How to future-proof your wood logistics
From goods receipt to warehousing and order picking, all the way through to route planning and delivery: With an end-to-end software solution, you can efficiently manage your entire logistics process in the timber trade, reduce manual effort, and ensure maximum transparency for your team and your customers.
„In the timber trade, logistics is the key to success. For over 25 years, we’ve been turning this expertise into software that stands the test of time every day.“
Martin Reinhardt, founder and CEO of Tourbosoft
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We provide comprehensive optimization and digitalization of your wood logistics
Our logistics software is based on a deep understanding of the unique requirements of the timber trade. Whether it’s automated warehouses, stacking optimization, or complex routes involving long and bulky goods – with Tourbosoft, you can manage your processes seamlessly and efficiently.
From warehouse management and loading planning to truck route planning and delivery notifications, we offer not just individual software solutions, but a holistic approach to digitizing your entire logistics value chain.
The goal: fewer manual adjustments, transparent processes, and logistics that work reliably – from the first order to the digital delivery note. Welcome to your new digital timber logistics.
With Tourbosoft’s modular approach, you can flexibly design the integration of individual software modules. You decide which modules to use – and can expand your solution step by step. This way, your logistics solution grows with your business and remains future-proof at all times.
New: 3D Loading Planning for the Timber Trade
Plan the loading of your trucks – including long and bulky timber products – in an interactive 3D view before you even start. Fleet dispatch and loading teams can see early on whether customer stacks of panels, beams, and doors fit optimally on the vehicle. This ensures better use of cargo space, fewer follow-up questions, and greater reliability for demanding timber deliveries.
Your employees are the key to successfully modernizing your fleet logistics, but the process shouldn’t fail because of them. Here’s how to successfully motivate and win over your employees so they support the changes and are eager to implement decisions.
Successful lumber dealers rely on Tourbosoft's proven logistics software
Tourbosoft’s software modules are in use at many timber trading locations. Our customers include small, medium, and large timber traders. We also successfully digitize corporate groups with multiple locations and extensive logistics networks. Take advantage of our many years of experience in the logistics processes of the timber trade industry, and don’t miss out on digitalizing your logistics!
„We all agree: We never want to go back to working the way we used to, without Tourbosoft!“
Gregor Marberger, M.A., Managing Director of Holz Marberger in Ötztal-Bahnhof, Tyrol
„We're now receiving a lot of praise from our customers for our accurate delivery notifications.“
Thomas Heneka, Managing Director at Holz-Kunz in Ubstadt-Weiher, Baden-Württemberg
We integrate every ERP system used in the timber trade with our logistics software
Plug-and-play interfaces to Tourbosoft are available for many ERP software systems and can be used immediately. Other ERP interfaces can be created using our state-of-the-art interface tools.
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We understand the challenges you face in the timber trade – and we have a solution for each one
In the timber trade, many processes are closely interlinked: sales, warehousing, loading, route planning, drivers, and customers. If information is missing at one point, it quickly creates extra work in many other areas. This is exactly where we come in: with end-to-end digital processes that identify typical problems in the timber trade and solve them permanently.
Last-minute changes throw the entire daily schedule into disarray
A customer reschedules a delivery. A construction site isn’t ready yet. A driver is unavailable. And suddenly, nothing fits together anymore.
✔ Here’s how we solve it:
Changes are reflected directly in the system. Routes can be recalculated in seconds – instead of having to rearrange everything manually.
When experienced employees are absent, things suddenly get difficult
Critical knowledge about warehousing, loading, and shipping is often stored in individual minds. If someone is absent, operations quickly grind to a halt.
✔ Here’s how we solve it:
We map the knowledge involved in all logistics processes into a digital system. This ensures that knowledge is preserved and available to everyone at all times.
Frequent changes in communication channels waste time and lead to unnecessary errors
Paper lists, Excel spreadsheets, phone calls, and disparate systems result in duplicate work, misunderstandings, and a lack of visibility.
✔ Here’s how we solve it:
Information flows digitally and seamlessly through the entire logistics process – from order placement to delivery.
The shipper is standing right in front of the cargo, but lacks the experience and big-picture perspective
Variations in length, weight, and size make loading a challenging task. Not every shipper has the necessary expertise to handle it.
✔ Here’s how we solve it:
Our software shows how to optimally distribute the cargo across the vehicle. This makes loading easier and improves fleet utilization.
You have an automated warehouse, but it has to be operated manually
Orders are printed out, transferred manually, or batches aren’t scheduled automatically. This slows down the automated warehouse.
✔ Here’s how we solve it:
Our software automatically sends orders to the warehouse and creates appropriate batches directly within the system. This creates a seamless process.
Many customers ask, “When will my delivery arrive?”
Without transparent information, this leads to follow-up questions, coordination issues, and unnecessary stress in sales and fleet planning.
✔ Here’s how we solve it:
Current delivery times are visible at all times – for dispatch, sales, and customers. This results in fewer questions and greater planning certainty.
What challenges do you face in your daily life?
Let’s talk about it. Together, we’ll find the right solution.
Integrated software connection for your automated warehouse in the timber trade
Get a €2,000 subsidy per vehicle and use it for Tourbosoft
With the “Environmental Protection and Safety” grant program (formerly “De minimis”), you can secure €2,000 per vehicle and receive funding for up to 80% of the costs for software, training, and consulting from Tourbosoft. Use this grant as a starting point or a boost for your digital transformation in the timber trade.
We’d be happy to show you how to make the best use of these funds.
Are you falling behind in the digital transformation of your logistics operations?
Schedule a free, no-obligation consultation with us today
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How digitalization and automation are making a difference in six areas of the timber trade
In the timber trade, it’s worth taking a close look at the six areas of logistical value creation – from goods receipt through warehousing and order picking to route planning, loading, and delivery. The key question here is: Where do you stand today – and what opportunities remain untapped? Our Managing Director, Martin Reinhardt, describes exactly this practical perspective using typical processes in the timber trade. One thing becomes particularly clear: Digitalization and automation should no longer be held back by a lack of data.
Presentation by Tourbosoft CEO Martin Reinhardt
“Data over gut feelings – how digitalization can improve your transportation & warehouse logistics” at the HOLZRING Logistics Symposium
How digitalization can future-proof your transportation and warehouse logistics in the timber trade
Introduction (1/7)
Goods received (2/7)
Manage inventory (3/7)
Picking (4/7)
Schedule tours (5/7)
Loading (6/7)
Delivery (7/7)
Don’t be afraid of digitalization in logistics
5 concerns – Why the effort is overestimated and why digital solutions should be a priority in the timber trade right now
For many companies, implementing fleet management software sounds like a major, challenging project. But the effort involved is often overestimated—and the benefits underestimated. This article addresses the most common concerns and explains why digitalization is worth it, especially now.
