Quick Summary
Smart transport planning with Dynamics 365 and Boltrics TMS improves visibility, controls costs, and helps 3PLs manage margins before dispatch.
Key Takeaways
• Real-time planning and resource visibility reduce empty kilometres and improve utilisation.
• Pre-trip cost and margin visibility helps make better pricing and routing decisions.
• Automated capture of waiting time, tolls, and deviations improves billing accuracy.
• A unified WMS, TMS, and finance platform eliminates double entry and speeds up invoicing.
• Customer portals and real-time updates improve transparency and service experience.
Most logistics operations begin the day under control. Orders are picked, docks run to plan, vehicles are briefed. Uncertainty tends to start on the road. Is the trip profitable, are waiting times captured and recharged, did we allocate the right driver and equipment, what will extra kilometres do to the margin, and how will we report CO₂ per customer. In a market where margins are tight, advantage comes from how transport is planned, executed and financially controlled, not from the kilometres themselves. At Mercurius IT, we implement Boltrics 3PL Dynamics on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, so your teams move from firefighting to steering with one version of the truth.
From Experience led Planning to Data Driven Orchestration
Relying on local knowledge is not enough when volumes rise and time windows tighten. With Boltrics TMS, planners work in one integrated workspace. A visual, map-based planning screen exposes unassigned shipments and helps combine them intelligently, while the Resource Dispatcher shows real time availability of drivers and equipment. This improves utilisation, reduces empty kilometres and increases predictability.
Know your Margin before the Wheels Roll
Too often, profitability is only clear after invoicing. Boltrics applies contract agreements and tariffs automatically, calculates mileage and realistic travel times through integrated route planning, and includes fuel, tolls and mileage charges in cost models. You can also track CO₂ per trip. Your team sees expected revenue, cost and margin before dispatch, which supports stronger choices on pricing and routing.
Stop Losing Margin in Transport Planning
Improve route planning, cost visibility, and execution with a connected TMS built on Dynamics 365 Business Central
Manage Deviations with Facts, not Phone Calls
Transport is dynamic. Waiting time accumulates, routes change, incidents occur. Instead of chasing notes and emails, Boltrics captures time stamps, waiting times and exceptions through onboard integrations and driver’s app, creating one source of truth across operations and finance. That allows automatic recharging of waiting time and evidence backed dispute resolution.
One Platform from Warehouse to Invoice
Running separate WMS and TMS stacks invites double entry, interface delays and fragmented billing. Boltrics takes a different path. WMS, TMS and Forwarding run on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central in one database. A shipment leaving the warehouse becomes a transport order automatically and status changes flow into invoicing without rekeying. It is a single process with one version of the truth.
Scale Operations without Scaling Headcount
As networks expand, manual planning cannot keep pace. Boltrics supports planners with a visual planning screen and optimisation capabilities so you can grow volume without growth in administration.
Transparency Your Customers Can See
Customers expect always on visibility. With self-service portals, customers can place orders, track shipments and retrieve documents. Drivers capture proof of delivery and photos at the kerbside and statuses update automatically. Administration shrinks while customer confidence grows.
What you can achieve with Boltrics TMS
- Visual trip planning and Resource Dispatcher to plan on the map, combine stops and allocate drivers and equipment quickly.
- Contract and tariff automation for customers and subcontractors, including surcharges, to prevent under billing.
- Driver app and App Platform to record proof of delivery, photos, timings and exceptions on the move, synced in real time to Business Central.
- Integrated WMS, TMS and Finance in one system with one data model for consistent execution and faster invoicing.
Why partner with Mercurius IT
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner with deep logistics expertise, we help UK and Ireland 3PLs, warehouses transporters and forwarders implement Boltrics 3PL Dynamics on Dynamics 365 Business Central. We focus on predictable delivery, rapid time to value and processes that scale. Recent UK references include Jenkins, where a standardised approach accelerated the rollout and reduced customisation risk.
Logistics specialists across warehousing, transport and forwarding, so your project starts with proven templates and ends with fit for purpose operations.
- Standard first, then configure, using the industry standard to reduce risk, and configuring workflows, portals and integrations to match your way of working.
- Business Central and integration expertise to unify finance and operations on Microsoft’s cloud with EDI, portals and mobile apps for end-to-end flow.
Talk to us about reducing manual effort in planning and invoicing, improving margin predictability and giving your customers the transparency they expect.
About Boltrics
Boltrics provides 3PL Dynamics, a future proof, continuously updated branch standard for logistics service providers. It covers WMS, TMS, Forwarding and Finance on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and is developed with input from hundreds of logistics companies, delivering best practice processes with flexibility to fit your operation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Transport Management System and why does Mercurius IT implement it on Business Central for 3PLs?
A TMS plans, executes and settles transport activities such as routing, tendering, tracking and freight billing. We implement Boltrics TMS on Dynamics 365 Business Central so WMS, TMS and Finance share one data model. This reduces manual handovers and speeds up invoicing from warehouse to delivery.
How does Boltrics give pre trip margin visibility and automate extras like waiting time, tolls and mileage?
Boltrics calculates realistic travel times and mileage during planning, applies contract and tariff rules automatically, and logs waiting times and deviations during execution. You see expected revenue, costs and margin before dispatch, and charge extras without manual rework.
What planning tools help my transport office reduce empty kilometres?
Planners use a visual, map-based planning screen to combine stops and plan trips efficiently, and a Resource Dispatcher to see driver and vehicle availability at a glance. This improves utilisation and reduces empty running.
Can Mercurius IT help us show CO₂ per shipment to customers?
Yes. Boltrics supports CO₂ per trip reporting and we can align your processes to capture, present and share those values consistently at booking and invoicing.
We run WMS and TMS as separate systems today. What changes if Mercurius IT moves us to one platform ?
With Boltrics on Business Central, a warehouse shipment becomes a transport order automatically and status updates flow directly to invoicing. You remove double entry and gain a single, real-time view from inbound to cash.
How quickly can Mercurius IT deliver value?
Using the industry standard and proven templates for 3PLs shortens projects compared with bespoke builds. UK references show rapid rollouts when scope is aligned to standard and change is managed well.