Beacon

Beacon is an AI-powered supply chain platform designed to give finance and operations teams unified visibility and control over their logistics operations. The platform connects freight contracts, shipments, and invoices into a single workspace, enabling supply chain and finance professionals to make data-driven decisions in real time. Beacon serves thousands of supply chain professionals across industries, with notable customers including Tilda Rice, Fever-Tree, and Tata Consumer Products, positioning itself as a trusted tool for mid-to-large enterprises managing complex global freight operations.

At its core, Beacon functions as an intelligent workspace that goes beyond passive tracking dashboards. It integrates live data from over 160 ocean and air carriers, as well as connections to major freight forwarders such as Kuehne+Nagel, DHL Global Forwarding, DSV, DB Schenker, Maersk, CEVA Logistics, and C.H. Robinson. The platform also connects with leading ERP, TMS, and WMS systems including SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, Descartes, and Blue Yonder, as well as business intelligence tools like Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake, Google Sheets, and Excel. This broad integration capability allows teams to layer Beacon on top of existing infrastructure without requiring system replacement or lengthy IT implementations.

Key functional capabilities include automated invoice verification, which checks every freight invoice line item against the underlying contract and actual shipped quantities to eliminate erroneous payments. The platform's Demurrage and Detention (D&D) Monitor tracks every container against its free time allowance and flags exposure before charges accrue, a feature that many customers report recovering the cost of the platform within the first quarter of use. Contract Intelligence provides shippers with independent data about lane usage, volume commitments, and free time utilization, giving them negotiating leverage typically held only by carriers.

Beacon's Live Boards feature allows teams to create role-specific views of shipment data, surfacing the right information to the right stakeholders — warehouse teams see arrival dates, customers see inbound shipment status, and operations teams see exceptions requiring attention. The platform also provides a Plan vs. Actual tracking capability that replaces static spreadsheets and delayed weekly reports with a live view of freight costs, volumes, and operational performance against budget.

The onboarding process is designed to be rapid and low-friction, with teams able to upload existing spreadsheets and become fully operational within days. The AI layer automatically updates data, sends notifications when ETAs change, and facilitates real-time collaboration across internal teams, suppliers, and customers. Beacon's positioning emphasizes reducing costs, eliminating financial surprises, and increasing productivity for supply chain-dependent businesses operating in global trade environments.