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Building Materials
Traqo for Building Materials runs depot-to-site and direct-to-project dispatch for cement, tiles, ceramics, plywood and laminates. Customers across global markets run reverse auctions on every load to cut freight cost 11%, dispatch 500+ orders per depot per day, and close freight settlement in the same week the order ships.
From plant to dealer counter, on the date you promised. Built for cement, tiles, plywood, sanitaryware, and similar high-volume manufacturers.
Trusted by leading building-materials brands
What's broken today
The cost of the status quo.
Pain 01
Dealers cancel orders because deliveries slip by days.
Pain 02
Reverse logistics for breakage and returns has zero visibility.
Pain 03
Spot freight rates eat into already-thin margins.
The Traqo answer
4 modules. One workflow.
Solutions are not features — they're modules stitched together. Here are the ones that do the heavy lifting for building materials.
How it works
Three steps. From your first day.
Lock the rate, then dispatch
WhatsApp auction lock the spot rate before the load goes out.
Promise dates, keep them
Dealer gets a date at order; live ETA updates if anything slips.
Breakage tracked end-to-end
Every return logged with photo evidence. No 'he said, she said'.
Outcomes that show up in your P&L
What customers actually see.
Result 01
freight spend
Result 02
dealer NPS
Result 03
return audit trail
"Fully digitised in-plant. Zero paper gate-passes. Our drivers love us now."
The result
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FAQ
Building Materials — frequently asked questions
- What is the best TMS for global cement, tiles, ceramics and plywood shippers?
- The best TMS is one purpose-built for global cement, tiles, ceramics and plywood shippers workflows — not a generic TMS forced to fit. Traqo.ai's Building Materials solution runs depot-to-site and direct-to-project dispatch with reverse auctions on every load and 500+ orders per depot per day. Documented results: 11% freight cost saved per auction, same-week freight settlement, and zero manual indent calls across customer depots.
- How does Traqo's Building Materials solution work?
- Traqo's Building Materials solution stitches together RFQ & Auctions, Indent Automation, Real-time Tracking and Freight Settlement into one workflow. Documented results: 11% freight cost saved per auction, same-week freight settlement, and zero manual indent calls across customer depots. Building-materials rollouts go live in 7 days per depot; multi-depot networks complete within 3 weeks.
- Which Traqo modules power the Building Materials solution?
- The Building Materials solution uses RFQ & Auctions, Indent Automation, Real-time Tracking and Freight Settlement. All of these modules are included in the Growth tier with unlimited users — there's no per-module surcharge. Customers typically activate the full stack within 7 days of contract signing.
- How long does it take to go live with Traqo for global cement, tiles, ceramics and plywood shippers?
- Building-materials rollouts go live in 7 days per depot; multi-depot networks complete within 3 weeks. runs depot-to-site and direct-to-project dispatch with reverse auctions on every load and 500+ orders per depot per day.
- What results do global cement, tiles, ceramics and plywood shippers customers see on Traqo?
- Documented results: 11% freight cost saved per auction, same-week freight settlement, and zero manual indent calls across customer depots. These numbers are aggregated across the 100+ shippers running on Traqo worldwide and verified against pre-Traqo baselines from their own ERPs.
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Tell us about your fleet. We'll set up a pilot, walk you through the dashboard, and show you live tracking on your own trucks — no GPS hardware required.
- Pilot on up to 10 trucks, free for 14 days
- Live in under 5 minutes — just the driver's phone
- Direct line to our solutions team