A Brief Guide to Developing Mobile Apps for Logistics

Modern companies have long realized that retaining existing customers is a much more profitable direction than attracting new users. According to recent research, by increasing the customer retention rate by just 5%, a business can achieve a 25-95% increase in profit. Considering these prospects, loyalty mobile apps and their features have intrigued many entrepreneurs. In our new article, we will discuss the advantages that such services can provide to companies.

If you want to increase the efficiency of your transportation business through portable devices, you need to understand the key features of developing mobile apps for logistics. Our team has extensive experience in logistics development services, and with the help of this article, we will explain to you what useful functions such applications can contain.

​Why Develop Mobile Apps for Freight Transportation​

• Mobile freight transportation apps allow companies to outperform competitive enterprises by digitizing business processes.
• Office operations, including reporting, discussing transportation nuances, and other details, are transferred to smartphones, significantly simplifying access to the necessary information.
• Tracking and monitoring of transport reach a new level, significantly increasing transparency of actions for all involved personnel.
• Administrators, employees, and clients have a unified online space, allowing much more effective control of business processes.
• The app allows for real-time analysis of customer needs and adapting company actions according to the received data.

​Features of Transport Industry Apps​

A mobile app and transport controlled by such a service gain several significant advantages that simplify both employee work and the customer experience:

• The convenient mobile service function allows customers to select transportation vehicles and determine transport costs in advance.
• All vehicles, including information on their load and technical condition, will be monitored from a smartphone.
• Customers can see whether employees adhere to the correct route and delivery schedule by tracking drivers' locations in real-time.
• Administrators can manage key business processes through a simple application panel, including document formation, payment processing, and communication with employees.
• Customers will also receive comprehensive data on order fulfillment through simple functionality.
• Drivers can optimize their work and monitor the vehicle's condition directly in the app.

Types of Mobile Apps for Logistics​

• Apps focused on document flow will allow transport services to optimize the processing of documentation related to freight transportation and increase the efficiency of performing certain business tasks.
• Apps for dispatchers will provide them with better interaction with drivers and allow them to quickly track order changes.
• Driver control apps will help companies improve the quality of services by identifying unproductive employees who deviate from planned routes or consume too much fuel.
• Route optimization apps analyze available routes for drivers, considering various factors such as travel time, traffic congestion, and road incidents.
• Apps for freight brokers enable them to regulate all processes related to loading vehicles, along with relevant documentation.
• Warehouse accounting apps help transport companies optimize and expedite the search for transported goods, as well as the processes of loading and unloading vehicles.

​Stages of App Development​

1. Analysis: Before starting the project implementation, our team analyzes competing mobile transport applications and determines upcoming tasks according to the client's requirements.
2. Plan: After gathering information about the target market, our team formulates tasks for designers and programmers. As a result, we create a complete tech task, coordinate it with the client, and send it to the specialists.
3. Design: The visual component of the application plays a huge role, so our designers always implement it with an emphasis on quality user experience. Our team presents prototypes to the client, discusses all necessary details, and arrives at the final interface design.
4. Development: At this stage, all approved ideas are implemented in code format. After that, the team tests the finished application, trying to find any issues and resolve them before uploading the service to the store.

​Conclusion​

The mobile platform can bring significant profit to transportation logistics if you approach the development of an app for such business responsibly. Our team understands all the nuances and peculiarities of creating such services, so we can implement absolutely all the functions you are interested in in your app.

Modern companies have long realized that retaining existing customers is a much more profitable direction than attracting new users. According to recent research, by increasing the customer retention rate by just 5%, a business can achieve a 25-95% increase in profit. Considering these prospects, loyalty mobile apps and their features have intrigued many entrepreneurs. In our new article, we will discuss the advantages that such services can provide to companies.