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Logistics Manager
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Freight broker software that shows the margin before you tender.

Logistics Manager is TransPlus's TMS for freight brokers and 3PLs. Quote the shipper, build the load, book the outside carrier, track it and invoice it in one cloud system. Plans start at $500 a month, billed quarterly, and every plan comes with 1:1 live technical support.

Transport truck hauling a dry van through a snow squall on a rural North American highway
TransPlus rate quote screen listing per-skid rates and distances for Ontario lanes out of Kitchener

Quote to carrier on one screen.

Rate the load, send the quote, assign the carrier and confirm acceptance.

Know your margin on every load.

Load by load, see what you made and which customers and agents brought it in.

Secure access for outside agents.

Accommodates secure remote access for outside agents, with multi-currency support.

Carrier rate lookup in TransPlus Logistics Manager: two active rate tariffs side by side, one priced per skid with a minimum charge and rate breaks by quantity, the other priced per hundredweight with weight breaks, each showing its lanes and effective and expiry dates.

A TMS for freight brokers and 3PLs.

Logistics Manager is built for how a freight brokerage runs. Every outside carrier's insurance dates, certificates and contract details stay on file with the loads you cover, and carriers can see their order details through your custom Freight Assist portal. If you also run trucks of your own, Logistics Manager handles the brokered freight and Fleet Manager handles the trucks. See Fleet Manager.

Outside carrier contracting
Carrier search
Carrier rate history
Freight Assist
Order rating in TransPlus Logistics Manager: an order from Kitchener to London, Ontario matched to rate quote Q000058, showing 25 skids at $100.00 for $2,500.00, a one percent modifier, and a final rate of $2,525.00 ready to apply to the order billing.

Enter the load once.

Quoting, carrier assignment, tracking and invoicing all run off that one entry, so your team spends the day covering loads instead of keying them again.

Quoting and rating
Order entry
Accounting integration
Management reporting
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Customer story
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Featured customer story.

Kriska Transportation Group runs truckload, LTL and brokerage across 10 companies on TransPlus as its standard TMS.

“We’ve put our stake in the ground and have made the decision that TransPlus will be our standard TMS going forward.”

David Bergeron
IT Director, Kriska Transportation Group
800 trucks and 2,500 trailers
1,200
Employees
800
Trucks
2,500
Trailers
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Reviews
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What users say on Capterra.

Rated 4.4/5 on Capterra from 56 reviews.

8 August 2023
"I like the experience with Fleet Manager, all tasks can be completed with one click. thanks for making things easy."
Karamjeet K.
Office Admin
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
51 to 200 Employees
26 September 2023
"Overall fleet and order management. Indepth TMS system to fit all our requirements while providing user friendly capability."
Ron T.
National Logistics Manager
Warehousing
201 to 500 Employees
20 June 2024
"Very good, customer service helps almost immediately, easy to use."
Michael P.
operations specialist
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
201 to 500 Employees
3 September 2024
"Very good and would recommend it to other logistics companies."
Michele T.
Order entry
Logistics and Supply Chain
51 to 200 Employees
30 July 2024
"All stuff in 1 platform is good thing for administration."
Navdeep S.
Safety Manager
Logistics and Supply Chain
1 to 10 Employees
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Logistics Manager FAQ
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Frequently asked questions.

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Can a TMS handle both my own trucks and freight I broker out to other carriers?

Yes. Fleet Manager runs your own trucks and Logistics Manager runs the brokered freight in the same system, so a load you cover with an outside carrier and a load your own driver hauls bill from one place. Kriska Transportation Group, which runs truckload, LTL and brokerage, chose TransPlus as the standard TMS across its 10 companies.

Does Logistics Manager post to QuickBooks?

Yes. Customer invoices and carrier receipts post to QuickBooks Desktop or QuickBooks Online, Sage 50 or Sage 300, or ADP, without anyone keying them a second time, along with customers and vendors. TransPlus has 58 integrations across accounting, fuel cards, telematics and carrier onboarding; the full list is on the integrations page.

Do freight brokers need a TMS?

A brokerage moving more than a few loads a day does. Without one, each load is keyed into a spreadsheet, a rate confirmation, an invoice and an accounting entry, and the margin is worked out after the fact. Logistics Manager enters the load once and carries it through quoting, carrier assignment, tracking and invoicing, with the margin visible on every load before you tender.

How long does it take to implement TransPlus?

Onboarding takes 30 to 90 days depending on fleet size and data migration, and most Fleet Manager customers are live within 60 days, with a named onboarding specialist. Customers, drivers and rates come over through TransPlus templates, with the import guided by a person rather than a ticket queue.

How much does Logistics Manager cost?

Logistics Manager starts at $500 per month. Every plan is an annual contract billed quarterly, in CAD or USD depending on where your business operates. EDI, freight tracking and the Freight Assist carrier portal are add-on modules quoted separately, and so is the onboarding fee; RMIS carrier onboarding is an integration. Every plan includes 1:1 live technical support. The full comparison is on the pricing page.

Is Logistics Manager cloud-based?

Yes. TransPlus is cloud-hosted; your team uses a small Windows client on office computers and the TransPlus Connect app on phones, and your data lives in the cloud. Outside agents get secure access of their own, and your carriers see the order details you send them through the Freight Assist portal, an add-on module, rather than through your TMS login.

What does carrier rate history do for my margin?

Every rate you have paid a carrier on a lane is on file with the load, so the next quote is priced from what the lane cost you rather than from memory. Bid tracking keeps the quotes you sent beside the ones you won, and management reporting shows margin by load and by customer, so you see which freight to keep bidding and which to let go.

What is a TMS for freight brokers?

A TMS for freight brokers is the system a brokerage uses to quote a shipper, build the load, find and book an outside carrier, track the shipment and invoice it, with the margin visible on every load. Logistics Manager is TransPlus's TMS for freight brokers and 3PLs, from $500 a month, billed quarterly, with 1:1 live technical support on every plan.

What is freight broker software?

Freight broker software is a TMS built for brokerages and 3PLs. It handles quoting and rating, order entry, carrier search and contracting, carrier rate history, bid tracking and carrier receipt invoicing in one system, with the margin visible on every load. TransPlus Logistics Manager starts at $500 per month, billed quarterly, with 1:1 live technical support included. How freight broker software pays for itself, benefit by benefit, is in our broker guide.

What support is included?

1:1 live technical support on every plan, 7am to 6pm ET, Monday to Friday, with an emergency email address after hours. A 15-truck fleet is not triaged behind a 300-truck account. Support is 1-800-257-9548 or support@transplus.io, on every plan from Lite to Enterprise.

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