Logistics

Uber Freight’s ML-powered platform slashed empty miles by 10–15% and reduced customer support waits from 5 min to 30 sec.

Logistics

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Plank teams have delivered AI-enabled solutions across the logistics stack including real-time fleet telematics with predictive maintenance, AI-driven route optimization and dispatch automation, warehouse intelligence for demand forecasting and inventory tracking, shipment-visibility agents for proactive exception handling, and marketplace engines for freight matching and carrier selection.

Logistics
Fleet Tracking and Telematics Infrastructure
  • Integrate GPS, OBD, and sensor data from delivery vehicles, trailers, and heavy assets in real time.
  • Normalize telemetry across device vendors and protocols into scalable time-series systems.
  • Enable live map views, route replays, alerting, and predictive maintenance through API and dashboard layers.
Route Optimization and Dispatch Automation
  • Develop algorithms for multi-stop, time-windowed routing with constraints for load, traffic, and service SLAs.
  • Automate dispatch decisions using geofencing, dynamic ETAs, and driver-behavior inputs.
  • Support integrations with WMS/TMS systems and third-party logistics (3PL) partners.
Warehouse Intelligence and Inventory Tracking
  • Track inventory movement across inbound, storage, picking, and outbound flows using barcodes, RFID, and IoT devices.
  • Optimize layout and pick paths using real-time order volume, zone congestion, and labor availability.
  • Build ML models for demand prediction, stockout prevention, and replenishment scheduling.
Shipment Visibility and Customer Experience
  • Expose real-time tracking, status updates, and delivery confirmations via white-labeled portals and webhooks.
  • Power exception handling, delay notifications, and proof-of-delivery workflows through AI agents.
  • Offer branded customer-facing tools for feedback, dynamic rescheduling, and live support.
Freight Matching and Carrier Marketplace Tools
  • Match loads with carriers based on equipment, capacity, route, and historical performance.
  • Automate bidding, negotiation, and booking workflows using rule engines and LLM-powered agents.
  • Integrate compliance checks, document upload, and load tracking for digital freight networks.
Secure, Scalable Ops and Data Infrastructure
  • Architect systems to support global shipment volumes with multi-region failover, autoscaling, and real-time processing.
  • Ensure data privacy, SOC 2 compliance, and full auditability of logistics workflows and document trails.
  • Provide admin and operator tools for role-based access, SLA dashboards, and incident response workflows.

Customer Showcase

Artyc

Energy tech
Energy tech
Logistics
Logistics
Hardware/IOT
Hardware/IOT

Artyc is a Climate Capital backed IoT company that has developed an advanced battery-powered, reusable temperature controlled shipping container with IoT-enabled cooling and real-time monitoring - designed for precise, secure transport of temperature-sensitive materials like vaccines, vials, and medicines.

AI-powered cold-chain monitoring & alerts:

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Deployed a real-time IoT data pipeline that ingests terabytes of temperature, location, and handling events, then uses event-driven AI agents to flag anomalies and push instant alerts—helping prevent the $30 B annual loss of temperature-sensitive goods.

Adaptive temperature-control module:

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Designed an on-device AI algorithm that continuously tunes set-points in response to ambient conditions, removing the need for human intervention and ensuring medicines and vaccines stay within safe ranges in the field.

AI-generated compliance auditing:

Built a policy-based alert engine and automated, AI-driven audit report generator that produces secure, end-to-end traceability logs—dramatically cutting manual data-gathering time for regulatory reviews.

Secure, scalable IoT + mobile platform:

Implemented encrypted network tunnels, Bluetooth/Wi-Fi auto-reconnect mobile apps, and fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure to process tens of terabytes per day, with Plank providing ongoing maintenance and uptime assurance.

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Cargo Robotics

Logistics
Logistics
Hardware/IOT
Hardware/IOT

Cargo is building an AI-first robotics delivery platform - an automated warehouse on wheels. They are reimagining the delivery vehicle, featuring custom-built vans powered by advanced perception, motion planning, package optimization, and fleet management algorithms.

AI-copilot mobile interface for delivery vans:

Built a Bluetooth-connected mobile app that fuses AI and manual control, enabling van operators to manage robotic systems in real time—handling both continuous sensor streams and bursty high-volume data, all within a secure local network.

AI-first robotics architecture:

Designed a modular, parallel-processing pipeline that routes in-van data to specialized AI models for perception (e.g., dimension/text recognition), motion planning, damage detection, packing optimization, and fleet diagnostics—deployable on both local hardware and cloud.

Context-aware AI-guided delivery dialog:

Delivered an adaptive UI component that provides real-time, AI-generated guidance to delivery personnel, optimizing package retrieval and handoff with dynamic instruction flows.

Hybrid cloud-local platform with full ops support:

Engineered the system for dual deployment (in-van and cloud), with secure processing and resilient offline support—now in pilot phase for rollout with major global delivery fleets.

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