Steel freight doesn't leak in the rate. It leaks between the gate, the weighbridge, and the invoice.
A 500-shipment/day operation leaking even 2% loses ₹8-15 Cr/year — detention, weight drift, a mismatched transporter bill. Fretron runs dispatch on one record — indent, gate-in, weighbridge, invoice matched — so the leak surfaces while you can act.
Fretron’s rails were built where logistics is hardest — 1M+ shipments a year, ₹10,000 Cr+ freight orchestrated for India’s biggest manufacturers
Common Challenges
How it breaks when every system holds its own truth.
Plant TAT bleeds detention costs — trucks wait 8-12 hours because gate, weighbridge, and loading operate as disconnected islands. Every extra hour is ₹500-1,500 per truck.
Pilferage detected too late — weight discrepancies between plant and customer weighbridge are reconciled monthly, by which time the evidence trail is cold.
OEM penalty exposure untracked — late deliveries trigger penalty clauses but nobody correlates which dispatch decisions caused which penalties.
Built for Steel
Steel logistics is a plant-operations problem before a routing one. Money leaks where dashboards never look: trucks idling 8-12 hours at the weighbridge, discrepancies reconciled a month after the trail goes cold. Fretron runs the movement on one record — gate-in, weighbridge, ePOD, invoice matched — so the leak shows up while you can still act.
Key Capabilities
Every capability below reads — and writes — the same record.
Dispatch planning at plant scale
Auto-indent allocation builds 300+ daily load plans — sequencing that stops weighbridge queues.
Plant & yard automation
Stage-wise TAT — gate, weighbridge, loading bay — shows where vehicles pile up.
Freight & pilferage analytics
Freight spend per plant, lane, and transporter — weights reconciled origin to destination.
EXIM & cross-border logistics
CHA coordination, port-to-vessel tracking, and automated customs documentation for export steel.
Digital control tower
Exception-based monitoring across plants and transporters — work the 15 shipments that need attention.
OEM delivery proof portal
OEM buyers self-serve status, timestamps, and ePOD — disputes settle on proof, not calls.
Outcomes This Drives
₹8-15 Cr
a year recovered — detention, pilferage, and lane-level rate leakage plugged
40%
plant TAT reduction — the same loading bays handle more dispatches a day
20%
OTIF improvement to OEM customers — penalty exposure down
What our customers say
Fretron's solutions have streamlined our logistics processes, significantly enhancing efficiency & reducing delays. The automation & real-time visibility have transformed our operations & greatly improved customer satisfaction!
Dilshad Bakhsh
Head of Logistics & PPC, Jindal Steel & Power
Frequently asked questions
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₹10,000 Cr
Freight costs managed
1M+
Shipments handled every year
₹400 Cr
Saved in freight costs
100+
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