Custom software for shipping operators, 3PLs, and supply chain businesses who need multi-carrier platforms, warehouse management, and real-time visibility that off-the-shelf tools can't deliver.
We build the operational layer that sits between your carriers, your warehouse, and your customers -- and makes all three work together without manual intervention.
Multi-carrier shipping platforms with FedEx, DHL, UPS, and Aramex API integrations -- one interface for all carriers
Real-time shipment tracking and supply chain visibility from pick to delivery
Warehouse management systems built around your actual picking, packing, and dispatch workflows
Route optimisation and fleet management that cuts fuel costs and delivery time
Summary
RaftLabs builds custom logistics software -- multi-carrier shipping platforms, warehouse management systems, fleet tracking tools, and supply chain visibility dashboards -- for logistics operators who've outgrown off-the-shelf solutions. We've shipped a multi-carrier shipping platform that connects 70+ countries and integrates FedEx, DHL, UPS, and Aramex into a single workflow. Most logistics products launch in 10–14 weeks at a fixed cost, with full source code ownership.
70+Multi-carrier shipping with real-time rate comparison
·10-16Week delivery for logistics software
·100+Software products shipped
·FixedCost delivery
Logistics software built for operators, not demos
Legacy logistics systems weren't designed for the volume, carrier mix, or customer expectations that operators face today. The result is a patchwork of carrier portals, manual tracking sheets, and disconnected warehouse tools -- each maintained by a different team, each breaking in a different way when things get busy.
We build the software that replaces that patchwork. One system for carrier APIs, shipment tracking, warehouse operations, and customer-facing visibility. Built around your workflows, not a vendor's idea of what your workflows should be.
What we build
Multi-carrier shipping platforms
Shipping platforms that connect to FedEx, DHL, UPS, Aramex, and regional carriers through a single API layer. Rate shopping across carriers, automated label generation, and a unified tracking feed so your ops team isn't switching between five carrier portals to find a shipment. We've built a platform that handles shipping across 70+ countries with Shopify and direct e-commerce integrations -- the kind of carrier breadth that takes years to build without a specialist team.
Warehouse management systems
WMS built around how your warehouse actually runs -- not a generic system your team has to work around. Pick, pack, and dispatch workflows, barcode scanning, inventory location management, and inbound receiving flows. Integration with your ERP or order management system so inventory levels are accurate in real time. We scope the WMS around your physical layout and your team's process before a single line of code is written.
Fleet management and route optimisation
Real-time fleet tracking, driver dispatch, and route optimisation that reduces fuel costs and improves delivery windows. Live GPS feeds, driver mobile apps, and a dispatcher dashboard that shows every vehicle, every route, and every exception in one view. Route optimisation that factors in time windows, vehicle capacity, and traffic -- not just the shortest path on a map.
Supply chain visibility and tracking
End-to-end shipment visibility from supplier to customer. Tracking events pulled from carrier APIs, consolidated into a single timeline, and surfaced to your ops team and your customers. Exception management so delays, customs holds, and failed deliveries are caught before your customer calls to ask where their order is. Branded tracking portals that reduce inbound WISMO queries without adding headcount.
Last-mile delivery management
Last-mile platforms for delivery operators managing their own fleets or working with local courier networks. Proof of delivery capture, customer notification workflows, delivery slot management, and returns initiation. The last mile is where customer experience is made or broken -- we build the software that gives you control over it.
Freight and cargo management platforms
Freight management tools for brokers, forwarders, and cargo operators. Quote generation, booking management, document handling for customs and compliance, and visibility across air, ocean, and road shipments. Carrier rate integrations, shipment status feeds, and customer portals that give your clients the information they need without calling your ops team.
Problems we solve for logistics businesses
Multi-carrier shipping rates and selection done manually without real-time comparison
When your team opens separate carrier portals to compare rates for each shipment, you're paying for the cheapest available rate only when someone has time to check. Automated rate shopping across all carriers at booking time saves money on every shipment and removes the manual step entirely.
Warehouse picking and packing errors because staff have no digital guidance
Paper pick lists and memory-based workflows produce errors that cost you in returns, reshipping, and customer complaints. A directed picking system that tells each operative exactly what to pick, where to find it, and how to pack it reduces errors and speeds up throughput without hiring more supervisors.
Last-mile delivery tracking not visible to customers causing high support ticket volume
Where is my order is the most common support query in any delivery operation. When your customers have no self-service way to get that answer, every query becomes a support ticket. A branded tracking portal reduces inbound volume without adding headcount.
Return management adding hidden costs that aren't tracked against orders
Returns processed manually -- staff reviewing each item, updating inventory, issuing credits, deciding on restocking -- create a cost per return that most operators can't accurately quantify. Without return data connected to the original order, you can't measure the true cost of returns or identify which products or channels drive the most.
Carrier performance data not aggregated, making supplier decisions based on gut feel
If your on-time delivery rates, damage rates, and claims resolution times are in separate carrier portals, you're negotiating contracts and making routing decisions without the data to back them up. A unified carrier performance dashboard shows you exactly which carriers are delivering and where the problems are concentrated.
Manually preparing commercial invoices, packing lists, and customs declarations for international shipments is slow and error-prone. A customs documentation workflow that pulls shipment data and generates the required documents automatically reduces clearance delays and the compliance errors that trigger holds.
How we work with logistics businesses
We spend one to two weeks documenting your carrier integrations, warehouse layout, order flow, and the specific friction points in your current system. We identify what data exists in your current tools and what needs to be built from scratch versus integrated.
We define the exact scope: which carrier APIs are included, what warehouse workflows we build, what customer-facing features are in scope, and what the delivery milestones are. You get a fixed cost before development starts -- no hourly billing, no scope ambiguity.
Carrier APIs are the highest-risk part of a logistics build. We design the integration layer -- normalised data model, error handling, retry logic, tracking event mapping -- before writing application code. This prevents the carrier-specific edge cases that derail logistics projects at the last mile.
Development runs in two-week cycles. You review working software at each sprint, including live carrier integrations tested against staging environments. For warehouse tools, we test on the hardware -- scanners, printers, mobile devices -- your team will actually use.
We support go-live with carrier credential configuration, warehouse floor testing, and a hypercare period for production issues. Source code and full technical documentation are transferred to you at handover. Ongoing support is available separately.
What to ask any logistics software team
Technical capability
Which carrier APIs have you integrated with in production?
How do you handle carrier API failures and fallback routing?
Can you show a WMS you've built and how it handles barcode scanning?
How do you approach real-time tracking event normalisation across carriers?
Delivery and commercial
Is your pricing fixed or time-and-materials?
Who owns the source code and IP at the end of the project?
How do you handle carrier API changes that affect the integration post-launch?
Logistics-specific experience
Have you built multi-carrier rate shopping with real-time comparison?
Can you integrate with our existing ERP or order management system?
Have you built cross-border customs documentation workflows before?
Logistics software development cost
Scope
Estimated range
Timeline
Shipment tracking and customer portal
Shipment tracking and customer portal
$30,000–$55,000
10–14 weeks
Multi-carrier shipping platform
Multi-carrier shipping platform
$40,000–$75,000
12–16 weeks
Warehouse management system
Warehouse management system
$50,000–$90,000
12–18 weeks
Full logistics management platform
Full logistics management platform
$100,000–$200,000+
6–12 months
Frequently asked questions
Logistics software development is the process of building custom software that manages the movement of goods -- from order placement to final delivery. This includes carrier integrations, shipment tracking, warehouse management, route planning, and supply chain visibility. Off-the-shelf logistics platforms like ShipStation or NetSuite WMS solve common problems for standard workflows. Custom development is what you need when your carrier mix, warehouse layout, or operational process is specific enough that a generic platform creates more friction than it removes. RaftLabs has built logistics software for multi-carrier shipping operators, 3PLs, freight brokers, and last-mile delivery companies. We scope the build around the specific problem -- not a feature list from a competitor's platform.
Every major carrier -- FedEx, DHL, UPS, Aramex, and most regional providers -- publishes a documented API for rate shopping, label generation, and shipment tracking. We integrate directly with those APIs and normalise the data so your platform has one consistent data model regardless of which carrier a shipment uses. The practical challenge is that every carrier API has its own quirks: different field requirements for international shipments, different error codes, different update frequencies for tracking events. We've worked through those quirks on production builds. Our multi-carrier shipping platform connects to carriers in 70+ countries -- that experience means your integration project isn't our first encounter with a carrier's edge cases.
Yes. Most logistics software projects involve integrating with an existing system of record -- whether that's SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, a Shopify store, or a proprietary OMS. We scope the integration approach during discovery: what the existing system exposes via API or data export, what needs to be read versus written, and where the authoritative data source for inventory and orders lives. We don't replace your ERP -- we build the logistics layer that connects it to your carriers, your warehouse, and your customers. Integration complexity is usually the highest-risk part of a logistics project, so we flush it out early.
A focused logistics product -- for example, a multi-carrier shipping integration or a WMS for a single warehouse -- typically delivers in 10–14 weeks. A more complex build, such as a full supply chain visibility platform or a freight management system with multiple carrier integrations, runs longer depending on scope. We scope the project before pricing it: you know what's included, what the delivery milestones are, and what the fixed cost is before development starts. We don't do time-and-materials billing for logistics builds -- it creates the wrong incentives and leaves the cost risk with you.
Logistics software by product
Logistics Software Development -- freight management, carrier integration, shipment tracking, warehouse management, and supply chain visibility
