Annex Orbis

Logistics software

One system for the truck, the dock and the office.

Dispatch, drivers, hours of service and the warehouse on one platform, built for every handoff between the carrier, the shipper and the receiver.

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  • Dispatch & loads
  • ELD & hours of service
  • Driver apps
  • Warehouse & dock
  • Freight Beacon
  • AI agents

1 · The load

Two companies agree on a load.

A broker and a carrier, or a shipper and a carrier, settle a load and its rate confirmation in ANNEX ORBIS, and both work from the same record from then on.

  • Look up the carrier’s FMCSA authority, insurance and safety record before you offer the loadAvailable
  • A do-not-use list that warns you before you offer a loadAvailable
  • Tenders between companies, with a signed rate confirmationIn testing

2 · Verify

The driver proves who they are, and the truck.

Before pickup, the driver’s phone asks for proof: a live selfie, their license, and a photo of the side of the truck with its markings. The broker or shipper approves it before the load can move.

  • Driver and truck verification before pickupIn testing
  • Every driver signs in as themselves and joins a carrier only with its approvalAvailable

3 · On the way

The shipper watches it arrive.

From the moment the driver heads to pickup, the truck shows on a live map with its ETA, and the shipper gets on-the-way and arrived notices.

  • A dispatch board with every active load’s stops, ETAs and each driver’s duty statusAvailable
  • Each driver’s last reported position, from the driver appIn testing
  • A live tracking link and notices for the shipper, verified by a codeIn testing

4 · The door

Dock 4, before the gate.

As the truck gets close, the driver is told the door: dock 4. Gate check-in confirms who’s driving, and the detention clock starts from the truck’s real arrival.

  • Site maps of your doors, gates, receiving office and truck pathAvailable
  • Dock-door assignment sent to the driverComing
  • Gate check-in and the detention clockComing

5 · Before loading

Tandems back. Wheels chocked. Red line off.

Before loading starts, the driver completes the shipper’s dock procedure on their phone: slide the tandems back, chock the wheels, and disconnect the red emergency air line, with a photo for each step.

  • Dispatch chooses the proof each stop needs, from a seal number to a signed bill of ladingAvailable
  • Drivers send that proof from their phone, and dispatch approves it or asks for a redoIn testing
  • Dock procedures the shipper definesComing

6 · Loaded

Load’s ready. BOLs at the door by dock 7.

When loading is done, the driver’s phone says where to collect the paperwork. The driver photographs the signed bills of lading, and they’re filed with the load.

  • A load-ready alert to the driverComing
  • Bill of lading photos filed with the loadIn testing
  • Bills of lading read automatically and kept with the driver’s ELD supporting documentsComing

7 · In transit

On the road, one ETA for everyone.

The ETA updates from the truck’s position, and the driver can change it in two taps. The shipper and the receiver see the same time.

  • Automatic ETAs from the truck’s positionIn testing
  • ETA updates from the driver appIn testing
  • Shipper and receiver tracking links with the same ETAIn testing

8 · Delivered

In and out, on the clock.

Arrival and departure are recorded when the truck enters and leaves the receiver’s geofence, so detention is measured from real times, not memory.

  • Arrival detected when the truck enters the stop’s geofenceIn testing
  • In and out times on every stopIn testing
  • Detention measured from actual dwell timeComing

What we do

We connect every discipline of logistics.

Trucking, warehousing and visibility usually live in separate systems that don’t talk to each other. ANNEX ORBIS runs them on one platform, with one sign-in and one record of every load.

Trucking

Plan, dispatch and follow every load.

  • Multi-stop loads with appointments, freight and hazmat detailsAvailable
  • A dispatch board with every active load’s stops, ETAs and each driver’s duty statusAvailable
  • Each driver’s last reported position, from the driver appIn testing
  • Lane quotes with hours-aware transit times and a shareable linkIn testing
  • Truck navigation that knows your truck’s size, weight and hazmatIn testing
  • Our own ELD with automatic hours of serviceIn testing

Warehouse

Receive, store and ship with every movement recorded.

  • Items and lots, with defects and holds recordedAvailable
  • Receipts that compare what was expected with what arrived, with every correction recordedIn testing
  • Reserve, pick and ship stock against ordersIn testing
  • Dock appointments, gate check-in and door assignmentComing

Visibility

Everyone sees the same load.

  • Look up any carrier’s FMCSA authority, insurance and inspection historyAvailable
  • Tracking links for shippers and receivers, verified by a codeIn testing
  • Connect with the carriers, shippers and warehouses you work withComing

ELD

An ELD built into the system that runs your loads.

Our electronic logging device plugs into the truck and only listens. Hours of service start the moment the truck rolls, and dispatch sees every driver’s clocks live, without a second vendor or a second login.

In testingFMCSA registration in progress

$35per truck, per monthLeased, hardware included

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Freight Beacon

If the freight goes missing, it can still be found.

A small cellular GPS tracker that hides inside the freight. When the load arrives it beeps to be found, a quick scan silences it, and it mails itself back to you.

Coming

$35per beacon, per monthLeased

Meet the Freight Beacon

AI agents

Agents for the busywork, with a person in charge.

HAL is built in today. We’re bringing in agents we’ve already built: answering your lines, drafting replies and calling driver applicants. Replies wait for a person to send them, and phone agents work from instructions your team sets and hand callers to a person.

  • HAL: open the pages you have access to by typing or speaking; anything that changes your records waits for your approvalAvailable
  • Hands-free truck guidance: tell HAL where you’re going and confirm to startIn testing
  • Answer your dispatch line and hand callers to the right personComing
  • Draft replies to shipper emails, driver texts and missed calls, for a person to sendComing
  • Call driver applicants to confirm a Class A license and home state, then hand warm leads to a recruiterComing
  • Turn a process described in plain words into a workflow, ready for reviewComing

Free tool

Check any carrier before you hand over a load.

Look up a carrier, broker or forwarder by USDOT number: authority, insurance filings, inspections and crashes from FMCSA records, with every date shown.

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The rest of the business

And everything else your operation runs on.

Email, phone, texts, chat, meetings, CRM, accounting, files, e-signature, a shared work queue and people records, on the same platform as your loads.

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Tell us how your freight moves.

Carrier, broker, shipper or warehouse: we’ll show you where ANNEX ORBIS closes the gaps between the truck, the dock and the office.

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