The LR problem every garment distributor knows
You book a transport, get an LR number, and then — silence. The goods are somewhere on the road, the party is calling to ask where their order is, and you're searching through WhatsApp messages and paper receipts to find an answer. When you're dispatching to 30 or 50 parties a week, this happens every single day.
What can go wrong between dispatch and delivery
Every LR that leaves your warehouse has three possible problems:
- Short delivery — the transporter delivers fewer pieces than were sent
- Damaged goods — fabric or garments arrive in bad condition
- Non-delivery — the consignment is lost or delayed badly
Without a system, these surface only when the party calls to complain — by which time it's already a dispute, sometimes weeks old.
Tracking every LR in one place
A good LR tracker lets you log every dispatch — party name, LR number, transporter, date sent, expected delivery. At any point you can see which LRs are in transit, which are delivered, and which are overdue. Your team stops hunting through messages and starts working from a live list.
When a party calls, the answer is there in seconds: "your goods left on the 22nd via Shree Transport, LR 4821, should reach by tomorrow."
Handling claims cleanly
The real money-saver is claim tracking. If the party reports a short delivery, you log it against the LR — pieces dispatched, pieces received, difference. This becomes a clean record for the transporter claim and for your own books. No disputes based on memory, no claims that get quietly dropped because the paperwork was too much trouble.
Connecting LR status to your business
The other benefit is linking dispatch status to payments and outstanding. A party whose goods haven't arrived yet shouldn't be chased for payment. A party who received goods three weeks ago and hasn't paid is a different conversation. When LR and accounts are connected, your team always knows the right thing to say.
Track every LR from dispatch to delivery — see JS1 Software for distributors.
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