance by lane
Planners coordinating multi-stop routes with capacity and customer constraints
Organizations outgrowing native TMS reporting for planning workflows
Use case
Problems it solves
- 01
Planning data scattered across TMS, telematics and manual trackers
- 02
Limited visibility into capacity, dwell and delay drivers by lane
- 03
Slow reaction to same-day constraint changes
- 04
Inconsistent KPI definitions between dispatch and leadership
Use case
What the first version can include
Daily load board with lane, customer and equipment filters
Capacity and utilization views by region, depot or fleet segment
Delay, dwell and on-time exception panels with SLA context
Route and stop sequence summaries linked to shipment records
Planning KPI rollups for shift huddles and leadership reviews
Export and snapshot views for handoffs between planning shifts
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How 4RTY helps
Process mapping
Product design
UX and UI
Technical architecture
Development
Integrations
Launch support
Documentation
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Typical integrations
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MVP
Start small: MVP first
- TMS-connected daily load board for one business unit or region
- Core KPIs: on-time, utilization and dwell with agreed definitions
- Exception panel for delays and missing milestone updates
- Drill-down to shipment and stop detail
- Shift snapshot or export for planner handoffs
Scale
Scale later
- What-if scenario views for capacity and delay recovery
- Integration with carrier portal status and tender acceptance
- Customer priority tiers reflected in planning sort and alerts
- AI-assisted route suggestions with planner approval workflows
- Multi-region roll-ups for network transport leadership
Common questions
Is this a replacement for our TMS dispatch board?
No. Planning dashboards complement TMS with planner-oriented KPIs, exception prioritization and roll-ups leadership needs, with with drill-down back to TMS records.
How fresh does TMS data need to be?
Most planning views target near-real-time milestone updates. Discovery defines acceptable latency per source and surfaces stale data clearly in the UI.
Can telematics data feed the same dashboard?
Yes. Combining TMS assignments with telematics ETAs and utilization improves delay detection and capacity views when integrations are reliable.
Do you support subcontractor and asset-light models?
Yes. Planning views can include partner-assigned freight when TMS and status feeds identify carrier responsibility and milestone ownership.