Dispatch Science

Last-mile delivery management for couriers and delivery businesses, with routing, dispatch and shipment visibility.

About Dispatch Science

Dispatch Science is a cloud-based last-mile platform for courier and delivery operations. It combines order intake, route optimization, configured dispatch rules, driver mobile workflows, proof of delivery, customer visibility and billing. The driver app can retain completed stops offline and synchronize on reconnection, with some functions unavailable offline. Pricing depends on the plan, driver count, routing/API or finance add-ons, and implementation scope.

Listed capabilities

  • Route Optimization
  • Configured Automated and Suggested Dispatch
  • Driver Mobile App
  • Digital Proof of Delivery
  • Barcode Scanning
  • Customer Portal
  • GPS Tracking
  • Predictive ETA Notifications
  • Driver and Dispatcher Communication
  • Billing and Driver Settlement
  • Offline Stop Completion and Sync
  • DataBridge Integration Layer — confirm plan scope

These are catalog-listed capabilities. Confirm current availability and any plan or setup requirements directly with the provider.

Listed integrations

  • Openforce — contractor onboarding/compliance connection
  • Stripe — payment connection
  • Twilio — communication connection
  • QuickBooks Online — CSV invoice/GL export

Ask the provider to confirm the supported connection and implementation requirements for your systems.

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Planning and multimodal execution

How Dispatch Science plans and executes last-mile delivery work.

  • Route planning and optimization (native): Dispatch Science documents route planning and optimization as part of its transportation-management platform.

    Condition: The reviewed pages do not enumerate every solver constraint, supported mode, planning limit, or optimization objective.

  • Broad multimodal freight planning (not verified): The reviewed sources do not provide enough detail to verify ocean, air, rail, or broad long-haul multimodal planning; this is not a conclusion that the product lacks those capabilities.

Questions to test in a demo

  • Build a route with time windows, service times, capacity, skills, and traffic, then re-optimize after a disruption.
  • Show which delivery modes and fleet models are supported in the purchased edition.

Carrier, rate, and tender management

How Dispatch Science assigns delivery work and connects logistics participants.

  • Dispatch execution (native): Dispatch Science documents dispatch as a core execution capability for delivery operations.

    Condition: Public materials do not specify carrier tender sequencing, rate-card governance, acceptance windows, or fallback rules.

  • Carrier procurement and tender fallback (not verified): The reviewed sources do not provide enough detail to verify procurement, contract-rate management, tender fallback, or carrier scorecards; this is not a conclusion that the product lacks them.

Questions to test in a demo

  • Assign a delivery to a driver or connected carrier, then simulate rejection, reassignment, and confirmation.
  • Show how rates, service levels, carrier eligibility, and accessorials are configured and audited.

Shipment visibility and exception handling

How operators monitor deliveries and resolve operational exceptions.

  • Tracking and exception management (native): Dispatch Science documents tracking and tools for dispatchers to manage exceptions.

    Condition: The reviewed pages do not specify location-source coverage, event latency, exception taxonomy, escalation rules, or remediation automation.

  • Customer-facing delivery visibility (native): Dispatch Science documents delivery tracking and customer-experience workflows within its logistics platform.

    Condition: Customer notification channels, delivery-proof requirements, and geographic availability should be validated for the selected edition.

Questions to test in a demo

  • Trace a delivery from dispatch to proof of delivery and show source timestamps, ETA updates, and missing signals.
  • Create a failed or late stop and show alerting, assignment, customer communication, escalation, and audit history.

Freight audit and order-to-cash

How last-mile execution connects to billing and financial records.

  • Billing workflow (native): Dispatch Science lists billing as part of the execution capabilities of its logistics platform.

    Condition: The reviewed public materials do not define invoice matching, accessorial audit, payment rails, tax, or collections behavior.

  • Complete freight audit and order-to-cash (not verified): The reviewed sources do not provide enough detail to verify end-to-end freight audit, receivables, collections, and cash application; this is not a conclusion that the product lacks those capabilities.

Questions to test in a demo

  • Generate a bill from completed delivery and proof-of-delivery records, then show adjustments and accounting export.
  • Demonstrate invoice matching, accessorial disputes, customer collections, carrier settlement, and reconciliation.

Configuration and connectivity

How Dispatch Science integrates delivery operations and exposes data.

  • Integrations and extensibility (native): Dispatch Science documents integrations as part of its logistics platform and describes an extensibility layer for connected operations.

    Condition: The reviewed pages do not provide a complete endpoint catalog, authentication model, limits, connector pricing, or implementation scope.

  • Self-service rule governance (not verified): The reviewed sources do not provide enough detail to verify no-code workflow administration, environments, approvals, versioning, testing, and rollback; this is not a conclusion that the product lacks those capabilities.

Questions to test in a demo

  • Connect an order source, telematics system, and accounting platform, showing schemas, retries, monitoring, and replay.
  • Change a route, exception, or billing rule and show permissions, testing, effective dating, audit history, and rollback.

Before you choose: Confirm which capabilities apply to your plan and setup, and ask about any listed conditions.