Trimble Innovative TMS
Innovative Next Generation: the all-in-one TMS for asset-based carriers
Dispatch, rate, bill, pay drivers, and track safety in a single system. Built on enterprise infrastructure designed for operations that can’t stop.
Next generation performance built on experience
Innovative has been the foundation for successful carrier businesses for over 50 years. Innovative Next Generation builds on that experience and delivers the same reliability combined with AI-powered features. Let the system handle what's routine so your team can handle what isn't.
Features
One system of record
Driver pay, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger are built directly into the system or sync with your existing accounting tools.
Automated exception monitoring
The dispatch console flags problem shipments automatically so dispatchers do not have to review routine loads.
Driver happiness and retention
Predict which drivers are at risk of leaving before they quit. Track home-time, pay fairness, and sentiment so you retain your most valuable assets.
Intuitive load balance heat map
See freight imbalance across your network at a glance. Spot surplus and shortage lanes so you can quickly reposition capacity.
Built-in load planning optimizer
Automatically match loads to drivers and equipment for maximum revenue and minimum deadhead.
CRM module
Manage shippers, lanes and opportunities in one place. Turn every customer interaction and quote into a pipeline your sales team can actually close.
Benefits
Four ways to streamline your operations
One system from order to cash
Run operations, payouts and finance from a single source of truth.
Manage your full lifecycle in a single database with one source of truth:
- Operations: Handle order entry, preplanning, lane matching, dispatch, tracking and yard inquiries in one place.
- Revenue: Automate rating across per-mile, flat, per-ton and trailer methods with built-in tariff and fuel surcharge tools.
- Pay: Process owner-operator settlements, partner payouts and full driver payroll with express options.
- Finance: Connect accounts payable, accounts receivable and general ledger directly to live operations.
Built-in safety and compliance
Build accurate filings automatically from data your fleet already generates.
Because trips, fuel and driver records sit in one system, your filings are built from data you already captured.
- Fuel tax (IFTA): Calculate mileage and fuel by state or province using real trip and fuel card data.
- Licensing and permits: Track permits and licenses by unit, state and province.
- Safety and risk: Monitor CSA scores, cargo claims and workers' compensation data.
- Driver logs: Track electronic logs and hours of service automatically.
Manage exceptions instead of routine work
Focus your team on fixing critical issues instead of clicking through normal loads.
What lands in front of your team is the short list that actually needs a person, like what’s late, what’s short, what doesn’t balance and what is waiting on your decision.
- Exception-based screens: Focus on late freight or mismatched data instead of clicking through normal loads.
- Automated tender intake: Load tenders from EDI and APIs import automatically using your custom acceptance rules.
- Smart document processing: Read and validate operational data automatically while flagging errors for human review.
- Approval controls: Route high-risk financial or safety decisions to managers with a clear audit history.
Reliability and control built in
Protect your business with enterprise-grade infrastructure and strict data controls.
Innovative runs on the class of enterprise infrastructure organizations choose when transactions cannot be lost or replayed. It is the same category of systems behind banking, insurance and payment processing.
- Transaction integrity: Engineered so every order, trip and settlement commits safely to a single database without lost data.
- Security first: Built on an enterprise architecture designed to protect against common system attacks.
- Access controls: Control who views or edits specific records down to individual fields.
- Fully managed: Hosting, security patches, backups and system monitoring are all handled for you.
One system from order to cash
Run operations, payouts and finance from a single source of truth.
Manage your full lifecycle in a single database with one source of truth:
- Operations: Handle order entry, preplanning, lane matching, dispatch, tracking and yard inquiries in one place.
- Revenue: Automate rating across per-mile, flat, per-ton and trailer methods with built-in tariff and fuel surcharge tools.
- Pay: Process owner-operator settlements, partner payouts and full driver payroll with express options.
- Finance: Connect accounts payable, accounts receivable and general ledger directly to live operations.
Built-in safety and compliance
Build accurate filings automatically from data your fleet already generates.
Because trips, fuel and driver records sit in one system, your filings are built from data you already captured.
- Fuel tax (IFTA): Calculate mileage and fuel by state or province using real trip and fuel card data.
- Licensing and permits: Track permits and licenses by unit, state and province.
- Safety and risk: Monitor CSA scores, cargo claims and workers' compensation data.
- Driver logs: Track electronic logs and hours of service automatically.
Manage exceptions instead of routine work
Focus your team on fixing critical issues instead of clicking through normal loads.
What lands in front of your team is the short list that actually needs a person, like what’s late, what’s short, what doesn’t balance and what is waiting on your decision.
- Exception-based screens: Focus on late freight or mismatched data instead of clicking through normal loads.
- Automated tender intake: Load tenders from EDI and APIs import automatically using your custom acceptance rules.
- Smart document processing: Read and validate operational data automatically while flagging errors for human review.
- Approval controls: Route high-risk financial or safety decisions to managers with a clear audit history.
Reliability and control built in
Protect your business with enterprise-grade infrastructure and strict data controls.
Innovative runs on the class of enterprise infrastructure organizations choose when transactions cannot be lost or replayed. It is the same category of systems behind banking, insurance and payment processing.
- Transaction integrity: Engineered so every order, trip and settlement commits safely to a single database without lost data.
- Security first: Built on an enterprise architecture designed to protect against common system attacks.
- Access controls: Control who views or edits specific records down to individual fields.
- Fully managed: Hosting, security patches, backups and system monitoring are all handled for you.
Who is Innovative Next Generation TMS for?
Innovative Next Generation is built specifically for mid-market North American carriers and private fleets running full truckload, flatbed, bulk liquid or dedicated routes. It is the ideal solution for fleets that need a complete TMS with built-in accounting, payroll, safety and driver settlements.
See Innovative Next Generation in action
Talk with our team to see how Innovative Next Generation can simplify your dispatch, payroll and compliance in one system.
FAQ
For most carriers it can. Accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, driver and employee payroll, and settlements are native modules. We offer integrations to 3rd party accounting systems if required.
Yes. Load board maintenance, carrier rating, carrier settlements and Carrier411 monitoring run natively next to your asset-based operation, on the same orders and the same books.
Two paths: EDI load tendering with configurable auto-accept rules, and an OAuth-secured order-entry REST API for customer or partner systems. Both can create orders directly or raise them for review.
Settlements for owner-operators, agents and purchased-transportation carriers are built in, including escrow maintenance, advances, deductions and settlement history.
Training is built into the product. New dispatchers, billing clerks and office staff work through guided, role-based training inside the application they’ll use every day, so onboarding a new hire doesn’t depend on scheduling a class or pulling a supervisor off the floor.