Phase 1Live
Foundation Platform
- Multi-tenant organisations with carrier panels and member roles
- SA-localised load posting — 19 categories, DG classes 1-9, abnormal, refrigerated, food-grade
- Load board with status filter, pagination and role-aware visibility
- Real-time GPS tracking — webhook ingestion, history events, map view
- Document upload — POD, waybill, invoice, supporting docs (Supabase Storage)
- Rate card management with carrier-specific overrides
- Invoicing with 8 SA payment terms and 15% VAT
- Paystack payments integration — ZAR only
- Brokerage commission engine for broker users
- GIT insurance tracking — policies and per-load certificates
- Fleet management — vehicles, drivers, trip sheets, fuel, maintenance
- Compliance alerts — license, GIT, roadworthy expiry tracking
- Admin panel — users, disputes, audit logs
- Four-role access — shipper, broker, transporter, admin
- Public landing page with savings calculator and live demo
Phase 2Building
Quoting & Procurement
- Multi-carrier quoting engine — shipper requests, multiple carriers respond
- Quote comparison view — price, transit time, carrier compliance score
- Tender events for recurring lanes — sealed bids, side-by-side evaluation, award workflow
- Compliance scoring engine — calculated from documents, on-time delivery, dispute history
- Receivables aging dashboard — Current / 1-30 / 31-60 / 60+ buckets with CSV export
Phase 3Planned
Spend & Working Capital
- POD-to-Invoice acceleration with OCR — cuts DSO from 45 days to 7 days
- Cross-border insurance embedded at load creation — SADC corridor coverage
- Roadside assistance marketplace along N1, N2, N3, N4 corridors
- En route trip wallet for driver cash management — geofenced top-ups
- Document OCR auto-extraction for compliance docs (license, insurance, roadworthy)
- Compliance document intelligence — auto-fill expiry, validate type
Phase 4Planned
AI Intelligence Layer
- AI-powered route optimisation across SA corridors
- Predictive pricing engine using historical rate data
- Intelligent carrier matching by load type and geography
- Anomaly detection on carrier compliance and spend
- Automated savings reports for finance teams
- Risk scoring per carrier — shipper-facing decision support
- Transporter compliance score transparency — self-service breakdown by category
- Shipper-side transporter ratings — bidirectional reputation with Facility Ratings
Phase 5Planned
Open Marketplace
- Self-serve carrier and shipper onboarding
- Public load board for spot freight
- Reverse auction quoting — extension of tender events
- API access for enterprise ERP and TMS integrations
- Embedded freight insurance at booking — broader than GIT
Phase 6Vision
Autonomous Operations
- Fully automated load-to-carrier matching and booking
- Hands-free compliance renewal and document handling
- AI agent handles supplier queries and disputes
- Automated payment reconciliation and remittances
- Spend optimisation engine running daily on enterprise group data
- Unattended freight operations for non-exception loads
Phase 7Vision
National Scale
- Pan-SA coverage including cross-border SADC routes
- Enterprise white-label platform for large shippers
- Freight finance — carrier invoice factoring and advances
- Carbon emissions tracking and reporting per shipment
- Customs and cross-border document automation
- 200+ verified SA carrier partners on the network
VisionNorth Star
SA's National Freight Exchange
- SA's leading digital freight marketplace
- Full-stack freight OS: quote, book, track, insure, finance, audit in one platform
- Real-time national capacity graph across all provinces and corridors
- Freight intelligence sold as a data product to banks, insurers and government
- Haulio Network: SA's largest verified carrier and driver ecosystem
- International expansion — East Africa and West Africa freight corridors
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