Private-ledger bills of lading
Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.
// The problem
Shipper, carrier and consignee each keep their own copy of the bill of lading and the delivery record, so a claim for a short or damaged load becomes an argument over whose copy is right.
// What we would build
An electronic bill of lading recorded on a private permissioned ledger where the shipper, the carrier and the consignee each run a node, so pickup, hand-offs and the signed delivery are one record none of them can change alone. If one company already runs the system and everyone trusts it, a shared database does the same job for less, and we will say so.
// What is in it
- Electronic bill of lading created by the shipper and signed at pickup
- Each hand-off and exception recorded with time, place and photos
- Delivery signed by the consignee on the driver's phone
- A node per company, so no single party holds the only copy
- Claims export with the full record for the insurer
// Stack
- Next.js
- Hyperledger Fabric (private, permissioned)
- PostgreSQL
- S3-compatible storage
- AWS
// estimate
- Build
- ≈ US$136,000 to US$208,000, delivered within 29 weeksCAD 193,400 to 295,800
- Hosting
- ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
- Support
- ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month
Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.
Timeline by milestone
- Discovery
- 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
- Architecture
- 0.4 weeks
- Design approved
- 2.9 to 4.9 weeks
- Core features
- 1.9 to 2.9 weeks
- Full build
- 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
- Devnet
- 3.4 to 5.9 weeks
- Testing and fixes
- 0.4 weeks
- Testnet
- 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
- Partner EDI certified
- 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
- Launch
- 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
- Mainnet
- 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Outside our hands, and added to the calendar
- Partner EDI testing and certification
- 2 to 6 weeks
- Test access to your TMS or WMS
- 1 to 4 weeks
How it is paid
- Deposit 20%
- CAD 38,680 to 59,160
- Discovery 2.2%
- CAD 4,254.80 to 6,507.60
- Architecture 5.9%
- CAD 11,410.60 to 17,452.20
- Design approved 2.2%
- CAD 4,254.80 to 6,507.60
- Core features 6.6%
- CAD 12,764.40 to 19,522.80
- Full build 4.4%
- CAD 8,509.60 to 13,015.20
- Devnet 17.7%
- CAD 34,231.80 to 52,356.60
- Testing and fixes 2.2%
- CAD 4,254.80 to 6,507.60
- Testnet 11.8%
- CAD 22,821.20 to 34,904.40
- Partner EDI certified 8.7%
- CAD 16,825.80 to 25,734.60
- Launch 2.2%
- CAD 4,254.80 to 6,507.60
- Mainnet 6.1%
- CAD 11,797.40 to 18,043.80
- Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%)
- CAD 19,340 to 29,580