The business runs on phone calls
Where the vehicle is, whether all forty cartons arrived, why the driver waited five hours. Each fact exists, and none of it is in a system.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Logistics software development, from the loading bay to the proof of delivery
Fleet and driver management, transport planning built for a real road network, warehouse operations that survive peak, and last-mile delivery with proof captured at the door. Plus the freight billing that reconciles against all of it.
5 solution blueprints
20 systems we integrate
12–22 weeks, typical build
The starting point
What is usually broken before we arrive
Charges get claimed, not evidenced
Detention noted a week later is a charge the client argues. Recorded at arrival and departure, it is a charge they pay.
Shortage disputes go to whoever argues harder
Without a signature, photo, geotag and timestamp at the door, a missing-carton claim is one memory against another.
In plain terms
Logistics software development covers the systems that move goods and account for them. Fleet and driver management, transport management from booking to delivery, warehouse management for inbound, storage and picking, last-mile delivery with electronic proof, and the freight billing that turns completed trips into invoices customers accept.
Logistics runs on facts that exactly one person knows each. The business works on phone calls, and it scales as far as one coordinator can dial.
So capture is the whole problem. GPS gives location but not why a vehicle stopped. Electronic proof with a timestamp, geotag and photograph turns a shortage dispute into a lookup. Detention recorded at arrival is a charge a client will pay. Together they let a business price its own work.
The regulatory layer is genuinely useful here. E-way bills carry data a transport system needs anyway. FASTag gives an independent record of a toll crossing. VAHAN confirms whether a permit is current. Built in early, these cross-check the operational data instead of being a separate chore.
What we build
Logistics & Supply Chain systems, and who builds each one
Every card links to the practice that does the work. Follow one if you want the detail.
Transport management systems
Indent to booking to dispatch to delivery, with load planning, vehicle placement, trip costing and freight billing that reconciles against completed trips.
ExploreFleet management and telematics
Live location, route replay, geofence events, driving behaviour, fuel and mileage. Document expiry blocks allocation before a vehicle is stopped at a checkpost.
ExploreWarehouse management
Inbound receipt and putaway, bin-level stock, wave picking, packing, dispatch, cycle counts and returns. Barcode-driven, so accuracy does not depend on memory.
ExploreLast-mile delivery and ePOD
Driver app with route sequence, attempt reasons, signature and photo proof, cash collection and returns pickup. Works offline through weak-signal areas.
ExploreSupply chain analytics
Cost per kilometre and per consignment, on-time delivery by lane and client, vehicle utilisation, detention analysis, lane profitability.
ExploreCustomer and shipper portals
Booking, live tracking, document download, delivery proof and invoice status. It removes most of the calls a coordinator answers all day.
ExploreDemand and capacity forecasting
Lane-level volume forecasting, so vehicle placement and contract capacity are planned before the season instead of bought at spot rates during it.
Explore Solution blueprints
Open one and see exactly what gets built
The situation it answers, the architecture, every module, the systems it plugs into and how long it takes. These describe our work, not one client's project. Named clients with measured results are in the case studies.
01 Fleet management with GPS telematics 12–16 weeks
The situation
A transporter running forty to three hundred owned and attached vehicles. Location is known by calling the driver. Fuel efficiency is a monthly average nobody can attribute to a vehicle or route. Permit and fitness expiries are discovered when a vehicle is stopped.
How it is built
A telematics ingestion service feeds device streams into a time-series store. Geofence and event processing runs in a stream worker instead of periodic queries, so an arrival or a long stop raises an event when it happens.
Rules it has to follow
Permit, fitness, insurance and pollution validity is checked against VAHAN and blocks allocation once lapsed, instead of sitting in a reminder list. FASTag crossings give an independent record supporting detention and transit-time claims.
Modules 12
- Vehicle, driver and ownership register
- Device onboarding and health monitoring
- Live tracking with route replay and stoppage analysis
- Geofences for plants, warehouses and customer sites
- Automatic arrival and departure detection for detention
- Driving behaviour: speeding, harsh braking, idling
- Fuel entry, theft detection and mileage per vehicle
- Document expiry tracking with allocation blocking
- Preventive maintenance by kilometre and by date
- Tyre and spare-part life tracking
- Driver duty hours and trip allowance
- Cost per kilometre by vehicle and by lane
Plugs into
- GPS telematics devices
- VAHAN document verification
- FASTag transaction data
- Google Maps Routes API
- Power BI Service
02 Transport management: indent to invoice 16–22 weeks
The situation
A logistics provider handling full and part truckload movements for corporate shippers. Indents arrive by email. Vehicles are arranged by phone against a broker network. Trip sheets are paper. Invoicing happens weeks later from files that may or may not include detention and multi-point charges.
How it is built
An order service models consignment separately from trip, so one trip can carry several consignments and one consignment can span several trips. A rate engine holds contracted lane rates per client, and billing assembles invoices from completed trip events.
Rules it has to follow
E-way bill validity is monitored against the trip, so an extension is raised before expiry instead of after a detention at a checkpost. Freight invoices carry the place of supply and reverse-charge treatment for goods transport agency services.
Modules 12
- Client contracts with lane-wise rate cards
- Indent capture through portal, email and API
- Vehicle sourcing from own fleet and broker network
- Load planning and multi-consignment trip building
- Trip sheet with advance, expense and balance settlement
- E-way bill generation and validity monitoring
- In-transit tracking with exception alerting
- Detention, halting and multi-point charge capture
- Proof of delivery collection and digitisation
- Freight invoice generation from trip events
- Client billing reconciliation and dispute tracking
- Lane and client profitability reporting
Plugs into
- GST e-way bill (NIC)
- GST e-invoicing (NIC IRP)
- GPS telematics devices
- Tally ERP
- ULIP (Unified Logistics Interface Platform)
03 Warehouse management system 14–20 weeks
The situation
A third-party warehouse or a distributor facility where stock is stored by memory of where it went. Picking accuracy depends on who is on shift. Stock takes require shutting the operation for a weekend. Client billing is estimated from space instead of measured from activity.
How it is built
A bin-level inventory model with barcode-driven movement, on rugged handheld terminals against a Node.js service. Picking is organised in waves with path-optimised sequences, and every movement writes an immutable transaction so stock history is reconstructable.
Rules it has to follow
Bonded and duty-paid stock is segregated in the location model where a facility handles both. Batch and expiry are enforced at picking for categories where FEFO is a regulatory requirement, not a preference.
Modules 12
- Bin and location master with capacity and zone rules
- Inbound gate entry, unloading and quality check
- Putaway suggestions by zone, velocity and batch
- Batch, serial and expiry tracking with FEFO picking
- Wave picking with path-optimised sequences
- Packing, carton labelling and manifest generation
- Dispatch with vehicle loading verification
- Returns receipt, inspection and disposition
- Cycle counting without stopping operations
- Stock ageing and slow-mover reporting
- 3PL client billing by handling, storage and value-add
- Labour productivity by task and operator
Plugs into
- GS1 barcode standards
- RFID readers
- Shiprocket
- Delhivery
- Unicommerce
04 Last-mile delivery with electronic proof 12–16 weeks
The situation
A distributor or courier operation delivering a few hundred drops a day across a city. Routes are decided by the driver. Status is reported by phone at the end of the run. Failed deliveries have no recorded reason. Shortage disputes go to whoever argues harder.
How it is built
A route optimisation service produces sequenced runs against time windows and vehicle capacity. The Android driver app is offline-first. The run downloads at shift start, every event is captured locally, and sync happens whenever signal returns.
Rules it has to follow
Electronic proof of delivery is retained with its geotag and timestamp for the period the client contract specifies, which turns a shortage claim into a lookup. Cash collected is reconciled daily against deposits, per driver.
Modules 12
- Shipment intake and address geocoding with correction
- Route optimisation by time window, capacity and zone
- Driver app with sequenced run and turn-by-turn handoff
- Delivery attempt capture with structured failure reasons
- Electronic proof: signature, photograph, geotag, timestamp
- Partial delivery and shortage recording at the door
- Cash and UPI collection with daily reconciliation
- Returns and reverse pickup on the same run
- Live customer tracking link with delivery window
- Reattempt scheduling and address correction workflow
- Driver productivity and first-attempt success reporting
- Offline capture with queued sync
Plugs into
- Google Maps Routes API
- Razorpay
- WhatsApp Business API
- Firebase Cloud Messaging
- Delhivery
05 Freight forwarding and EXIM documentation 14–18 weeks
The situation
A freight forwarder or customs broker handling import and export consignments. Each shipment carries a folder of documents in different formats. Milestone updates come from checking carrier websites by hand. A client asking for status triggers a round of enquiries.
How it is built
A shipment record holds every milestone and document version in one place, fed by carrier and port status feeds where they exist and structured manual entry where they do not. A client portal exposes the same record, so status enquiries resolve without a call.
Rules it has to follow
Shipping bill, bill of entry and licence references are held against the shipment file with version history, which is what a customs audit examines. Demurrage and detention exposure is alerted before free time expires, not discovered on the invoice.
Modules 12
- Shipment file with import and export workflows
- Document register with versions and validity
- Booking, container and consignment tracking
- Milestone timeline from booking to delivery
- Customs documentation preparation and filing status
- Duty, freight and charge estimation per shipment
- Vendor cost capture: carrier, CHA, transport, warehousing
- Job costing and margin per shipment
- Client portal with tracking and document download
- Demurrage and detention exposure alerting
- Multi-currency invoicing and exchange-rate handling
- Client-wise and trade-lane profitability reporting
Plugs into
- ICEGATE customs filing status
- Carrier tracking APIs
- DGFT licence data
- Tally ERP
- GST e-invoicing (NIC IRP)
Regulation
What logistics software has to comply with in India
Get these wrong and the build is not late, it is unusable. They are design inputs on day one.
GST e-way bill
Consignments over the value threshold move on an e-way bill carrying consignment, transporter and vehicle details, with validity tied to distance. Monitoring validity against the trip and extending before expiry is the difference between a routine update and a vehicle detained at a checkpost.
VAHAN and vehicle documentation
Permit, fitness, insurance and pollution certificates all expire on their own schedules, and a lapse found at a checkpost costs a day and a penalty. Checking validity against VAHAN and blocking allocation automatically removes the reminder list nobody maintains.
ULIP, the Unified Logistics Interface Platform
ULIP exposes government logistics data from vehicle, cargo, port and rail systems through one interface for registered users. Integrating with it lets an operator verify what they were told against an authoritative source instead of trusting a phone update.
Goods transport agency GST treatment
Freight services carry specific GST treatment, including reverse charge in defined situations and different rates depending on the input credit position chosen. Invoices raised with the wrong treatment create a reconciliation problem for the transporter and the shipper both.
ICEGATE and EXIM documentation
Import and export shipments are evidenced by shipping bills, bills of entry and licence references, all examined during customs audit. Holding these against the shipment file with version history, instead of in a shared folder, is what makes an audit answerable.
Why Naryon Tech
How we approach logistics projects
- Events, not periodic reportsArrivals, departures, long stops and geofence breaches raise events as they happen. A report saying a vehicle waited five hours yesterday is history. An alert at hour two is an operation.
- Driver apps built for no signalThe run downloads at shift start and every delivery event is captured locally. Drivers work through basements, industrial estates and highway dead zones. An app needing connectivity to log a delivery does not get used.
- Proof that ends the disputeSignature, photograph, geotag and timestamp against every drop, retained for the contracted period. Shortage claims become a lookup instead of two people recollections.
- Costing at the lane, not the monthTrip cost is assembled from actual fuel, tolls, driver expenses, detention and depreciation. Lane profitability is known before a contract is renewed, not after a year of it.
Tooling
What we build logistics systems with
Application
- React
- React Native
- Node.js
- TypeScript
Location & routing
- Google Maps Platform
- PostGIS
- OSRM
- Geofencing workers
Data
- PostgreSQL
- TimescaleDB
- Redis
- Power BI
Government & carrier
- GST NIC APIs
- VAHAN
- FASTag data
- ICEGATE
- Carrier tracking APIs
Working from Chennai and Trichy, with clients in
- Chennai
- Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)
- Coimbatore
- Madurai
- Salem
- Erode
- Tirunelveli
- Vellore
- Tiruppur
- Puducherry
Straight answers
Logistics & Supply Chain: what people ask us first
Can you work with the GPS devices already on our vehicles?
Usually yes. Most Indian telematics devices push data over a documented TCP protocol or through the vendor API, and we build an ingestion adapter for whichever your fleet uses. Where a fleet carries three device brands from three eras, we normalise them into one internal event shape so nothing downstream cares.
How does electronic proof hold up in a dispute?
Each delivery event carries a signature or photograph, a GPS coordinate, a device timestamp and the driver identity, written once and retained for the contracted period. In a shortage claim, the packing manifest, the loading verification and the delivery photograph usually settle it in minutes. It moves disputes from opinion to evidence.
Do we need a full TMS or just tracking?
It depends where the money leaks. If the pain is customers calling for status and drivers being unreachable, tracking with a client portal solves most of it in twelve to sixteen weeks. If invoices go out late and miss detention charges, that is a transport management problem and tracking alone will not fix it.
How does route optimisation handle Indian addresses?
Addresses are geocoded on intake with a confidence score, and anything below the threshold goes to a correction queue instead of silently into a route. Delivered locations are captured by GPS, so a corrected coordinate is learnt against that address for next time. The address book gets steadily better than the source data was.
Can the warehouse run during a stock take?
Yes. Cycle counting runs alongside operations. Locations are counted in rotation with movement to those bins briefly held, instead of freezing the whole facility. Variances go to an approval queue with transaction history attached. Annual full counts become a verification exercise instead of the only count of the year.
What does ULIP integration give us?
An authoritative cross-check. Vehicle status, cargo movement and port or rail milestones can be verified against government systems instead of taken from a phone call. It matters most in the exception cases, like a consignment that has not moved. Registration and access approval take time, so start early if it matters.
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