Dispatch Science

Avantages

Dispatch Science provides a very robust platform that covers the following areas: Order Entry, Dispatch Management, Driver App, Automated Routing, Invoicing, Billing and a robust API. This allows our business to do a lot with the system.

Inconvénients

There are a bunch of UI enhancements that could be made to improve productivity, but the team is always working on and listening to customer suggestions.

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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

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Avantages

The software was automated and was optimized in the best possible way to pick up the delivery locations which was very easy to prepare the route also the tracking was amazing which displayed the real-time location accurately.

Inconvénients

Nothing that comes to mind as of now ...

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

I believe Dispatch Science gives me a significant competitive advantage over my competitors..

Inconvénients

Accounting module is good, just not amazing. Many DMS systems that I have used do not have an accounting piece, so I would consider them above average in this area.

Avantages

The Dispatch Science team is by far the most valuable aspect of the software. We've had 3 other systems over our 39 years in business. Partnering with Dispatch Sciences has been one of the best decisions we've made. They work with you to develop features that are critical to your operation that can give you and edge against the competition, bring you increased profitability or enhanced operations.

Inconvénients

Anything I'd put here would be nitpicky.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

Dispatch Science provides us the ability to manage every aspect of our business. Having one system that auto dispatches, plans and optimizes routes, manages receivables, and creates driver settlements is imperative to our success. This software is so user friendly, we were able to train our entire operations team in just a few short hours. We especially like the web based platform that we can log into from anywhere on any device. After researching several options in the market, Dispatch Science provides us with the features, unmatched value and support we needed.

Inconvénients

There was a bit of a learning curve switching ERP's, but overall the transition was smooth.