Hours rekeying
The same load typed into the TMS, then accounting, then a spreadsheet. TMS Forge enters it once.
Why TMS Forge
One platform beats five tools stitched together.
Most carriers run a TMS, bolt on add-ons, add a separate driver app, and glue it together with spreadsheets. Here's how that stacks up against everything living on one platform.
| Capability | TMS Forge | Traditional TMS + add-ons |
|---|---|---|
| Dispatch, accounting, safety & reporting | One platform, one login | Separate systems |
| Driver app | Included, built in | Third-party, extra cost |
| Document scanning | AI, native | Manual rekeying |
| Add fields & tables yourself | ✓ | — |
| Build full apps without code | ✓ | — |
| Pre-built app marketplace | 100+ apps | Limited / none |
| Single source of truth | ✓ | Synced & reconciled |
| Time to change something | Minutes, yourself | A vendor ticket |
| Data living in spreadsheets | None | Everywhere |
Comparison reflects a typical mid-market carrier stack. Your mileage will vary by vendor.
The real difference
Every TMS has features. Only one lets you add your own.
Feature lists go stale the day your operation changes. The two checkmarks above are the ones that matter in year three: with the Studio, the software bends to how you run — and you do the bending, not a vendor with a backlog.
- Add a field to any record — it shows up everywhere that record does
- Build forms for the office and for drivers in the mobile app
- Write workflows that fire on create, change, or save
- Build the reports every department actually asks for
- What we ship and what you build run on the same engine
Added field “Lane code” to LoadsYou · 2 min
Built a pre-trip form for driversYou · 20 min
Workflow — flag detention over 2hYou · same day
The same three, on a traditional TMSTicket · next release
Not one of these needed an engineer. 0 tickets filed
The hidden cost
Where a stitched-together stack leaks money.
Numbers that disagree
Two systems, two versions of the truth, and a monthly reconciliation. One platform, one answer.
Waiting on the vendor
A new field means a support ticket and a roadmap promise. In TMS Forge, you add it yourself.
Those are the costs you can see. The worst ones never show up on an invoice:
Loads that never get billed — revenue you'll never know was missing.
A lane that loses money forty more times before you find out.
Drivers who leave over settlements that were wrong twice in a row.
A CSA score you hear about from an inspector.
Do the math
What does your current stack really cost you?
The rate con gets typed into the TMS. Then the spreadsheet. Then the accounting system. Every extra pass burns office hours — and every mis-key becomes a wrong rate, a short pay, or a detention charge nobody ever bills. Set the sliders to your fleet and watch the bill add up.
Deliberately conservative estimates: 4 minutes per re-entry, 1 mis-key per 100 re-entries at $65 to chase down and correct, and 1 accessorial per 100 loads stranded in a spreadsheet at $85. Your books know the real number.
Re-keying the same loads 1,040 office hours a year$29,120
Chasing down mis-keys ~156 bad entries a year — wrong rates, wrong invoices$10,140
Accessorials that never get billed ~78 detention & lumper charges lost between systems$6,630
Lost every year before you pay a single license fee$45,890
≈ 0.8 of a full-time hire, spent typing numbers your team already typed. In Forge: typed once
One platform.
Dispatch to invoice to settlement without leaving TMS Forge or re-entering a thing.
Yours to shape.
Add fields, build tables, ship apps. No engineer, no vendor ticket, no waiting.
Actually usable.
A driver app drivers open, AI where it saves time, and an interface your team likes.
See the difference on your loads.
Book a 15-minute demo and we'll show you what one platform looks like for your operation.