Real-time location and status updates need broadcasting infrastructure, not just polling an API every few seconds, once you have more than a handful of concurrent viewers.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Logistics & Supply Chain Laravel Development
Logistics runs on state that changes every second. We build GPS ingestion pipelines that broadcast live, not poll, and dispatch logic that actually accounts for vehicle capacity and time windows.
What we get right by default
- GPS ingestion with live broadcast, not client polling
- Dispatch assignment by capacity, zone, and time window
- Warehouse pick/pack tied directly to order state
- Queue-driven pipeline for tracking and notifications
How we think about it
Where Logistics & Supply Chain projects actually break
Live tracking that polls an API every few seconds does not scale past a handful of concurrent users and burns server resources for no reason. We build GPS ingestion as a pipeline: location pings come in via a lightweight endpoint or MQTT bridge, get written to storage, and are broadcast over WebSockets (Laravel Reverb or Pusher) so every connected dashboard updates the instant a new position arrives, without anyone polling anything.
Dispatch assignment is rarely a simple "nearest driver" problem once you factor in vehicle capacity, delivery time windows, and multi-stop routes. We build assignment logic as a scoring/constraint layer that can start simple (capacity and zone-based heuristics) and grow toward an external routing/optimization API as volume justifies the added complexity. On the warehouse side, pick and pack workflows are tied directly to order state transitions, so a warehouse worker's scan updates the same order record the customer-facing tracking page reads from, instead of two systems that can drift apart.
Where projects go wrong
Common Logistics & Supply Chain backend challenges
Route planning and delivery assignment logic gets complex fast once you factor in vehicle capacity, delivery time windows, and multi-stop routes.
Warehouse operations (picking, packing, stock movement) need an audit trail tied back to the actual order, not a separate system that can silently drift out of sync.
Notification and tracking pipelines need to handle intermittent connectivity from drivers gracefully, buffering updates instead of losing them.
What we build
Systems we build for Logistics & Supply Chain
Fleet and delivery tracking
GPS ingestion pipelines with live status broadcast via Laravel Reverb or Pusher, so dashboards update instantly without client-side polling.
Route and dispatch planning
Assignment logic based on vehicle capacity, delivery zones, and time windows, built to start simple and extend toward a routing API as volume grows.
Warehouse management
Pick/pack workflows tied directly to order state transitions, with stock movement tracking that stays consistent with the customer-facing order status.
Queue-driven processing
Background workers for notifications, tracking updates, and reporting, built to buffer and retry gracefully when driver connectivity is intermittent.
Tech stack
Tools we typically reach for
FAQ
Logistics & Supply Chain project questions
Do you integrate with Google Maps or Mapbox for routing?
Yes, for geocoding, distance/time calculations, and turn-by-turn routing. For complex multi-stop optimization at scale, we can also integrate a dedicated routing/optimization API depending on your volume.
Can you handle real-time tracking for a large fleet?
Yes. The broadcast-based architecture (rather than polling) is specifically what makes this scale; the practical limits are more about your infrastructure sizing than the approach itself, which we'd size during scoping.
Do you build the driver mobile app too?
We typically build the API and backend that a driver app (native or installable web app) consumes, and can build the app itself depending on scope and platform requirements.
Can you integrate with our existing WMS or ERP system?
Yes, where the system exposes an API or a reliable data export. We'll assess the specific integration during scoping since quality varies a lot by vendor.
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