Built for the people behind every shipment.
Every freight forwarder and customs broker faces the same bottleneck: shipments move quickly, but the paperwork moves through fragmented inbox threads and disparate spreadsheets.
Wareabouts gives your coordinators and filing teams the specific tools they need to stay ahead of documentation deadlines and resolve exceptions with confidence.
For teams that coordinate freight all day.
Wareabouts is initially focused on freight teams that rely on email, documents and manual checks to keep shipments moving.
Freight forwarders
Bring shipment documents and outstanding requirements into a clearer workflow. Reduce the effort required to find information and follow up on gaps.
Illustrative workflow · sample data
- SH-4012Certificate of origin missing
- SH-4009All checklist items received
- SH-4015Awaiting packing list
Starting with focused workflows for freight forwarders and customs brokers.
How Wareabouts fits into your everyday workflow.
Freight Forwarders
Track incoming shipment paperwork across all active bookings.
The Everyday Friction
- Missing packing lists and certificates of origin identified right at cutoff time.
- Operations coordinators spending hours daily cross-checking customer emails.
- High dependency on individual memory to follow up on pending documentation.
With Wareabouts
- Automated completeness checklists tailored per customer and trade lane.
- Instant flags when mandatory documents have not been forwarded or uploaded.
- Pre-drafted emails to overseas agents and shippers ready for operator review.
Customs Brokers
Catch documentation mismatches before filing Bill of Entry.
The Everyday Friction
- Gross weight discrepancies between invoice and packing list causing customs queries.
- HS code ambiguities and typographical errors in scanned supplier invoices.
- Last-minute amendment penalties and container demurrage costs.
With Wareabouts
- Automatic cross-document validation for weights, package counts, and values.
- Low-confidence data points highlighted explicitly for human verification.
- Clear audit trails showing verified source lines for every field.
Operations & Documentation Teams
Switch from firefighting emails to structured coordination.
The Everyday Friction
- Dozens of browser tabs, PDFs, and Outlook threads open simultaneously.
- Lack of shared visibility across the team when coordinators take leave.
- Repetitive, manual drafting of routine document request emails.
With Wareabouts
- A unified shipment view connecting documents, exceptions, and pending actions.
- Standardized, professional follow-up templates pre-populated with shipment references.
- Full team transparency on what has been reviewed, approved, and sent.
Transform your team's shipment coordination today.
Zero ERP disruption. Get started with email forwarding and document uploads.