Inbound vendor tracking

See supplies arriving from several vendors in one business dashboard—with LR milestones, PO references and POD your procurement team can trust.

Business dashboard view of inbound vendor shipments and tracking milestones
Multi-vendor
One dashboard for every supplier lane
LR & POD
Per consignment documentation
PO ready
Reference fields for procurement
Alerts
Delays and exceptions surfaced early

Overview

Inbound tracking at a glance

Manufacturers and distributors use inbound tracking to reconcile POs against carrier scans and POD.

  • One view for multiple vendor pickups

  • LR and POD per consignment

  • Alerts and support escalation

Visibility

Stop chasing vendors for LR updates

Spreadsheets

Manual LR lists

  • UpdatesChased by phone and WhatsApp
  • PO matchManual lookup per LR
  • PODFiles scattered across inboxes
  • Best forVery low vendor count
Recommended

AtlasShip

Unified inbound dashboard

  • UpdatesCarrier milestones on every LR
  • PO matchReference fields tied to PO or ASN
  • PODSigned POD per consignment in one place
  • Best forMulti-vendor factory and DC inbound

Carrier portals

One portal per carrier

  • UpdatesSeparate logins and formats
  • PO matchRarely linked to procurement
  • PODDownloaded per carrier
  • Best forSingle-carrier lanes only

Who it's for

Teams that receive from many vendors

Inbound tracking helps procurement, warehouse and project teams see freight before it hits the dock.

Manufacturers

Track raw material and components from multiple suppliers into your plant or vendor hub.

Distributors & C&F

See inbound from principals and vendors before stock hits your godown.

Retail replenishment

Monitor vendor dispatches to your DC ahead of store allocation.

Project & capex teams

Follow long-lead equipment and spares from several OEMs to site.

How it works

From vendor dispatchto GRN-ready POD

  1. 01

    Share your inbound lanes

    Vendors, origin pincodes, typical modes and receiving location.

  2. 02

    Book or import consignments

    Create shipments in AtlasShip or share LR numbers your vendors already have.

  3. 03

    Tag PO or ASN references

    Attach purchase order, ASN or internal job codes for procurement lookup.

  4. 04

    Milestones in one view

    Pickup, in-transit, out-for-delivery and delivery scans on the business dashboard.

  5. 05

    Alerts & escalation

    Get notified on delays or exceptions so stores and lines can replan.

  6. 06

    POD for finance

    LR, POD and freight notes captured for GRN and three-way match.

Key features

Visibility procurement can act on

  • 01

    Multi-vendor view

    Every vendor pickup visible without switching carrier sites.

  • 02

    LR & waybill search

    Find any inbound consignment by LR, reference or vendor name.

  • 03

    PO / ASN references

    Tie carrier events to purchase lines your team already raised.

  • 04

    Live milestones

    Scans and ETA updates on one timeline per shipment.

  • 05

    POD archive

    Signed delivery proof stored with the LR for audit.

  • 06

    Exception alerts

    Flags for no-shows, delays and failed delivery attempts.

  • 07

    Same account as outbound

    Inbound sits beside your PTL, LTL and parcel moves.

  • 08

    Support escalation

    Raise cases with LR context—no re-explaining the lane.

Onboarding

What we configure with you

Every inbound program is different—share your vendors, modes and reference fields and we align tracking to how your team already works.

Discuss inbound setup
  • 01

    Vendor count & lanes

    How many suppliers and how often they dispatch to you.

  • 02

    Modes used

    Parcel, LTL, PTL or full truck—and which carriers they book.

  • 03

    Reference data

    Whether PO, ASN or GRN numbers need to appear on tracking.

  • 04

    Receiving sites

    Single plant vs multiple warehouses or project sites.

  • 05

    Alert rules

    Who gets notified and for which milestone or delay threshold.

  • 06

    Booking model

    You book freight, vendors book, or a mix on the same account.

Coverage

19,000++

Pincodes for vendor dispatch and your receiving sites.

Check your pincode

North

Delhi NCR · Jaipur · Lucknow · Chandigarh · Ludhiana

West

Mumbai · Pune · Ahmedabad · Surat · Indore

South

Bengaluru · Chennai · Hyderabad · Kochi · Coimbatore

East

Kolkata · Bhubaneswar · Patna · Ranchi

North-East

Guwahati · Shillong · Agartala

We used to ring twelve vendors for LR status every morning. Now procurement opens one screen and knows what is in transit before the truck reaches our gate.

SP
Sneha Pillai

Head of Procurement · Pune, Maharashtra

FAQS

Inbound tracking questions

A single business view of shipments your vendors send to your plant, warehouse or project site—carrier milestones, LR numbers and POD—so procurement is not chasing updates in spreadsheets.

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