What is a Transport Management System (TMS)?
A TMS brings every transport process into a single piece of software – from order intake through dispatch to invoicing. For freight forwarders and transport companies it replaces Excel sheets, email chains and hand-kept lists with one clear digital workflow.
Everything a TMS should cover
From the first order email to accounting – in CargoWiz every module hands off to the next.
Dashboard: your business at a glance
When you log in you see what matters today: staff deployment and equipment utilisation, this month’s orders and turnover including what is not yet invoiced – and everything that needs attention: open to-dos such as unassigned documents, absences and appointments, and upcoming expiry dates, for example your drivers’ licences and ADR certificates or the general inspection of trucks and trailers.
Excel, email and the phone don't scale
In most small and mid-sized freight forwarders and trucking companies, orders still arrive by email, get copied into Excel and are passed to dispatchers and drivers over the phone. The result: media breaks at every step, the same data entered twice, no real overview of which trucks and trailers are free, missing delivery notes, and a painful end-of-month scramble to put invoices together. When a dispatcher is sick or the team grows, the critical knowledge sits in someone's head, not in a system. A single lost order or a forgotten POD quickly costs a few euros – and customer trust.
CargoWiz: A TMS built for the entire process
CargoWiz is a fully web-based Transport Management System built for small and mid-sized freight forwarders and transport companies. From the order in the inbox to the tour on the timeline, the delivery note scanned in the driver app and the ZUGFeRD invoice, everything runs in one system – no media breaks, no double entry. No installation, automatic updates, German server location, GDPR-compliant, ready to use in any browser.
Why an SME-grade TMS pays off
Up to 90% less manual entry thanks to AI-driven order creation from incoming emails.
Real-time overview of every tour, vehicle and driver – including vacation, workshop appointments and upcoming expiry dates. The knowledge stays in the system, not in one dispatcher’s head.
Complete documentation per shipment: drivers scan delivery notes right at handover and the AI matches them to the order – no more digging through paper stacks.
ZUGFeRD e-invoices any time in batch – with optional DATEV hand-off.
How a day with CargoWiz looks
The order email arrives and the AI fills in every field – loading and unloading points, dates, references, weight. You take a quick look, confirm, done – in just a few seconds.
On the timeline you assign truck, driver and trailer with a click or by drag & drop – and the driver sees the tour in their app right away. Telematics or a carrier? Also just one click.
No more end-of-month invoicing marathon: batch processing turns your tours into ZUGFeRD invoices in one go – and booking data goes straight to DATEV if you like.
Features in detail
Frequently asked questions about TMS
Who is CargoWiz TMS for?
CargoWiz TMS is built for small and mid-sized freight forwarders and transport companies – in local and long-haul transport, regardless of fleet size. It covers the entire workflow in one software: from order capture through dispatch to invoicing.
Is there an app for drivers?
Yes. With CargoWiz Driver for iOS and Android, drivers see their tours, stops and instructions on their phone and scan delivery notes and pallet receipts right after handover. If your trucks already have telematics, you can send tours there instead.
Can I involve carriers and subcontractors?
Yes. From any tour you create a transport order as a PDF at the push of a button and email it to the carrier. Via a link to the upload portal, the carrier uploads delivery notes and other documents – without a CargoWiz account.
Is CargoWiz suitable for long-haul transport?
Yes. CargoWiz works for both local and long-haul transport. Orders and tours can have multiple loading and unloading points, and several orders can be combined into one tour – for example an outbound run and a backhaul as a round trip. For driver changes and relay runs, you split the tour at a handover stop; the second leg can then also continue with a different trailer. Double-manned trucks, cross-border tours with CMR consignment notes and the multilingual driver app are included as well.
Can CargoWiz invoice customer-specific rates, surcharges and pallet exchange?
Yes. You set up individual rates for each customer – for example per trip, per shipment, per route, per kilometre, by weight or pallets, or as a flat rate. CargoWiz calculates the price as soon as the order is captured. The fuel surcharge is added as a percentage; waiting time, tolls and other extras are added as separate line items, manually or automatically via the rate. For pallet exchange, CargoWiz keeps load carrier accounts, and pallet receipts are archived on the order. For subcontracted freight you record the carrier’s costs per tour and settle them by self-billing credit note – or the carrier uploads their invoice via the upload link, and it is checked and archived in CargoWiz.
Do I need to install CargoWiz?
No. CargoWiz runs entirely in the browser and updates arrive automatically. Servers are located in Germany and operation is GDPR-compliant.
Is CargoWiz a cargo loading optimization software?
No. CargoWiz is a Transport Management System (TMS) for managing freight operations – not to be confused with container load planning software. CargoWiz offers order capture, dispatch, fleet management, and e-invoicing.
What is the difference between CargoWiz TMS and load planning software?
CargoWiz TMS is complete freight management software for daily operations: order management, vehicle dispatch, and billing. Load planning software only calculates how pallets fit into a container.
Ready for a modern TMS?
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