"Box-of-Magic"
Freight Rail Terminal Operating System
Proudly Developed and Implemented by Linus Fung
A proven system that is in-use,
so you can trust.
Not fancy, but certainly
simple and pragmatic.
Aggregates / Bulk Cargo
Intermodal / Container
Made in the UAE
Terminals in the UAE
Tonnes of Bulk Materials Handled
TEUs Handled
Shippers
Customer Portal
Cloud platform providing visibility to customers regarding their transport orders.
Vehicle Booking
Providing a cloud platform for trucking companies to make appointments for drop-off or pick-up at terminals.
Gate Operations
Capturing the gate in-and-out data, e.g. plate no, container no, weight, time, etc.
Silo/Stockpile Inventory
Keeping track on the inventory of bulk materials, and directing vehicles to the right locations for pick-up or drop-off.
Container Management
Keeping track on the inventory of containers, and updating their condition, status and location.
Invoicing and Reporting
Regular reporting including the delivery and calculating charges (i.e. invoiceable and billable amounts).
User Story
Our system user was a start-up freight railway in the UAE that was a national entity managing the development, construction and operation of the federal network.
Their freight operations started in mid-2023. Unfortunately, some of the business critical system were facing significant challenges. This was not a good news to the terminal team, due to the lack of visibility, reliability and accuracy of data. The manual work process was proven to be excessively time-consuming. This was thus an operational crisis situation.
Based on the onsite observation, we helped established the provisional order-to-cash process as the first step. In the absence of the other systems, we built an interim TOS from scratch on Odoo SaaS. It provided the core functionalities, e.g., the gate-in-and-out validation of load and carriers, and the real-time on-hand quantity visibility. The interim solution was presented to their Freight CEO, and it was immediately accepted.
From the start of the development to go-live, it took around ten days. The freight team found this rather magical, and thus the solution was internally named as "Box-of-Magic".
Eventually to-date, the interim solution has been and is still in-use for at least two years under our support. Its functionalities have been significantly expanded to include, e.g. inventory management, customer portal, event notifications, data visualisation, etc. Highly positive feedback has been received from their top management to operators on the ground, vendors, and customers.
Last update: 2025-04-09
Contact us immediately if you're looking for a practical system for managing your terminals.
Price per terminal starting from US$ 18,500 ONLY!!!