Book trucks at the best rate via live reverse auction. Complete TMS with trip tracking, invoicing, compliance, and fleet management.
From posting a load to generating the freight invoice — BidBegin covers the entire transport lifecycle with 25+ enterprise features.
Need 10 trucks? Allot 5 to vendor A, 3 to B, 2 to C. Each tracked independently.
Non-auction: send direct requirement to specific transporter. Accept/reject workflow.
Background GPS every 30s via Android app. Full trail, geofence alerts, live fleet dashboard.
Auto-generate: base freight + detention - penalties - weight deductions + GST - TDS = net payable.
Rate transporters: on-time delivery, vehicle condition, driver behavior, damage/loss. 5-star per dimension.
Auto-detect expiring RC, insurance, fitness, permit, DL. Block non-compliant vehicles.
Set max transit days per lane. Auto-calculate penalties for delays. Cap at % of freight.
Loaded vs delivered weight comparison. Shortage auto-deducted from payment.
Dock scheduling with time slots. Conflict detection. Loading/unloading appointment management.
Reduce transport costs with competitive bidding + smart allocation.
Book a Free Demo →These are the problems plants describe before they change anything. Not all of them apply to every company — most companies recognise four or five.
Rates for the same lane vary by who called, when, and how urgent it sounded. There is no reference anyone can point to.
A transporter confirms and then does not place. The load waits, the plant calls three more people, and the rate goes up because it is now urgent.
Tracking means calling the driver. Customers ask for an update and the answer is a guess.
The signed LR travels back by courier or not at all, and billing waits for it.
There is no agreed record of when the vehicle reported and when it was released, so detention becomes a negotiation every month.
Base freight, detention, penalties, weight shortage, GST and TDS are computed by hand on both sides, and the two numbers never agree.
Loads picked from two plants and dropped at three points are tracked in a WhatsApp thread.
Permits, fitness, insurance and driver licences lapse and nobody notices until a vehicle is stopped.
Each of these answers one of the problems above. Nothing here needs new hardware or a new team.
Post the lane, the vehicle type and the quantity per vehicle. Transporters bid, you see rank and history, and the rate is competed rather than recalled.
Need ten trucks? Give five to one, three to another, two to a third — each tracked independently, each with its own rate.
Send a direct requirement to a chosen transporter with an accept or reject workflow and a clear timestamp.
Multiple loading and unloading points, each with its own quantity and time, shown as a route with every stop visible.
Background location from the driver's Android phone every thirty seconds, with a full trail, geofence alerts on arrival and departure, and a live fleet view.
Proof uploaded at the drop, not couriered back — so billing starts the same day.
Base freight plus detention, minus penalties and weight shortage, plus GST and minus TDS — computed from the recorded trip, with the working shown to both sides.
Document expiry alerts, SLA measurement and transporter ratings, so allotment can consider performance and not only rate.
The other side of the same market. A process that only works for the buyer does not stay competitive for long.
The planned loads go to the incumbent. You get the panic calls, which are the hardest to serve.
You waited eleven hours and the deduction says four, because nobody recorded the actual times.
The POD is lost, the bill is queried, and the follow-up is longer than the trip.
Empty running is the real cost of the business, and it is solved by luck.
Suppliers, buyers, forwarders and transporters use BidBegin free. There is no fee to be invited, to bid, or to win.
No charge to be invited, to bid, or to run trips on the platform.
Loading and unloading points, vehicle type, quantity per vehicle, distance and loading date are all stated before you quote.
Arrival and release are timestamped by GPS and geofence, so waiting time is a fact rather than a claim.
Proof is uploaded at delivery and visible to the shipper immediately. The commonest reason for a delayed bill disappears.
Every line — base, detention, penalty, deduction, GST, TDS — is visible to you, not just the net figure.
Placement, transit and SLA build a rating that follows you, so reliability starts winning work instead of only price.