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CRM for logistics: functionality,
top platforms & selection guidelines
August 5, 2025
CRM for logistics provides data consolidation, process automation, and analytics capabilities to help businesses streamline their marketing, sales, and customer service operations, as well as related industry-specific processes like inventory and shipment tracking.
As a trusted provider of CRM implementation services for 10+ years, Itransition assists freight forwarders, carriers, and other logistics and transportation companies throughout their CRM adoption journey.
Key capabilities of logistics CRM software
Marketing management
Marketing teams can leverage logistics CRM to segment their audience based on shared attributes and interests, run targeted social media, SMS, or email campaigns, and facilitate promotional content generation and posting through AI-based automation, ultimately boosting lead generation.
Lead management
Logistics CRM solutions typically feature extensive capabilities to help companies acquire, nurture, and convert leads. For instance, users can automate lead information capture from web forms, AI chatbots, and other touchpoints, rank and prioritize high-value leads via AI engines, and engage them with personalized communications.
Contact management
With the help of a logistics CRM system, businesses can consolidate information on their customers, leads, and business partners, including their personal and company details, interaction history, and relevant documentation, for easier engagement and collaboration.
Sales management
A logistics CRM platform enables organizations to effectively plan and monitor activities across the sales pipeline, interact with prospects via multiple integrated communication channels (IP telephony, email, etc.), and automate task assignment, quote generation, and other sales processes. This translates into superior sales team coordination and performance.
Shipment & inventory management
While most logistics businesses adopt dedicated tools to streamline supply chain management, industry-specific CRM software can still offer valuable capabilities to facilitate such operations. These include scheduling collections based on clients’ working hours, providing real-time shipment status updates, and monitoring inventory levels across warehouses to select the closest location for faster delivery.
Customer service management
Support teams rely on logistics CRM systems to automate freight claim routing, escalation, and other case management tasks or quickly access knowledge bases and relevant customer information for faster case resolution. Furthermore, CRM features such as chatbots and self-service portals enable 24/7 assistance, ensuring a better customer experience and improved retention.
Analytics & reporting
Most logistics CRM tools offer analytics and reporting features to help businesses optimize their customer relationship management strategies, streamline operations based on data-driven insights, and facilitate knowledge sharing among stakeholders. These include, for instance, sentiment analysis, sales and revenue forecasting, real-time KPI tracking, and automated report generation.
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CRM integrations
Consider integrating your logistics CRM with other corporate systems to enable seamless data exchange between different business functions and create a synergistic technology environment. Common integration options include:
ERP
to harmonize CRM processes with other key business operations, including inventory management and warehousing, finance and accounting, and human resource management.
Transportation management systems (TMS)
to share freight rates, carrier availability, or other relevant information with sales teams and fill in shipping orders with customer data from the CRM.
Warehouse management systems
to trigger a pick-pack-ship request in the WMS when a new order is recorded in the CRM or send automated tracking notifications to the client via the CRM system once the order is shipped from the warehouse.
Marketing automation software
to segment leads and customers based on CRM data for targeted marketing and record leads collected via the marketing solution into your CRM, making their details available to your sales teams.
Accounting software
to automatically populate financial documents such as freight invoices with customer information from the CRM system and facilitate financial reporting based on sales and other CRM data.
Best CRM software for the logistics industry
As the market-leading CRM platform for the last decade, Salesforce offers a remarkable range of industry-agnostic features to empower marketing, sales, and service teams, along with more specialized capabilities for different sectors.
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Key features
- Automated marketing campaign creation with natural language prompts, including audience segments, forms, and landing pages
- Marketing personalization to adjust web content, ads, and in-app interactions based on customers’ browsing behavior and personal data
- AI-driven lead and account scoring to focus sales efforts on leads most likely to convert
- Sales workflow automation to set up workflows via drag-and-drop functionality or pre-built templates and trigger deal notifications, contract approvals, or other actions
- Sales pipeline and activity management to track deal progression and plan tasks associated to leads, contacts, or accounts
- Intelligent sales recommendations to help agents identify upselling and cross-selling opportunities, such as premium shipping options
- AI agents to autonomously handle sales and service tasks such as quoting, shipment scheduling, or question answering
- Incident management capabilities to gather transport-related data from IoT devices, detect potential issues, and adjust dispatch and delivery planning accordingly
- Analytics dashboards to monitor inventory levels, order status, and other metrics
Limitations
- Complex licensing system
- Pricier than some competitors, especially for top-tier plans
Pricing
- Different tiered plans for every product or “Cloud”
- Plans starting at $25/user/month
- 30-day free trial
Logistics companies adopting Dynamics 365 can access multiple CRM products for marketing, sales, and service management, along with additional ERP capabilities for supply chain management, finance and accounting, and HR.
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Key features
- Customer data platform to consolidate demographic and firmographic data into unified client profiles and create client segments based on their attributes
- Customer journey personalization to engage clients with personalized messages via the most suitable channel (email, push notifications, etc.)
- Sales pipeline management features to assign sales tasks and receive AI-generated pipeline updates
- AI copilot to generate opportunity summaries, email response drafts, proposals, and other materials
- AI-powered recommendations on the next best sales actions to advance a deal
- Sales analytics capabilities, including AI-based lead scoring, sales teams performance tracking, and revenue forecasting
- AI-assisted case management, including smart case routing and knowledge article recommendations
- Self-service support via AI chatbots, interactive voice responses, and community portals
- Native integration between Dynamics’ CRM products, its supply chain management solution, and other tools within the Microsoft ecosystem (Outlook, Teams, etc.)
Limitations
- Complex configuration and administration
- Limited ready-made integrations with third-party software
Pricing
- Multiple tiered plans for each product
- Comprehensive pricing guide available on the website
- 30-day free trial
Odoo is a comprehensive suite comprising dozens of business apps, including a CRM solution and multiple supply chain management tools. Furthermore, adopters can choose between Odoo’s open-source option (Community) and licensed SaaS version.
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Key features
- Automated lead capture from emails, social media reactions, website visitors, and support tickets
- Orchestration of automated ad campaigns to target lead segments with tailored messages
- Predictive lead scoring based on past performance and other metrics
- Automated lead assignment to suitable sales teams based on lead quotas and segments
- Opportunity pipeline management to define sales stages and schedule related activities (calls, meetings, etc.) for each opportunity
- Integrated live chat featuring chatbots to send automated messages
- IP telephony with automated call logging and automated call rescheduling upon failed calls
- Predefined and custom dashboards to analyze cohorts, leads, opportunities, and sales team KPIs
Limitations
- Complex to customize compared to other options
- Not user-friendly for beginners
Pricing
- Free SaaS plan for a single app
- Two paid SaaS plans starting at $24.90 per user per month
- Billed monthly or annually, with a discount for the latter choice
Pipedrive is an intuitive sales CRM solution for logistics service providers requiring a strong focus on lead management and sales automation.
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Key features
- Web forms builder to create embeddable forms for corporate websites and store visitors’ contact information directly into the CRM
- Sales pipeline management features, including a visual workflow builder with customizable deal stages
- Sales workflow automation, including triggered emails and automated activity scheduling at certain sales pipeline stages
- AI-powered sales assistant offering productivity tips and progress updates to help sales reps close more deals
- Client records storing information on warehouse hours, packaging requirements, and other details
- Shipment management capabilities, including collection and delivery scheduling
- Automated shipment tracking communications (collection reminders, delivery updates, etc.) via email, SMS, and mobile app notifications
- Mobile app enabling drivers to access the CRM and share shipment information and traffic updates with other teams on the go
Limitations
- Limited analytics features
- Lack of native integrations with some popular tools
Pricing
- Five plans, starting at $14 per seat per month
- Billed monthly or yearly, with a discount for the second option
- 14-day free trial
HubSpot is a popular platform that includes multiple software products or “Hubs” for customer relationship management and recently added agentic AI capabilities.
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Key features
- Social media management tool to build and publish campaigns, monitor interactions on social networks, and assess market sentiment
- Content marketing features to create dynamic content blocks for personalized web experiences and generate brand-aligned content with AI tools
- Marketing automation capabilities, including automated form submission follow-ups and lead visit notifications to sales reps
- AI-powered lead scoring to identify leads most likely to close a deal based on engagement data and fit (business type, size, revenue, etc.)
- Sales pipeline management to customize deal stages, assign sales tasks, and identify sales cycle roadblocks
- Sales automation tools to trigger personalized emails for your prospects and notifications for your sales teams following meaningful contact actions
- Customer portal enabling customers to access your knowledge base, reach support teams, and track ticket progress
- AI service agent to handle routine customer queries, such as pricing questions, and escalate to a human specialist when needed
Limitations
- Steep learning curve
- Limited feature set in entry-level plans
Pricing
- Two plans for each product
- Online tool to create discounted bundles of products
- Free Tool plan and Starter Customer Platform plan offering essential features
Logistics CRM platform selection checklist
- Features
An out-of-the-box feature set close to your ideal functional scope to minimize potentially expensive customizations - Integration options
Native connectors with logistics management tools and other software solutions or services you currently use, along with built-in tools for custom API creation - Mobile capabilities
Ease of use on mobile devices, possibly through a dedicated app for drivers and other workers operating remotely - Customizability
Extensive customization options, including low-code/no-code tools and extension packages, to modify the out-of-the-box capabilities of your CRM - Performance & scalability
Seamless software operation even with increasing traffic and data volumes as your user base expands - Security & compliance
Robust security mechanisms to minimize your cyber exposure, along with strict adherence to applicable data management standards and regulations - Deployment options
A flexible hosting model offering both cloud deployment (for maximum scalability) and on-premises hosting (for more control over updates and data management) - Terms & conditions
Convenient pricing plans, free trial options, support services included in the license, and a lack of clauses entailing additional costs or vendor lock-in
Adopt logistics CRM with Itransition’s guidance
Benefits of adopting a logistics CRM solution
Increased revenue
Rely on targeted marketing, omnichannel customer engagement, and sales process automation to maximize lead generation and conversion and thus boost sales and revenues.
Improved customer satisfaction
Deliver personalized customer experiences, including tailored offers and communications, to foster engagement and provide more effective customer support to maximize retention and lifetime value.
Informed decision-making
Consolidate data on clients and business processes into a unified tool to get a holistic view of customer needs, identify sales opportunities, and address inefficiencies in your logistics operations or other workflows.
Superior operational efficiency
Automate repetitive tasks, such as work allocation or invoicing, and optimize workloads via lead and opportunity prioritization to make your teams more productive and speed up sales cycles.
Seamless collaboration
Facilitate task planning and foster data sharing across marketing, sales, and service teams to improve cross-department coordination for consistent customer engagement and support.
Full-cycle CRM services from Itransition
CRM consulting
Our consultants provide expert guidance at every stage of your CRM project, from business needs analysis and license optimization to user training and onboarding, to ensure a successful software launch.
CRM implementation
We help you implement CRM solutions fully aligned with your customer relationship management needs, taking care of custom development or platform customization, software integration, data migration, and post-release support.
Logistics companies need CRM more than ever
Logistics has never been an easy discipline. That said, its evolution over the past decade has further
exacerbated some of its most complex aspects, including ever-increasing freight volumes, recurring disruptions
across interconnected supply chains, and a demanding customer base that expects transparency, personalization,
and rapid issue resolution.
In this logistics landscape, CRM software isn’t just a nice-to-have tool, but an essential component
of any company’s digital toolkit to deliver both goods and great customer experiences. Consider relying on
Itransition’s team of experts to implement the right CRM solution for your business needs.
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