Shipmnts Pulse - Jul 2025

Check out what got updated by July in your favourite app Shipmnts.com

🔥 Coming in Hot - Spot Rate and enhanced Contract Rate search 

🟠 Stay compliant with Integrated SCMTR filing 

🟠 Better Order and Shipment controls 

🟠 Editable Estimates and stronger audit trail 

🟠 Smarter TDS Payable Tracking and GSTR3B with auto fetching 

🟠 Warehouse controls now accessible live from ground

Take a closer look👇

🔥 Coming Soon: Spot Rate + Contract Rate Search – Quote in Under 2 Mins

We’re about to transform how you quote ocean freight!

With our upcoming Spot Rate & Contracted Rate Integration inside Rate Search, you’ll be able to:

1. Instantly fetch spot rates from the top 10 ocean carriers
   
2. Access your uploaded contracted rates and compare them side-by-side with live spot rates
   
3. Add your margin (value or %) and generate ready-to-send quotes in minutes
   
4. Quickly select the best rate and create a quote under 2 mins
   

Why it matters:

1. Be the first to quote to your customer – no delays
   
2. Quote smarter with real-time rates + contracts in one view
   
3. Save up to 2 hours daily for your pricing team
   
4. Make quoting not just faster—but also strategic and scalable
   

Stay tuned for next pulse update on this!

 

Integrated SCMTR Filing on Shipmnts

• Filing SCMTR just got seamless and fully integrated with your shipment workflow.

  
  With this release, you can now manage your SCMTR compliance directly within Shipmnts, without juggling between systems:

  • Create SCMTR in one click – auto-fetch data from your Shipment (Job)
  • Review & complete mandatory SCMTR details with ease
  • Download CSN JSON instantly after final review & file in ICEGate after digitally signing it
  • Upload ICEGate acknowledgment, and we auto-extract & update CSN & CIN
  • SCMTR is now tightly integrated with your BL workflow for complete traceability

  
  

  No more duplication. No more manual follow-ups. Just faster, compliant filings—built into your operations.
  
  

  
  

More Compliant BL Editor

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  ​​​​​You can now:

  
  

  • Add Shipping Bill and Commercial Invoice details directly from the BL Editor
  • These details are automatically structured and pulled into the BL body
  •  An additional checkpoint ensures this info is filled before BL draft approval

  
  

  
  

  This ensures better compliance, cleaner documentation, and fewer manual errorsright from your existing workflow
  

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Enhanced Estimates Tab on Shipments – More Control, Better Traceability

• We’ve rolled out key improvements to the Estimates Tab to give you greater flexibility and transparency in managing your shipment costs
  
• • Editable Estimate Names – You can now rename estimates after adding them. Name editing is allowed until any sales or purchase actuals are booked. Once booked, the name is locked for consistency.
  • Estimate-Level Audit Trail – Track who created and last updated each estimate, along with timestamps for better accountability.
  • Item Descriptions from Master – Item-level descriptions from your item master now auto-populate on estimates. You can customize these at the shipment level, and they will flow seamlessly into CANs and invoices.
  
  
  
  
  These enhancements are designed to improve clarity, audit readiness, and operational control across your finance workflow

Improvements in Order and Shipment Management

• Improved Rollover & Shutout handling - we now store the initially planned vessel and show it in the routing update tracking event which is created when you mark a shipment as roll over or shutout
•  Amendment Reason - The booking amendment reason has now been introduced as a dropdown in the amendment flow to record, track (in reports) and share the amendment reason with the customer as well
• Cancellation Reason - Cancellation reason has now been added in reports for easier tracking and analysis
• Improved in Transshipment Handling - you can now track up to 3 transshipment ports, their ETDs, ETAs, and vessel voyages from reports/views. We have also introduced an Update Transshipment action on shipments, which will enable you to update transshipment details even after the BL release, Billing, and Job Closing
  
  

 

Smarter TDS Payable Tracking & Payments

We’ve made TDS challan payments simpler, faster, and more accurate!

You can now create TDS Challans by category, linking them directly to multiple suppliers and their purchase invoice references—all in one go from the TDS Challan Report

This release includes —

• Allowing deduction of TDS under multiple categories while recording an
• A new TDS Challan Payment Entry system with a powerful report view - TDS Challan Report
• Filters by date, cost center, supplier, TDS category, and challan status
• Bulk select purchase invoice or on-account payments where TDS has been deducted to generate TDS Challans
• One-click TDS Challan Payment Entry creation for bank payments with clean audit trails. Robust editing and reallocation flows via the TDS Challan Payment Entry
• Robust editing and reallocation flows via the TDS Challan Payment Entry
• Smart handling of partial allocations and auto-transfer to Advance TDS on de-allocation or cancellation
  
  

Smart GSTR-3B Report with Auto-Fetch & Filing Tracker

Filing your GSTR-3B just got easier and more reliable!

Our new GSTR-3B Report automatically pulls:

• GSTR-1 data from your sales register
• Input Tax Credit (ITC) from GSTR-2 purchase data
• Store and track your final GSTR-3B working for audit and reference
• Monitor filing status GSTIN-wise for each return period—know what’s filed and what’s still pending
• Ensure accurate, consistent returns without manual data compilation
  

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Smarter Bank Reconciliation – Faster, Cleaner, More Accurate

We’ve introduced key enhancements to streamline your bank reconciliation process and reduce manual work:

• 🔍 Auto-Reconcile Partial Matches: Transactions can now be auto-marked as reconciled based on matching Amount + Date, even if other fields differ—saving time and reducing friction.
• ✍️ Auto-Fill UTR/Reference Number: When creating Payment, Contra, or Forex entries directly from a bank entry, the system will now automatically pre-fill the Bank UTR into the Cheque/Reference # field—ensuring cleaner audit trails and fewer manual errors.

 

Smarter & More Accessible Warehouse Management

We’ve reimagined warehouse operations to empower your ground teams with organised, real-time, mobile-first workflows whether it’s inbound, outbound, or cross-stuffing.

Your warehouse teams can now:

Receipts & Putaway: Now Live from the Floor

• Capture product images at the time of receipt and link them directly to receipt records
• Perform live putaway by scanning product and bin codes using handheld devices for faster, error-free storage
  
  

Outbound & Picking: Faster, Smarter Dispatches

• Smart picking strategies (FIFO, LIFO, Batch-based) to avoid costly errors
• Automatic inventory reservation when picklist is generated
• Real-time picking updates from the warehouse floor to streamline dispatch execution
  

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Cross Stuffing — Precise & Bill-Safe

• Ensure accurate handling of cross-stuffed cargo
• Automatically exclude cross-stuffed items from storage billing, improving billing accuracy and customer trust

 

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