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Zonox is a TMS for small and mid-sized Canadian trucking companies, LTL and truckload. It keeps routine loads quiet and brings forward the exceptions dispatch needs to verify, correct, or send.
One-load walkthrough · Mississauga → Montréal
Scroll to follow load BL-2048.
01 · Inbox to operating record
Zonox reads the tender from dispatch Gmail or EDI and prepares a load record for review. No duplicate entry and no new driver workflow.
02 · Plan the movement
Loads move onto the dispatch board, where trips, legs, drivers, and appointment windows stay connected to the same record.
03 · Bring forward the decision
Zonox watches for the conditions that change the plan, then surfaces the load with the reason, context, and next decision in one place.
04 · Close the operating record
Departure, notice history, source events, and supporting files remain connected so billing does not have to reconstruct the day later.
Dispatch board
Build trips, split legs, assign drivers, and keep appointment conflicts visible, with incoming loads waiting beside the plan.
Trailer fit
Dimensions, stackability, and trailer position become a loading decision dispatch can inspect. It is a working view, not a decorative dashboard.
Also in Zonox
Customers get ETA updates you approve, drafted the moment an ETA changes.
No driver GPS. Nothing is sent without a dispatcher unless you turn it on per customer.
Drivers WhatsApp a photo or PDF scan of the signed POD and it lands on the right load.
Blurry or unsigned photos are sent back with a reason. No driver app.
Drivers WhatsApp a photo or PDF scan of their runsheet and Zonox drafts the hours for you to approve. It builds the pay period: hourly, flat out-of-town moves for brokers, and per-mile cross-border runs.
Add advances or deductions, approve, and download a pay statement for each driver. HST is added for brokers who charge it.
One click builds a dispute PDF and a reply from the load’s real timestamps.
You review and edit the reply before it goes out in the broker’s thread.
Detention opportunity · Your inputs
Use your own load volume, detention frequency, and average billable amount. The result is an estimate, not a promise, and no contact details are required.
Estimated detention opportunity
$4,410 / month
Estimate based only on your inputs. It is not a guarantee of recovery or savings.
30-day pilot · No card
Connect one dispatch inbox, follow real loads for 30 days, and decide from evidence. Zonox does not require a forced migration or driver rollout.
Start a free pilotDirect onboarding with the Boreal Lab product team.
Starter
For small carriers replacing spreadsheets and inbox chasing.
Owner plus 1 dispatcher seat · Gmail import · Dispatch · Detention · PODGrowth
For growing carriers adding EDI and more operating modules.
Everything in Starter · Owner plus 3 dispatcher seats · EDI · Customer ETA updates · Trailer fit · Driver payEnterprise
For carriers that need a connector plan, reporting, a support agreement, or their own database.
Dedicated database, hosted by us in Canada or in your own cloud account · TMS connectors · Custom reporting · SLA · Priority supportCommon questions
Guides: TMS for small trucking companies, dispatch software or a TMS, detention calculator and every guide.
Zonox is a TMS with dispatch and detention recovery for small and mid-sized Canadian trucking companies. It reads load tenders from Gmail or EDI, builds trips on a dispatch board, and keeps the notices, timestamps and supporting files for each load in one record that billing can invoice from.
Zonox checks open stops every five minutes and flags a stop when its free time runs out. Dispatch then confirms the driver is still on site, or records the departure, before any notice goes to the customer. Confirmed detention is stored with the load and carried into the invoice and any dispute.
No. Free-time expiry only flags the stop for dispatch. A person confirms the driver is still on site, or saves the completed departure time, before a notice is sent. ETA updates are held for approval unless you turn on automatic sending for a specific customer.
No. Zonox runs beside the Gmail inbox, spreadsheets or TMS you already use, and drivers keep reporting by phone, text or WhatsApp. Dispatch logs the times, and photos of signed PODs sent over WhatsApp land on the right load.
Yes, on the Growth plan. Zonox reads X12 204 tenders that arrive by email and turns them into loads with every stop and reference number, alongside ordinary email and PDF tenders on every plan. Anything it is unsure about goes to a review list instead of becoming a load silently.
Small and mid-sized Canadian trucking companies, especially carriers in Ontario that handle freight for brokers and 3PLs and want detention documented and billed consistently.
The pilot is 30 days and free, with no card. You connect one dispatch inbox, follow real loads, and join a short weekly review. After the pilot, Starter is $149 CAD per month with one dispatcher seat, and Growth is $299 CAD per month with three. Extra dispatcher seats are $49 CAD per month each, and the owner never needs a seat. Enterprise is priced to the rollout.