Notes from the workshop
What we're thinking about, what we're building, and what we're reading — notes on AI-native engineering, product work, and shipping software that lasts.
Warehouse Management System Development: A WMS for Your Floor
Warehouse management system development means building WMS software around your specific floor (its locations, scan-driven workflows, and slotting rules) rather than bending operations to fit a generic template. Here is what a custom WMS covers and when to build one.
What Is a Transportation Management System (TMS)?
A transportation management system handles every step of moving freight: planning, rating, tendering, dispatch, and settlement. Here is how TMS software works, where it fits against a WMS, and when a custom build beats off-the-shelf.
Supply Chain Visibility Software: How the Stack Actually Works
Supply chain visibility sounds simple until you try to build it. Carrier EDI 214s arrive late, telematics pins need geofence context, and order data lives in a separate system. Here is how the ingest-to-ETA stack works and when to own it.
How Much Does Supply Chain Management Software Cost?
SaaS subscriptions, mid-market platforms, and custom builds occupy very different price ranges. This article covers what actually drives supply chain software cost (integration surface, compliance depth, data migration) and the total-cost comparison over a realistic horizon.
Supply Chain Planning Software: How It Is Built in 2026
Supply chain planning software decides what to make, buy and stock before anything moves. This guide takes the engine apart: the forecasting evidence from M5, the safety stock arithmetic, the solver benchmarks and the vendor filings that show what the price pays for.
Order Management System: How It's Built
An order management system orchestrates an order from any channel to delivery. Here's the core services, the inventory and ATP logic, distributed order management, the EDI integrations, and what it takes to build.
Last-Mile Delivery Software: How It Is Built in 2026
Last-mile delivery software runs the loop from depot to door: dispatch, routing, a driver app, live tracking, proof of delivery and exceptions. How each part is built, what the measured economics say, what it costs to buy, and when building your own is the right call.
Fleet Management Software: How It Is Built in 2026
Fleet management software turns vehicle telematics into decisions about location, driving, cost and compliance. How it is built in 2026: the CAN bus to dashboard pipeline, ELD and tachograph rules as requirements, measured safety and fuel evidence, and the cost to buy or build.
3PL Software: Multi-Tenant Architecture and Billing
3PL software is a multi-client warehouse platform with billing and client portals on top. Here's the multi-tenant architecture, the 3PL billing engine, the integrations, and what it takes to build.
Logistics Management Software: How It's Built
Logistics management software is the platform that runs goods from order to delivery. Here's how TMS, WMS and OMS modules fit one system, the data model, the EDI and telematics integrations, and what it takes to build.
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