Small logistics companies in Fort Lauderdale still run on spreadsheets, WhatsApp and paper. ERP Logistics puts receiving, cross-dock, inventory, dispatch and invoicing in one system, with AI agents that quote and update customers for you.
Fort Lauderdale handles containers, fuel and cruise traffic through Port Everglades, with a large belt of warehouses across Broward County. A typical customer list includes container importers, marine supply companies, distributors and e-commerce sellers.
Containers arrive in batches and must be unloaded, counted and placed fast. ERP Logistics turns each container into received inventory with photos, ready to dispatch.
Your team sees what arrived, what is in quarantine, what is ready to go and what has been invoiced, and the AI agents answer customers who ask where their cargo is.
One of your container importers calls asking where their order is. Instead of someone walking the warehouse, the AI agent checks the shipment record, answers with the status and expected dispatch date, and logs the call. Your team never stopped working.
Typical numbers for a small forwarder, 3PL or distributor.
Each one interrupts someone who has to walk the warehouse or dig through messages.
Invoices built by hand at the end of the week delay cash and miss charges.
Without a system, the newest cargo goes out first and the oldest sits and ages.
Damage on arrival is hard to prove if nobody documented it at receiving.
Same flow for every shipment, every day.
Take a photo or upload the PDF of the B/L or AWB: OCR reads the number, master and house waybills, pieces and weights. Then scan pieces and photograph the cargo; anything with problems goes to quarantine, not stock.
Cargo going straight out is cross-docked first-in first-out; the rest is placed by location in inventory.
Documents, invoice and customer updates come out of the same record, with AI agents answering status calls.
Situations every small warehouse knows.
| Situation | Today | With ERP Logistics |
|---|---|---|
| "Where is my cargo?" | Someone walks the warehouse | AI agent answers from the record |
| Invoice | Built by hand days later | Generated at dispatch with sales tax |
| Month-end report | Rebuilt from spreadsheets | Exported in minutes |
| Customer in Latin America | Depends on who speaks Spanish | English and Spanish in the same system |
| Truck arrives | Paper list, typed later | Scanned and photographed on arrival |
| Shipments involving container unloading and devanning | Tracked in separate files | One record from receiving to invoice |
| Shipments involving marine and yacht supplies | Tracked in separate files | One record from receiving to invoice |
Defaults are typical for an operation this size. Assumes 60% less paperwork and 70% fewer errors.
Yes. Invoices are generated at dispatch with the sales tax rate you configure for your location.
They answer customers who ask for shipment status, prepare quotes from your rates and keep a record of every conversation for your team.
Yes. Receiving works from a phone or tablet camera, and you can add barcode scanners if you already have them.
Yes. Each shipment keeps its documents, photos and status from receiving to invoice, so that kind of cargo is tracked the same way as everything else, with its own notes and checklist.
They can ask the AI agent by phone or chat; it answers from the shipment record and logs the request for your team.
The same ERP, set up for operators in neighboring cities.
The demo is live with realistic data in dollars and English. Then try it free for 15 days in your Fort Lauderdale warehouse.