Transport Management + Acumatica

Transport Management System for Acumatica

Your business has outgrown manual transport management. Acumatica handles financials and distribution, but load planning, carrier rate shopping, and shipment tracking need a dedicated TMS. Locate2u scales alongside your Acumatica ERP with transport management that grows with you.

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Integration Overview

TMS that scales with growing Acumatica businesses

Acumatica is the cloud ERP of choice for mid-market businesses that need flexibility and scalability. Its financial management, distribution, and commerce modules handle orders, inventory, and accounting effectively. But as shipment volumes grow from dozens to hundreds per week, the gap between order management and transport execution becomes a bottleneck.

Locate2u fills this gap with transport management that matches Acumatica's growth-oriented approach. Orders from Acumatica flow into Locate2u for load building, carrier selection, and route optimization. Costs and delivery data flow back to Acumatica for financial reporting. Both systems scale together as your business grows.

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ACUMATICA + LOCATE2U: SCALE TOGETHER WEEKLY SHIPMENT VOLUME GROWTH Manual limit TMS deployed 10/wk 200+/wk Acumatica ERP Orders + Inventory Financial Management Distribution + Commerce Customer Management Locate2u TMS Load Optimization Carrier Rate Shopping Route Optimization Shipment Tracking
Growing Pains

When Acumatica shipments outgrow manual transport management

  • No load consolidation -- each Acumatica order ships individually, wasting vehicle capacity and inflating per-unit transport costs as volumes grow
  • No carrier rate comparison -- selecting carriers by phone or email for each shipment becomes unsustainable beyond 30-40 shipments per week
  • No route optimization -- delivery routes are planned manually, missing opportunities to reduce distance, fuel, and driver hours
  • No transport cost visibility -- Acumatica records freight as a line-item expense but cannot break down cost per shipment, per carrier, or per route for optimization
BEFORE + AFTER TMS DEPLOYMENT Manual Transport Carrier booking: Phone/email Route planning: Manual Load consolidation: None Shipment tracking: Manual Cost visibility: Monthly totals Compliance: Paper-based $42/shipment avg 8+ hrs/week admin Locate2u TMS Carrier booking: Automated Route planning: Optimized Load consolidation: Smart Shipment tracking: Real-time Cost visibility: Per shipment Compliance: Automated $31/shipment avg 1 hr/week admin
How It Works

Three steps to transport management with Acumatica

1

Connect Acumatica

Link your Acumatica instance via the REST API. Sales orders, shipment data, and customer delivery requirements sync automatically when orders are ready for transport.

2

Plan and Optimize

Consolidate orders into loads. Compare carrier rates. Optimize delivery routes. Assign drivers and vehicles. All from a single TMS dashboard designed for logistics teams.

3

Execute and Report

Dispatch shipments and track in real time. Freight costs, delivery confirmations, and POD data post back to Acumatica for financial reconciliation and customer updates.

TMS Features for Acumatica

Transport management that grows with your business

Load Optimization

Consolidate Acumatica orders into optimized loads as shipment volumes grow. Intelligent grouping by destination, weight, and delivery window reduces per-unit costs at any scale.

Carrier Management

Compare rates across carriers for every shipment. As your carrier network grows, Locate2u tracks performance, manages rate cards, and automates selection based on cost and service level.

Real-Time Tracking

GPS tracking for fleet vehicles and carrier milestone tracking. Live shipment status syncs to Acumatica so your team can answer customer inquiries without switching between systems.

Compliance Management

Track driver certifications, vehicle inspections, and transport regulations. Automated compliance alerts prevent violations that could disrupt growing operations.

Cost Analytics

Per-shipment cost tracking from day one. As volumes grow, cost analytics reveal optimization opportunities -- carrier consolidation, lane optimization, and load efficiency improvements.

Driver and Vehicle Scheduling

Assign drivers and vehicles to routes as your fleet grows from 5 vehicles to 50. Scheduling scales with your operation without requiring additional administrative overhead.

Results

What Acumatica customers achieve with Locate2u TMS

26%

reduction in per-shipment transport costs through optimization and carrier management

7 hrs

saved per week on manual transport administration and carrier coordination

95%

on-time delivery rate with optimized routing and proactive exception management

2 wks

average deployment via Acumatica REST API with pre-built connector

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Acumatica Cloud ERP provides financial management, distribution, CRM, and commerce modules. It includes basic shipping integrations for label generation and carrier tracking lookups, but it does not offer transport management capabilities like load planning, carrier rate shopping, route optimization, or fleet scheduling. Locate2u adds these dedicated TMS features through direct API integration.
Locate2u connects to Acumatica via the Acumatica REST API and contract-based web services. Sales orders, shipment data, and warehouse release information flow from Acumatica into Locate2u for transport planning. Freight costs, delivery confirmations, and shipment status updates sync back to Acumatica for financial posting and customer visibility.
Absolutely. Acumatica is popular with growing mid-market businesses, and transport complexity often grows faster than the business itself. When you go from 10 shipments a week to 50 or 100, manual carrier calls and spreadsheet-based routing break down. Locate2u scales with your transport volume, providing load optimization and carrier management that grows alongside your Acumatica implementation.
Locate2u works with all Acumatica editions including General Business, Distribution, Manufacturing, and Commerce editions. The Acumatica REST API provides consistent data access across all editions. Distribution and Commerce edition users benefit most as they typically handle the highest shipment volumes and carrier complexity.
Most Acumatica customers are live within 1 to 3 weeks. Acumatica's open REST API makes integration straightforward, and Locate2u's pre-built connector handles standard Acumatica field mappings. The fast deployment timeline means growing businesses can move from manual transport management to automated TMS operations quickly.