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TMS module

TMS is IronKernel's transportation operating system for planning, dispatching, executing, and settling freight moves across company assets and brokered capacity.

Business outcome

The revenue engine. Full EDI suite and automated load tendering to optimize your distribution network and carrier performance.

Transportation Management

Capability pillars

  • Load Lifecycle and Planning
  • Dispatch and Operations
  • Carrier and Brokerage Operations
  • Billing and Accounts Receivable

Workflow highlights

  • Load Lifecycle and Planning workflow
  • Dispatch Operations workflow
  • Carrier and Brokerage Operations workflow

Feature pages

Each deep product includes feature pages with problem/capability flow and evidence references.

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Load Lifecycle and Planning

Trip/Stop migration is staged with quote-to-delivery lifecycle support for multi-stop and partial/LTL workflows.

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Dispatch Operations

Multi-panel layout for unassigned loads, available drivers, and active work.

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Carrier and Brokerage Operations

Carrier network lifecycle includes profile management, tender negotiation, and response/counter workflows.

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Billing and Accounts Receivable

Billing and AR workflows deliver invoice lifecycles, payment allocations, collections, and automated reminders.

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Personnel Operations (Personnel Ops Module)

TMS owns driver operational state (HOS, GPS location, truck assignment, availability, performance metrics).

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DVIR (Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports)

DVIR capture and defect workflows are reachable through DriverService and integrated with workflow surfaces.

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Customer and Rate Management

Customer profile and rate-management models support carrier/customer operations and credit/rate workflows.

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Load Board and Capacity Acquisition

Load-board contracting and capacity sourcing foundations support DAT/Truckstop integrations and ranking.

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Document and OCR Workflows

Document intake paths ingest portal/mobile/API/email payloads into settlement/dispute contexts.

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EDI Workflows

EDI 204/990/214/997 lifecycle supports trading partner onboarding and polling/control operations.

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Messaging and Collaboration

Context-linked messaging, participant workflows, and persisted conversation history are fully implemented.

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Analytics and Executive Intelligence

Analytics runtime delivers operational KPI, billing, retention, and forecast dashboards from live domain tables.

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Notifications and Transport

Multi-channel notification, subscription control, and delivery health monitoring are implemented across transport targets.

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Telematics and External Provider Integrations

Telematics ingestion supports ELD mappings, adapter orchestration, and sync workers with tenant-safe persistence.

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Copilot

Copilot now persists and streams chat sessions with tenancy-aware attribution and reader-safe consumption.

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Solution relevance map

These solution routes consume this product to validate cross-flow continuity and buyer outcomes (4).

Proof model

Product-level proof

  • TMS load lifecycle orchestration includes planning, persistence, and downstream contract surfaces.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Load Lifecycle and Planning

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/loads

    Contract: proto/tms/loads/v1

  • TMS load lifecycle workflows are implemented in service modules and proto contracts.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Load Lifecycle and Planning

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/loads

    Contract: proto/tms/loads/v1

  • TMS dispatch operations consume readiness and fleet state through dedicated dispatch runtime modules.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Dispatch and Operations

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/dispatch

    Contract: proto/tms/dispatch/v1

  • Dispatch workflows are implemented in dedicated operations modules.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Dispatch and Operations

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/dispatch

    Contract: proto/tms/dispatch/v1

  • TMS carrier and brokerage workflows are implemented for carrier selection and lifecycle operations.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Carrier and Brokerage Operations

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/carriers

    Contract: proto/tms/carriers/v1

  • TMS billing and A/R workflows are implemented with dedicated service modules and finance contracts.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Billing and Accounts Receivable

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/billing

    Contract: proto/tms/billing/v1

  • TMS personnel operations are supported through personnel modules and organization boundaries.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Personnel Operations (Personnel Ops Module)

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/personnel_ops

  • TMS DVIR and compliance evidence captures are implemented through inspection and messaging flows.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > DVIR (Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports)

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/dvir

    Contract: proto/tms/health/v1

  • TMS customer and rate management surfaces are implemented for pricing and configuration workflows.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Customer and Rate Management

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/customers

    Contract: proto/tms/customers/v1

  • TMS load board and capacity operations are implemented through loadboard modules.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Load Board and Capacity Acquisition

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/loadboard

    Contract: proto/tms/loads/v1

  • TMS document and OCR workflows are implemented in document service modules.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Document and OCR Workflows

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/documents

    Contract: proto/tms/documents/v1

  • TMS EDI trading flows are implemented as dedicated exchange pathways.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > EDI Workflows

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/edi

    Contract: proto/tms/edi/v1

  • TMS messaging and collaboration are implemented through conversation and notification modules.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Messaging and Collaboration

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/messaging

    Contract: proto/tms/messaging/v1

  • TMS analytics and executive intelligence use dedicated analytics modules and query contracts.

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    docs/products/tms/product.md · Module Catalog > Analytics and Executive Intelligence

    Code: backend/services/tms/internal/modules/analytics

    Contract: proto/tms/analytics/v1

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Load Lifecycle and Planning Dispatch Operations Carrier and Brokerage Operations Billing and Accounts Receivable Personnel Operations (Personnel Ops Module) DVIR (Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports) Customer and Rate Management Load Board and Capacity Acquisition Document and OCR Workflows EDI Workflows Messaging and Collaboration Analytics and Executive Intelligence Notifications and Transport Telematics and External Provider Integrations Copilot View solutions Get in touch