
A single board
Track shipments, document gaps and deadlines.
Where is it? What is missing? What needs attention?
Track shipments, spot what needs attention and keep documents in order.
| Shipment | Route | Stage | Free time | Docs |
|---|
Try it: pick a shipment, tick a document, draft an update or add a hold reason. Nothing you do here is saved beyond this visit.
Typed once, in their booking system, never again.
The sprint delivers personal software: durable, shaped around the client's own files and vocabulary, with visible errors and a manual fallback to Step 1. Built in their accounts.
Two booked days a month, decided each quarter on the numbers.
| When | Event | Handled |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | Free time inside 3 days | Release or return chased with the named party, draft written, office sends |
| On arrival | Carrier and port invoices | Each line checked against the quoted rate and the contract sheet; differences listed, not paid |
| Monthly | Demurrage and detention one-liner | Boxes over free time, days, cost, and the top three reasons |
| Quarterly | Lane review | Volume, margin and days to deliver by lane and carrier, one page |
Illustrative queue. The invoice check and the quarterly lane review are the retainer work. The retainer is booked days, not a support arrangement.
Start simple, then add more as your needs grow.

Track shipments, document gaps and deadlines.

Bring in bookings and carrier notices. Get a 7am operations summary.

Check carrier invoices, review extra charges and compare shipping lanes.
Free time is the allowance before extra container charges may apply.
Agree a starting point, then review at day 30.
Let's find a practical starting point for your business.
This is the shape, not a result. Every worked example is a fictional business with invented numbers. See the other six examples.