The Q4 2025 Release focuses on widening the platform's integration surface and tightening compliance workflows. The OEM EDI network now covers Ford and Stellantis alongside the existing manufacturer connectors. Peppol e-invoicing lands in three phases, completing the picture for VAT-compliant electronic invoicing across Europe. Customs automation moves deeper into stock-level operations, and INTTRA integration extends from sailing schedules to full booking exchange.
Expanded OEM EDI Network
Q3 introduced the Mercedes-Benz USA EDI suite. Q4 doubles that footprint by adding Ford and Stellantis, and continues the build-out with Anji on the value-added services side.
Ford EDI Suite
Four message flows now connect the platform with Ford's logistics systems.
- Inbound 304 Shipping Instruction: The system receives, parses, and stores 304 shipping instructions from Ford, populating booking and Bill of Lading data directly from the source.
- Outbound 865 Acknowledgement: Every 304 received generates an outbound 865 acknowledgement, confirming receipt back to Ford so both sides reconcile against the same shipment record.
- 310 Bill of Lading Exchange: Outbound 310 messages transmit BOL details to Ford in their required format.
- 315 Ocean Shipment Status: Status milestones flow back to Ford via 315 messages, keeping the manufacturer's tracking systems in sync with vessel and customs events.
When Ford integration is enabled, the platform also enforces a workflow rule that blocks ad-hoc BL creation outside the integration-controlled flow, with an override permission for operators who legitimately need to print a manual BL.
Stellantis X12 Foundation
The Stellantis EDI integration begins with a structured foundation: a dedicated message library and DTO models for 824 Application Advice, 530 Service Transaction, 540 Haulaway Shuttle, and 660 Advance Shipping Notice. The OBT X12 messaging service handles transmission, and inbound 660 ASN parsing maps incoming vehicle shipment data into the platform's inventory automatically.
Anji Value-Added Services
A new set of endpoints connects the platform to Anji's vehicle logistics workflows: inbound ASN ingestion, inbound inspection results, value-added service results, node information exchange, yard group definitions, inventory synchronization, and vehicle material master records. All endpoints are authenticated, idempotent, and validated against the documented message schemas.
Peppol Network Integration
European e-invoicing compliance is now built in, delivered in three phases through Q4.
- Phase 1 — Sending to Peppol: Outbound invoices can be transmitted directly through the Peppol network, eliminating PDF email handling for B2G and B2B invoicing in participating countries.
- Phase 2 — Receiving from Peppol: Inbound Peppol invoices are received, parsed, and queued for processing within the platform.
- Phase 3 — Creating Received Invoices: Received Peppol messages now generate purchase invoices automatically, closing the AP loop end to end.
Supporting infrastructure includes a Peppol Identifier tab on Accounting Entities for ID management and full party-identifier coverage in the Accounting Entities Excel export (EORI, MC, and other identifier types previously missing).
Deeper Customs Automation
Customs workflows continue to move from booking-level to stock-level, and from manual to automated.
- Customs Declarations on Inventory: Both Import and Export customs declarations can now be created on inventory units that are not linked to a booking, supporting the common case where vehicles enter stock before a final booking is assigned.
- Stock-Level Descartes Linking: The Descartes Arrival and Manifest declaration types now accept inventory units alongside booked units, with the ability to unlink a unit from a released declaration when corrections are required.
- Automated Clearance Document Retrieval: Clearance documents from the Dakosy integration are received and filed against the relevant shipment automatically, removing the manual download and upload step from the operator's day.
- Customs Release Enforcement at Checkout: Incoming customs status release messages are tracked per unit, and the system blocks checkout for units that have not yet been released.
- Auto-Fill on Export Declarations: Previous document number and previous weight are now auto-populated on export declarations, reducing repetitive entry on multi-leg shipments.
- Intermediate Port of Discharge Support: The ICO declaration flow now supports an intermediate POD, reflecting real-world transshipment routes more accurately.
- AES Manual Override: When automatic gate-in or gate-out triggers fail, the visibility integration now supports manually sending the corresponding messages, with a dedicated retry button and improved search across transit events.
INTTRA Booking Integration
Q3 connected INTTRA for sailing schedule queries. Q4 closes the booking loop with three new flows:
- Booking Request: Outbound booking requests transmit through INTTRA in the standard message format.
- Booking Confirmation: Carrier confirmations flow back into the platform and link automatically to the originating booking.
- Status Tracking Views: Dedicated tracking views surface INTTRA message status, with deduplication on duplicate requests within a 90-day window and clearer handling of "not found" responses.
Vessel and Network Modelling
- SeaMetrix Vessel Integration: Vessel details can now be requested from SeaMetrix and stored in a dedicated vessel database, with refresh-on-demand to keep the vessel master current.
- Service Network and Route Definitions: A new Service Network module lets operators define named maritime routes with their port sequences, which can then be referenced in voyage planning and charging rules.
- Charging Rules by Sailing Route: Charging rules can now match on Sailing Route directly, providing an alternative to listing every POL/POD/country/continent combination.
Booking, Yard, and Scanner Refinements
- Reinstate Cancelled Units: Cancelled booking units can be reinstated from the Unit form, restoring the booking without re-keying it from scratch.
- Unit Search Module in Scanner App: A dedicated Unit Search module lets handheld operators look up any unit by VIN or barcode without navigating through multiple screens.
- Location-First Sorting: Scanning lists support a new sort mode that groups by location first, so operators working a single yard area see all relevant units together.
- Pin Activity on Handheld: Operators can pin a specific activity so they can scan multiple units in sequence and enter only the outcome, with each save committing the activity to the next scanned unit.
- Manual Gate Movement Trigger: Gate in and gate out events can be triggered on request when the automatic inventory-state trigger needs to be bypassed.
- Inspection Type Management UI: A new dedicated UI for managing inspection types, with integrated dropdown editing directly from the Inspection Template form.
- Copy Inspection Template: Templates can now be duplicated with a single action, accelerating setup of variant templates for different OEMs or workflows.
Pricing, Billing, and Documentation
- Distinguishing Manual vs Automated Charges: Manually applied charges and rate adjustments are now visually distinguished from those generated by automation, giving billing teams an audit-friendly view of every line item.
- Tax on Purchase Charges: Tax configuration is now supported on purchase and purchase-service charge types, where it was previously blocked.
- THC Support in Tariff Templates: Terminal Handling Charges are now first-class in tariff templates through a dynamic, configuration-driven charge-type model.
- Optional Charges in Auto-Charging: Auto-charging rules can now mark specific charges as optional, so they only apply when conditions warrant rather than always firing.
- Proforma Invoice Templates: Proforma invoices now support their own template customization, separate from final invoice templates.
- Quotation Attachments: Quotation messaging jobs support attachment tabs and optional inclusion of the Quotation PDF and Pro-Forma PDF, matching the flexibility already available in email forms.
- Multi-Rate API Rate Limiting: Public API endpoints now enforce configurable rate limits per route, protecting platform stability under heavy integration load.
- Public Export API for Booking Units: A new export endpoint for booking units supports incremental sync with cursor-based pagination, token authentication, and idempotent retries, opening the platform to downstream BI and reporting systems.
- Expanded HS Code Resolution: Commodity rules now match on fuel type, body type, engine capacity thresholds, weight thresholds, vehicle category, and sub-category, on top of the existing make/model criteria, for more accurate HS code assignment on customs declarations.
Closing
Q4 2025 makes the platform broader on the integration side and deeper on the compliance side. Ford and Stellantis join the OEM EDI network. Peppol completes the European e-invoicing picture. Customs automation pushes from booking-level to stock-level workflows. INTTRA moves from schedule queries to full booking exchange. Together these changes reduce the manual touchpoints between manufacturer, carrier, customs, and finance, while giving operators clearer audit trails on every charge and message that flows through the platform.
