The client approached us with the need for developing a system to optimize logistic flows within their company. The developed product was not only intended for internal use but also for future implementation by their partners under the White Label concept.

Our team conducted a comprehensive discovery phase, during which we defined the purpose of the future system. We identified its goals, infrastructure, and general tasks, as well as developed system requirements and specifications.

Development of software for a logistics company

The system was intended to become an information support tool for organizational and management processes and to optimize the allocation of the client's rolling stock, reduce wagon idle time, and increase the speed of finding the nearest available wagons.

Key objectives of the system:

• Creating a unified information space and providing necessary information according to the needs of individual users and user groups.
• Reducing wagon idle time during loading/unloading operations.
• Optimizing the search for available wagons.
• Minimizing temporary costs associated with communication between departments.
• Reducing temporary costs associated with organizational and management processes.

Key tasks of the System:

• Automation of organizational and management processes and routine tasks.
• Integration of information flows through a single point of entry for employees.
• Visualization of wagon distribution.
• Reducing the time required for finding and delivering available wagons.

Infrastructure tasks addressed during the project implementation:

• Structured storage and presentation of information within the system.
• Organization of centralized unified access to information and services.
• Provision of mechanisms for self-content creation and system structure.
• Access rights management for information.
• Integration of user accounts within the domain.
• Comprehensive search functionality across all system objects and documents.
• Automatic calculation of transportation costs for specific routes.
• Automatic calculation of wagon turnover.
• Generation of wagon turnover reports.
• Reducing wagon downtime at loading/unloading points.

Based on the documentation created during the discovery phase, our specialists have developed a system with its overall features, levels, and specific characteristics, which will be discussed further.

Results of the conducted work:

• Our team has compiled specifications, functional and non-functional requirements.
• The necessary software for the system functionality has been designed, deployed, and configured on the customer's equipment.
• Technical and user documentation required for system operation has been developed.
• The system has been implemented in production, where the company's personnel have been trained to operate the system.

The customer has received the software, which they not only use in their own production but also implement under their own conditions in other enterprises where its implementation is feasible.