Coverage is not continuous
Drivers pass through areas with no usable data connection. Scans, proof of delivery and cash entries have to be captured locally and synced later without losing or duplicating anything.
Industries
Software for Logistics & Supply Chain
Systems that keep working when the driver is out of coverage and the consignment has changed hands three times since morning.
- Cash handling controls
- Customs and bond documentation
- Driver and vehicle records
What software do logistics and supply chain businesses need?
Logistics software covers freight forwarding job files, transport and fleet management, shipment tracking, last-mile routing, warehouse management, proof of delivery and cash collection. BetterSoftZ builds these for Bangladeshi freight forwarders, courier companies and distribution businesses in Dhaka, Chattogram and beyond, designed for offline field use, cash-on-delivery reconciliation and the exception handling that consumes most of an operations team's day.
What shapes software in this sector
Cash collected in the field has to be accounted for
Cash on delivery makes every driver a collection point. Reconciling what was collected, what was deposited and what is still outstanding is a daily control problem, not a monthly report.
Exceptions are the actual workload
Wrong address, customer unavailable, refused delivery, damaged goods. The happy path takes minutes to design; the exception paths are where operations staff spend their day and where systems usually offer no help.
Handovers break the chain
A consignment moves between hub, van, rider and customer. Every handover is a point where custody has to be recorded, or accountability disappears at precisely the moment it is needed.
Freight forwarding and transport management
A forwarder’s work runs through job files, and most Bangladeshi forwarders still keep them in spreadsheets, email threads and paper folders. We build the job file as the centre of the system: booking, shipment milestones from origin to Chattogram or Dhaka airport, the documents each stage needs, and a running cost and revenue ledger per job. Transport management sits beside it: trips, vehicles, fuel, driver records and the trucking cost that belongs to each shipment.
Courier, payment and port integrations
| Link in the chain | What the system connects to |
|---|---|
| Courier partners | Pathao Courier, Steadfast and RedX: consignment creation, status polling, returns and settlement reconciliation |
| Cash and wallet collection | Cash on delivery, bKash, Nagad and SSLCOMMERZ, matched to each consignment |
| Rider and driver onboarding | NID verification before someone can carry stock or cash |
| Freight documents | Bill of lading, airway bill, LC, commercial invoice, packing list and the C&F agent’s bill, attached to the job file |
| Gateways | Chattogram port for sea freight and Dhaka airport for air freight, tracked as shipment milestones |
| Delivery area | All 64 districts, with routing and performance reported by district and area |
Design for the exception
Most logistics software is built around successful delivery and then bolted with workarounds for everything else. We invert that: the failed delivery, the refused parcel, the address that does not exist, the rider who finishes a shift with undelivered stock. Each becomes a queue with an owner, a next action and a deadline.
The offline problem, honestly
Offline capture is straightforward. Offline sync is not, because two devices can change the same consignment while disconnected. We settle those rules during discovery — which source wins, what the rider sees, what an operations supervisor can override — and we make sync resumable so a lost connection during upload does not mean a lost day of records.
Cash as a control problem
Cash on delivery turns every rider into a collection point, and the gap between collected and deposited is where losses hide. Recording collection at the point of delivery, against the consignment, with day-end settlement compared to deposits, turns a monthly reconciliation exercise into a daily one that catches problems while they are still small.
Measuring the operation
Delivery success rate by area and rider, average attempts per delivery, time in hub, and cost per successful delivery. These are usually visible for the first time once the data is captured properly, and they generally reshape routing decisions within weeks.
Systems we build for this sector
- Freight forwarding job files with booking, B/L and customs documents
- Transport management for trips, vehicles, fuel and driver records
- Courier API integration and settlement reconciliation
- Shipment and consignment tracking
- Last-mile routing and rider assignment
- Offline-capable driver app with proof of delivery
- Cash collection and daily settlement
- Warehouse receiving, put-away and picking
- Exception queues with resolution workflow
- Customer tracking portal and notifications
- Performance reporting by route, rider and area
Services this sector uses most
Custom Software Development
Systems built around your process, not around a template.
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Android-first apps tuned for real Bangladeshi networks and devices.
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Deploys that are boring, and uptime you stop thinking about.
Read more about Cloud & DevOpsFrequently asked questions
Do you build freight forwarding management software?
Yes. A forwarding system is organised around the job file: the booking, the carrier and consignee, the bill of lading or airway bill, LC and customs documents, and every charge billed to the customer or paid to a carrier, C&F agent or transporter. Profit per job is visible as costs come in, not after the month closes.
Does the driver app work without internet?
Yes. Scans, delivery confirmations, photographs, signatures and cash entries are stored on the device and synced when coverage returns, with sync designed to be resumable so a partial upload does not corrupt the day.
How is cash on delivery reconciled?
Each collection is recorded against the consignment at the point it is taken. At day end the rider's total is compared against deposits, with differences raised immediately rather than surfacing in a monthly review.
Can it integrate with courier partners we subcontract to?
Yes. Third-party courier handoffs are tracked as part of the same chain, with their status pulled automatically where an API exists and reconciled against their settlement statements.
Can we track vehicles as well as consignments?
Yes, either through the driver app or dedicated GPS hardware. Vehicle position is most useful when tied to consignment state, since that is what answers a customer asking where their parcel is.
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