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Southampton, Hampshire

Custom Software Development in Southampton

Southampton moves a lot of cargo, and the businesses around the port live on accurate, fast-moving data. When off-the-shelf software can't keep up with the operation, that's where we come in.

Talk to Rob and Jaseor ring 01474 639 089

You'll be talking to one of us, not a salesperson.

Built for a port city's pace

Southampton's economy is shaped by its port: container and cruise traffic, freight forwarding, customs and logistics, warehousing, and the long chain of distribution and supply businesses that feed off all of it.

Stock, location, timing and documentation have to line up precisely. A clunky system or a manual workaround doesn't just annoy people. It costs real money on every movement.

The same pressures run through the distribution centres along the M27, the manufacturers supplying the port and the freight forwarders managing customs paperwork. The gap between what the operation is doing and what the software thinks is happening is where the problems live.

We're not going to pretend it's local.

We're in Gravesend, about 85 miles from Southampton in a straight line. For most of a project that doesn't matter. Rob or Jase is your contact, the small team behind them builds it, and you can see progress as it happens.

For an operational system, though, it helps to see the operation. Watching goods come in and go out tells us more than any specification. So we'll come down for that, and for the workshops and go-live that follow.

Who we've worked with near Southampton

Our nearest client to Southampton is in Romsey. The rest is further away, but it's the operational work this page is about.

  • A critical power and battery business in Romsey

    About seven miles north-west of the city. It came to us for a complete turnkey solution, from project management through to development.

  • A port terminal and warehousing operator in Northfleet

    On the Thames. We redesigned and modernised its warehouse management system. A port, a warehouse and the software holding them together.

If you're in Romsey, the New Forest or anywhere round the Solent, the same applies. See also our work across Hampshire.

Working with Dev Partners to redesign and modernise our WMS system: the whole process has been thoroughly professional from the outset and a delight to work with.
Seacon

Operational software for Southampton

  • Warehouse management

    Real-time stock across locations and zones, pick and pack driven by live orders, and goods-in reconciled against purchase orders. Including bonded and non-bonded stock where customs requires it.

  • Consignment tracking

    Where every consignment is, from booking through collection, transit, customs and delivery, updated by the people handling the cargo.

  • Customer tracking portals

    A secure login where your clients see live status and documents without ringing your team.

  • Carrier and system integrations

    Carrier APIs, customs systems, accounts packages and supplier feeds, joined up so nobody retypes anything.

  • Order and despatch

    Stock reservation, pick lists, carrier labels, proof of delivery and confirmation back to the customer and the accounts.

  • Live reporting

    Throughput, stock and consignment status, always current because it comes from the live system.

Why logistics is core for us

Logistics and warehousing software isn't a sideline here. We've built picking systems, multi-location stock management, despatch tracking, carrier integrations and customer-facing tracking portals. More on our warehouse systems.

For operational software, that experience matters far more than being down the road.

Questions from Southampton businesses

  • You're in Kent. Is that a problem?

    Rarely. We'll come down when seeing the operation matters, and the rest runs remotely.

  • Can you work with our existing systems?

    Almost always. If a system has an API or an SFTP feed, we can connect to it.

  • We've already got a system. Do we have to replace it?

    Usually not. We'd read what you've got first and tell you honestly what's worth keeping.

  • What happens after it goes live?

    We look after it: fixes, improvements, security updates and hosting, from the people who know your code.

  • How do we start?

    Tell us what's going on. It goes straight to Rob and Jase, and the first chat is free.

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Rob on the left, Jase on the right. No sales team and no account managers. One of us is on every job, from the first chat to long after it goes live, and the people writing your code sit in the same small team.

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