Optivis CMSAbout
Built by people who run freight operations.
Optivis CMS, the Optivis cargo management system, is made by Optivis, an operator-led logistics consultancy. It started as the system Optivis needed for its own freight work, and it is now offered to forwarding teams of any size.
Early access opens soon: a 14-day free trial of Pro, no card needed
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Why it exists
Many small and mid-size forwarders still run their jobs across a spreadsheet, a shared inbox and an accounting package. The shipment lives in one place, the documents in another and the charges in a third, and it's easy for a job to be delivered and never invoiced.
Optivis CMS puts the whole job in one record, from the first quote to the paid invoice, for air and sea. It's built around the work a forwarding team does every day rather than around a general-purpose database, and it's priced so a small team can start for free.
Optivis also works with logistics businesses as a consultancy; more about that is at optivis.com.au.
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How we build it
- The job is the unit of work
- Everything hangs off the shipment: the quote that won it, the pre-alert that announced it, the charges that priced it and the invoice that billed it.
- The system keeps the stage, not the people
- A job's stage is worked out from what's recorded, so nobody has to remember to move it along and everyone sees the same picture.
- Show the next step
- Every shipment shows what normally happens next and what's missing, because the cost of a forgotten pre-alert or an uninvoiced job is real money.
- Your data is yours
- Public prices, a free plan, an export of everything at any time, and no access by our staff unless you allow it.
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Questions
- Who makes Optivis CMS?
- Optivis, an operator-led logistics consultancy (optivis.com.au). Optivis CMS is its cargo management system for freight forwarders.
- Does Optivis use Optivis CMS itself?
- Yes. Optivis runs its own workspace on the same service its customers use.
- What isn't Optivis CMS?
- It isn't accounting software, a customs filing system, a warehouse system or a carrier tracking feed. It runs the forwarding job and connects to Xero for the accounts.
- How do I see what's changed?
- The changelog lists what has shipped, by date.
See your next shipment in Optivis CMS
Set up your workspace in a few minutes, load sample data to see every stage, or look around the live demo first.
Early access opens soon: a 14-day free trial of Pro, no card needed