Dockflow is a container tracking platform made simple. Started in Antwerp, Belgium, where a big international port is located, it is designed for tracking worldwide temperature-controlled shipments. It features a smart, open and automated logistics system.
Dockflow’s team strives for a transition from traditional supply chains to the very effective interconnected sets of agile and dynamic trade networks embodied in the concept of the Physical Internet.
The challenge
Dockflow needed a web-based logistics application: easy-manageable for users and well-engineered from the inside. The goal was to create an open, digital backbone for data exchange in global trade networks.
After running a pilot version and implementing the features that were needed for the launch, we paused our partnership for about 6 months. During that period Dockflow worked a lot with branding and communications, figured out what else they needed for customer satisfaction, and got back to us with a new flow of tasks. Currently, we are working on implementing several new features, including some additional temperature tracking data and new location sensors implementing.
- Easy-manageable and well-engineered application
- Implementing several new features
- An example of what had to be done
The solution
Our team introduced new solutions that resulted in:
- Сreating and implementing the project’s general architecture
- Developing speed rise
- New features architecture developed
- Constant improvement of the code
- Securing the system’s data with blockchain technology
- Integrating several third-party APIs
- Running a three-month pilot version and testing all the created features on a partner’s logistics company
The Fivewalls team worked via Agile development with Sprints with SCRUM master. Resources involved: 4 full-stack developers in total.
Sensors and tracking devices integration
Collection and processing of location data to determine in which state (detention/demurrage) a cargo is at any given time
The done
The collaboration between Dockflow and Fivewalls provided faster new feature development. As a startup, Dockflow needed to launch quickly. To increase the efficiency of development, our services was a logical choice for this project, as it provided:
Сreated and implemented the project’s general architecture
- delivered a three-month pilot version and tested all the created features on a partner’s logistics company
- secured the system’s data with blockchain technology
- several third-party APIs integrations
New feature added:
- Cargo track and analyzing system
- Admin dashboard development
- Notification cargo (using Websockets)
- File handling
