Operations software for freight brokerages
Move documents from the inbox to the TMS without re-keying.
Jodat Group builds operational software for brokerages handling 20 to 500 loads a week. Tenders, rate confirmations, carrier packets and invoices are extracted into structured records, reviewed by your team, and written to your TMS only on approval.
Rate confirmation
Load 48213 · 3 of 14 pending
Source document
Rate confirmation
Page 1 of 2
Load
48213
Rate
$2,850.00
Pickup
Joliet, IL
Delivery
Laredo, TX
Extracted record
rate_con_48213.pdf
Nothing writes to the TMS until approved. Every change is logged.
Scope
Fixed in writing
Pricing
Published
Delivery
3–10 weeks to production
Control
Human approval on every record
Built to work alongside
McLeod · Turvo · Aljex · Tai · QuickBooks
Where manual work sits between your systems
These are integration gaps, not staffing problems. The systems involved were not designed to exchange data, so people do it for them.
Three capabilities, delivered to production
Document intake
Email and PDF in, structured record out. Tenders, rate confirmations, COIs, carrier packets and invoices are extracted, validated and held in a review queue until a member of your team approves them. Corrections are captured and used to improve extraction.
rate_con_48213.pdf → Load 48213 · awaiting approval
Operational tooling
Internal tools that sit beside your TMS rather than replacing it: exception queues, margin-by-lane views, dispatch boards that match how your floor works, and customer portals that reduce inbound status calls.
Exceptions · 6 loads missing POD > 24h
Systems reconciliation
TMS to accounting, load boards to pipeline, EDI and API partners to both, and the spreadsheets your team still depends on, reconciled without a person in the middle.
TMS ↔ QuickBooks · 412 matched · 3 flagged
Outside our scope: consumer mobile applications, marketing websites, hourly staff augmentation, and remediation of inherited codebases.
Controls and data handling
Approval before write
No record reaches your TMS until a named user approves it.
Audit trail
Every extraction, edit and approval is logged with user and timestamp.
Your accounts
The software runs in accounts you own, with credentials you issue and can revoke.
Data handling
[State where documents are processed, which AI provider is used, and how long data is retained.]
How an engagement runs
01
Operations assessment
One week · $6,000
We observe the work with your coordinators, map the workflow, and quantify what the manual process costs per month. You receive a written build plan with a fixed price and timeline. The plan is yours, whether or not we build it.
02
Build
Fixed price · 3–10 weeks
Working software is delivered every Friday, and each increment is accepted by you before the next begins. The assessment fee is credited against the build. No hourly billing.
03
Operate
Monthly, optional
Monitoring, minor changes and the next workflow when you are ready. Cancel at any time. The software remains in your accounts.
Reference builds
Each build models a workflow common to freight brokerages.
Rate confirmation intake
Carrier packet tracker
Pricing
Every build is fixed-price and agreed in writing after the assessment.
Engagement | Price | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Operations assessment | $6,000 | One week. Workflow map, cost analysis and fixed-price build plan. Credited against the build. |
| Automation build | $20,000–$45,000 | One workflow, end to end, in production. 3–5 weeks. |
| Platform build | $45,000–$75,000+ | Multiple connected workflows, an internal tool or a customer portal. 6–10 weeks. |
| Care plan | From $2,000 per month | Monitoring, minor changes and priority response. Optional. |
Questions buyers ask
[Confirm: The code lives in your repositories and runs in your accounts from the first week. Each build ships with documentation and an operating runbook, so another engineer can maintain it.]
Extraction is one component. A build also includes validation against your TMS data, a review queue, approval controls, an audit log and the integration itself.
[Confirm: You do, including the source code, on final payment.]
Where a product fits your workflow, you should buy it, and the assessment will say so. Custom software is justified where your process differs from what products assume.
Each weekly increment is accepted by you before the next begins. [Confirm your remedy if acceptance criteria are not met.]
[Confirm: Through the access method your TMS supports, using credentials you issue. Records are written only after approval.]
Principal-led delivery
The person who scopes your build is the person who delivers it.
[Name, title, and two or three sentences of relevant background.]
Start with one workflow.
A 20-minute call to review the workflow that costs your team the most time. No preparation is required; a screenshot of the inbox is enough. If the savings do not justify a build, we will say so.