Bulk goods transport: efficient planning and maximum transparency throughout the supply chain
Bulk goods logistics involves moving enormous quantities under extremely dynamic conditions. Whether it’s construction materials delivered directly to mixer trucks, agricultural produce after harvest, or sensitive waste materials–changing locations, fluctuating weights and strict environmental regulations characterise day-to-day operations. When hundreds of individual journeys need to be coordinated for a single large-scale project, analogue processes and standard software quickly reach their limits.
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The transport management system (TMS) CarLo was specifically developed to map these processes in a structured, digital format. The software brings together large-scale contracts, precise construction site navigation and live weighing data on a central platform–ensuring optimal fleet utilisation and complete transparency from extraction to landfill.
CarLo features:
Smart workflows for your bulk goods and construction site logistics
CarLo eliminates operational complexity in the bulk goods transport through automated load distribution, flexible telematics integration and comprehensive compliance checks.
Intelligent order and volume planning
- Efficient contract management: Large orders are recorded by the system and automatically split into perfectly timed sub-cycles and vehicle loads.
- Navigation via geocoordinates: Precise planning off the traditional road network–ideal for changing construction sites, quarries or agricultural land.
- Resource-optimised commuter traffic: Intelligent algorithms support route planning to sustainably maximise the utilisation of tippers and silos.
Real-time transparency through connected dumper and axle telematics
- Direct real weight reconciliation: Transmission of exact weighing data from the vehicle or the factory weighbridge directly into the active order in the TMS.
- Live progress monitoring: Real-time visual display of all routes to immediately see how many tonnes of the large order have already been moved.
- Proactive interruption management: Automatic notification of the dispatch team in the event of delays in the loading or tipping process to enable rapid corrective action.
Digital documentation & seamless compliance
- Paperless weighing note process: Digital recording and allocation of all freight documents directly from the driver’s mobile device to the head office.
- Integrated environmental and industry standards: Legally compliant mapping and documentation of GMP+ guidelines, waste disposal certificates or dangerous goods requirements (ADR).
- Automated document provision: Rapid linking of all quality and delivery records for immediate release for invoicing.
Case study
Digital process optimisation at Richard Heinbokel Spedition using CarLo
Richard Heinbokel Spedition has been using the logistics software CarLo for over ten years to digitise and streamline processes in the areas of bulk goods, tankers, silo loads and part and full loads. Thanks to the continuous development of the software, workflows have been optimised in the long term.
- Digitisation and simplification of various specialist and operational areas
- Improved communication between dispatchers and drivers
- Automation of processes in planning and order entry
- Integration of custom interfaces to customers
- Detailed transport updates in real time
- Flexible adaptation of the software to company-specific requirements
Through its long-term use of CarLo, Richard Heinbokel Spedition has been able to make its processes more efficient and transparent. The combination of digitalisation and customisation helps the company to respond flexibly to the demands of day-to-day transport operations.
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Our TMS CarLo is used everywhere–in medium-sized companies, global corporations, forwarding companies and in the shipping industry–for global multimodal transports as well as for national orders and local transport.