ILS Platform: Heavy Lifting Logistics

Neutral courier gateway

The courier gateway is a neutral platform that brings together a selection of couriers to assist with the return of courier shipments. Your agreement is with your nominated courier, with all terms and conditions of carriage relevant to your selected provider.

We built a system that provides courier options based on criteria such as destination, weight, and the dimensions of each shipment — making complex shipping decisions simple.

The ILS Courier Gateway booking form, where an exhibitor picks the show and enters each parcel’s weight and dimensions

The quote step of the ILS Courier Gateway, comparing courier services, prices and weights

Tackling complex logistics

Any changes in weights are billed according to the courier’s check weights. Most cut-off weights per parcel are dependent on size, but as a guide, all single items up to 30kg are considered courier shipments. Anything above this is considered freight, affecting the available service options.

The platform integrates with world-leading shipment systems so that customers globally receive their orders on time and in the way that suits them best.

Everything an exhibitor needs to send goods home

Exhibitors use the gateway during breakdown, from inside the exhibition hall. We built it to:

Compare courier quotes through Metapack, from the weight and dimensions of each parcel
Tie every booking to the show, with the event, stand details and a collection date and time
Offer a separate collect-from-stand service at a set price for each event
Find addresses from a UK postcode and take card payments through Sage Pay with 3D Secure
Produce courier labels, address labels and commercial invoices as PDFs
Give the ILS team an admin area to set up events and cut-off dates and follow each shipment