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Import Planning

Import Planning Software: Return Load and Customs Tracking

Don't let vehicles return empty. Match import loads on a location basis, digitize customs processes, and do bonded warehouse planning before the vehicle arrives.

Loggerise Import Planning Module: Maximum Profit on Return Loads, Zero Waiting at Customs

Import operations are not just about bringing goods into the country; they are about bringing them at the right cost, without getting stuck in customs processes, and on time. Having your vehicle, which has unloaded its export cargo, earn money on its way back is your business’s profitability formula.

The Loggerise ERP Import Planning Module enables you to organize your empty vehicles abroad, track customs bureaucracy digitally, and prepare goods receipt at your bonded warehouse before the vehicle arrives.

📊 Industry data: Per the WTO, full implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement can cut average import time by 47%. Dünya Ticaret Örgütü (WTO) – Trade Facilitation

1. Smart Return Load and Location-Based Matching

After your vehicle unloads its export cargo at a point in Europe or Asia, your biggest enemy is “empty kilometers” (Deadhead). Loggerise turns this cost into an opportunity.

  • Location-Based Load Suggestion: The system looks at the location where the vehicle has unloaded or will unload (e.g., Munich) and shows you the potential import loads in that region on a map. It answers the question “Which load is nearby?” within seconds.
  • Deadline and Route Management: It analyzes the date the load will be ready and the date the vehicle will unload. It maximizes efficiency by creating the most suitable return plan that will not create waiting time.
  • Cross-Trade: By matching the requests coming from your supplier network abroad with your available vehicles in that region, evaluate not only the return to Türkiye but also cross-country transportation opportunities.

 

2. Import Cockpit and Live ETA Tracking

When the import load sets off, uncertainty comes to an end. Monitor every movement of the vehicle, border gate crossings and customs status from a single cockpit screen.

  • Border and Customs Statuses: Is your vehicle at Kapıkule, at Hamzabeyli, or at an inland customs office? Notice delays in advance with instant status updates and inform your customer proactively.
  • Dynamic Arrival Time (ETA): Based on road conditions, border density and weather, the system continuously updates when the vehicle will arrive at your bonded warehouse (Estimated Time of Arrival).
  • Digital Document Bag: T1, ATR, Certificate of Origin and Invoices… Add critical import documents digitally to the vehicle card. By sharing them instantly with your customs broker, start the procedures while the vehicle is still on the road.

3. Bonded Warehouse and Customs Clearance Integration

Make your preparations before the goods arrive at the door. The import planning module talks to warehouse management.

  • Automatic Bonded Warehouse Notification: Before the planned vehicle reaches customs, an automatic “Expected Vehicle” notification drops to the bonded warehouse management. The warehouse team knows in advance which ramp to prepare and which equipment to use.
  • Urgent Load Prioritization: Are you carrying raw material that the production line is waiting for, or perishable food? Provide operational priority for loads marked as “Urgent” in the system and speed up the process.
  • Cost Reflection: Calculate your net cost per trip by instantly recording customs duties, storage, delivery order (ordino) and demurrage expenses into the import file.

4. Order Consolidation and Supplier Management

For companies doing partial (LTL) imports, combining the parts is an art.

  • Order Consolidation: Optimize transportation costs by combining (consolidating) partial loads taken from different suppliers onto a single vehicle.
  • Quality Control Preparation: Prevent the acceptance of defective products by defining in the system which quality control tests (sampling, etc.) will be carried out before the products are unloaded into the warehouse.

Why the Loggerise Import Module?

  1. Cost Advantage: Increase profitability per trip by preventing empty returns.
  2. Full Transparency: Answer questions like “Where are the goods, have they cleared customs?” from a single screen rather than through phone traffic.
  3. Planned Warehouse: Automatically plan space and equipment in your warehouse before the import goods arrive

Frequently Asked Questions

We have answered the questions on your mind. For more, you can get in touch with our team.

Thanks to the "Location-Based Load Suggestion" feature, the system looks at the location where your vehicle will unload (e.g., Munich) and shows you the potential import loads in that region on a map. This way, by eliminating the "Empty Kilometer" (Deadhead) cost, it enables you to plan the most suitable return load within seconds.

Yes. Through the "Import Cockpit," you can track the vehicle's instant status live—whether it is at Kapıkule, at Hamzabeyli, or at an inland customs office. The system continuously updates the estimated time of arrival (ETA) based on road and customs conditions.

Absolutely. You can add import documents (Invoice, Packing List, Certificate of Origin, etc.) digitally to the vehicle card. Your customs broker can access these documents while the vehicle is still on the road and start the declaration procedures in advance, thereby reducing the waiting time at customs.

Yes. With the "Order Consolidation" feature, you can optimize your transportation costs by combining small partial loads (LTL) taken from different points onto a single vehicle.

Yes. Before the planned vehicle reaches customs, an automatic "Expected Vehicle" notification drops to the bonded warehouse management. The warehouse team saves time by knowing in advance which ramp and equipment to prepare according to the type of load.