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Logistics & Transportation.

Traceability, optimization, and customer service for logistics and transportation—powered by AI, analytics, and systems integration.

Why SUMāTO in this sector
In logistics, winning comes down to visibility and speed.

Complex chains, document-intensive operations, and customers who demand real-time tracking. SUMāTO connects data, service, and operations.

Use cases

12 ways Logistics & Transportation leverages our portfolio.

Handling shipment issues

Understands what the customer is claiming, checks the shipment's real status in the operational systems and explains what happened, where it is and what will be done. Anything requiring action reaches the team with the case identified and the paperwork gathered.

Reading transport documents

Extracts the data from waybills, invoices, packing lists and customs documents, even when they arrive scanned, photographed or in a different format per customer. It ends the manual capture that delays clearance and causes most of the errors.

Route and capacity planning

Orders routes and loads by demand, delivery windows, access restrictions and the fleet's real capacity — not by how it was done last month. Fewer empty kilometres and fewer deliveries outside their window because the route was built by hand.

Fleet performance and profitability

Brings together consumption, transit and waiting times, incidents and compliance by vehicle, route, driver and customer. It shows which route or customer costs more than it contributes once waiting is counted — the conversation the average hides.

Shipping and delivery documentation

Generates and distributes the paperwork for each shipment to whoever needs it, and captures proof of delivery at the moment with its evidence. Invoicing stops waiting for someone to collect documents on Friday, and payment moves forward with it.

Customs and carrier reconciliation

Prepares and files what each operation requires and warns before goods arrive unable to clear; and cross-checks what each carrier invoices against the service actually provided. Fewer containers sitting still and fewer batches approved unreviewed.

Capacity for peak season

Year-end, a campaign or a new corridor multiply tracking and transaction volume within weeks. Capacity follows that movement and is handed back afterwards, without carrying the peak's infrastructure the rest of the year.

Securing the operation and the chain

Protects the systems that hold up the operation and governs who reaches customer, shipment and route information, including partner and carrier access. An incident in the digital chain stops trucks just as a physical one does, with less warning.

A desktop in distribution centres and offices

Warehouse and office staff open the same managed desktop, with the operational systems and no data resident on the machine. Opening a centre or reinforcing a season stops depending on installing machine by machine.

24/7 operation of the logistics systems

TMS, WMS and tracking watched continuously, with incident handling and maintenance in the low-activity window. An overnight outage is resolved before it becomes stopped trucks and missed delivery windows.

Architecture that connects the operation

We set out how TMS, WMS and ERP integrate, which system is master for each piece of data and in what phases to advance. The output avoids the bespoke integration nobody later maintains, with cost and risk visible at each stage.

Diagnose before investing

We review processes, data and controls before budget is committed. It ends with opportunities ranked by what they save and how easily they start, with a clear account of what each one costs and returns.

Best practices

How we ensure results in Logistics & Transportation.

01

Start with an assessment

Diagnose first and invest after: what is missing, what is urgent, and what it costs.

02

Build on what you already have

We work on your current systems, without replacing them.

03

Prioritize by impact

We rank the cases by what they save and by how easy they are to put in place.

04

Protected data, clear rules

Who can see what, a record of every access, and limits set from the start.

05

A person has the last word

Technology does the repetitive work; what needs judgment stays with your team.

06

Measure and improve

Indicators your committee reviews, so you can correct as you go.

Methodologies

The method behind our delivery.

Diagnosis, strategy, execution, and resilience, applied to your industry's context.

Diagnosis (Assessments)

We evaluate readiness, maturity, and risk before we begin — see assessments.

Strategy & Architecture

IT strategic planning and enterprise architecture with TOGAF — learn more.

Project execution

PMI, Scrum, and Design Thinking based on the challenge — agile projects.

Resilience

Continuity and recovery with DRP and BCP — see continuity.

Why SUMāTO

Experience that spans industries.

We have delivered across very different sectors—banking, government, healthcare, telco, retail, energy—and that cross-cutting learning accelerates every project and lowers its risk.

9 years

Mission-critical operations in LATAM

Experience in regulated, highly complex sectors.

No fixed brand

The best technology for your case

We integrate our own software and our partners'; we do not tie you to one vendor.

One point of accountability

We answer for the outcome

From strategy to 24/7 operations, a single firm is accountable.

Portfolio

AI, data, automation, and security

Capabilities that combine to fit what each industry needs.

Across industries

What we learn in one sector serves another

What works in banking or telco accelerates healthcare, retail, or government.

On what you have

Without replacing your systems

It protects your investment and reduces the risk of every project.

Frequently asked questions

What Logistics & Transportation teams usually ask.

How can AI improve customer service and shipment tracking?+
With AI Contact Center, SUMāTO centralizes customer and carrier inquiries into a single AI-assisted channel that answers questions on status, estimated times, and documentation consistently. Tracking agents pull shipment information in real time and provide clear responses, reducing repeat calls. You retain visibility into every interaction and free your team to manage the exceptions that truly require human judgment.
What does video analytics bring to yards, warehouses, and security?+
With AI-based video analytics, SUMāTO applies video analytics to your existing cameras to monitor maneuvering yards, docks, and warehouse zones. The system detects unauthorized access, obstructions, and anomalous behavior, and generates alerts so you can act in time. It also helps streamline dock operations and document incidents with visual evidence, strengthening the security of people, cargo, and assets without relying on constant manual surveillance.
Can I optimize routes and anticipate demand with analytics?+
With Analytics, SUMāTO integrates data on deliveries, times, costs, and seasonality so you can see patterns and make better decisions. Dashboards help you assess route performance, identify bottlenecks, and anticipate demand by corridor or season. With that visibility, you plan fleet and staffing more precisely, adjust operations before problems arise, and sustain the service level your customers expect.
How is the operation's document work automated?+
With RPA Automation, SUMāTO reduces the manual load on waybills, bills of lading, invoices, and reconciliations. The workflows capture data, validate information across systems, and update records without your team repeating copy-and-paste tasks. You gain consistency, reduce data-entry errors, and accelerate administrative processes that previously delayed deliveries and payments, freeing staff time for customer service and logistics coordination.
How does SUMāTO protect the cybersecurity of my logistics operation?+
SUMāTO supports your company with cybersecurity practices designed for connected operations, where management systems, fleet telemetry, and devices share sensitive information. The approach covers access control, monitoring, and incident response, safeguarding the availability of the services that sustain your deliveries. You receive guidance to reduce risks and protect customer and carrier data, without slowing the agility your supply chain needs day to day.
What happens to continuity if a critical system fails?+
With Continuity & DR (DRaaS), SUMāTO helps you prepare the continuity of your systems in the event of failures, outages, or incidents. Through replication and recovery plans, you reduce the time a disruption affects tracking, service, and dispatch operations. The goal is for your processes to be back up and running quickly and for information to stay protected, so that a technology setback does not halt deliveries or your customer relationships.
Technology for this sector

How we solve for Logistics & Transport.

The capabilities with the most traction in this sector, and why.

Data & Analytics

cost per route, fleet utilization and service level.

Automation (RPA)

shipping documentation, customs and freight settlement.

Cloud

distributed operations across sites, fleet and customers, without owned infrastructure at every point.

The concrete first step

Process Automation Assessment

The sector runs on high-volume document processes with little margin for error. The assessment identifies which ones justify the investment and estimates savings per process.

Further reading

Logistics & Transport, in depth.

The first step

Let's bring this to your Logistics & Transportation operation.

Schedule a 90-minute assessment and we'll prioritize the highest-impact use cases for your organization.

Schedule an assessment (90 min)