What is a TMS — transport management system?
A TMS is the software a transport team runs the day on: orders in, trips planned, trucks dispatched, deliveries tracked, proofs collected, costs closed. This page explains it for Thai road freight in plain words.
What a TMS does
- Order intake: orders from Excel, ERP, API — or, with Turboo, from LINE chat
- Planning: routes, loads and truck assignment, including subcontractor and 3PL trucks
- Dispatch and driver app: the day's jobs on the driver's phone, step by step
- Tracking: live truck and order status for your team and a link for your customer
- Proof of delivery: photos and signatures at the door (ePOD)
- Cost and reporting: cost per trip, pre-approval, dashboards and Excel
Who needs one
Transport operators and 3PLs from about 20 trucks, distributors with daily deliveries, and shippers who manage outsourced fleets. Below that size a spreadsheet works until customers start asking where their order is.
What AI changes
The repetitive work: reading LINE orders, drafting the plan, checking proofs, building the Monday report. Turboo's AI does those and hands the team only the decisions — see Turboo AI and AI order intake from LINE.
What it costs
Thai vendors price per trip, per month per user or truck, per package, or by quote. Turboo is ฿30 a trip with unlimited users; the models and the published numbers are in TMS cost: per trip vs monthly.
Common questions
What is the difference between a TMS and GPS tracking?
GPS shows where a truck is. A TMS runs the work around it: orders, planning, dispatch, proof of delivery and cost. Turboo works with the driver's phone and can add GPS units at ฿300 per truck per month.
Does a TMS replace an ERP?
No. A TMS runs transport operations and feeds the ERP: Turboo imports orders from Excel on day one and connects to an ERP by open API.
How long does it take to start?
With Turboo most teams run their first live trips within days, starting from an Excel import; drivers use a Thai step-by-step app the same day.
Sources (date checked)
- Turboo AI (2026-10-19)
- Turboo TMS 2.0 pricing (2026-10-19)