Dispatch Science - Avis

Our business is unique and every provider similar to Dispatch Science has always had few or many substantial deficiencies in their capabilities required for us to utilize them. Dispatch Science on the other hand is robust enough of a platform to accommodate our unique needs while not requiring fundamental customizations at very high costs. It is a great platform accessible to smaller business yet powerful enough for large - a product you are not likely to find anywhere else in the logistics industry

The largest downside currently is the limited tracking functionalities on an item level. Though tracking is excellent at the order level, it cannot yet manage orders with multiple items in a ideal way. That is not to say it cannot be done, but without relatively complex methods it has its limitations

Because it has built in optimization and open APIs, this software opens up capabilities that were simply not available with our old TMS. We can quickly expand the capabilities of the software by creating APIs to automate pretty much any process that we can think of, with the limit being our own creativity. The Dispatch Science team is responsive with requests and is driven to constantly improve the software with monthly updates that expand it even further.

Since this is a newer platform there are definite growing pains with stability issues that show up on occasion, though their team is usually fairly quick to get those resolved. This software mostly matches the feature set of legacy TMS systems but there are features that are still getting built.

The technology is top end, I am certain without question. I believe we narrowed down to the 2 best companies- and decided on DS based on what I believed to be un rivaled technology. I believed that firmly and believe it every bit as much after the fact.

It is just a hard transition no matter how you cut it. We were not coming from a different service, this was our introduction to the technology. There is a great bit of time and work to implement. They are good at saying it up front, but you still have to live it.

We are told at times that our issue is the first they've encountered and therefore they have to build out/ charge us to get it in place. Even if true, I would think they should be building for future customers as well, if it is good for us- it is good for others. For us to pay for that total charge I think is a stretch.

We can help our clients win more contracts due to customer data transparency, self populating customer info, Driver tracking, Branded tracking page, customer advance notifications and driver route details on the mobile app so they can be more efficient.

Another great feature is loading instructions off the bar code which helps the load-out sequence and optimizes our drivers time on their delivery route.

We experienced a learning curve in using the API but support is always quick to respond and help.