Orders read and entered for you
Tenders and order emails are read, checked against the customer and lane, and created as McLeod orders, with a person reviewing anything unclear.
McLeod Software integration consulting
Connect McLeod to the rest of your business.
McLeod LoadMaster runs many trucking companies, and PowerBroker runs many brokerages. We build the connections and tools around them, so orders, paperwork and updates that arrive by email reach McLeod without being retyped.
Keep it, then extend it
What McLeod Software does well, and where teams outgrow it.
Where McLeod Software shines
- One system for the loadOrders, dispatch, billing and pay to drivers or carriers live in one place, so the whole history of a load is in McLeod.
- Your business rules, keptMcLeod's supported connections check new data with the same rules and validations your team works under in the application.
- A wide network of add-onsMcLeod already connects to many tracking, load board, fuel and imaging products, and builds custom connections for customers when its standard set doesn't fit.
Where teams hit the limits
- Orders arrive as emails and PDFsLoad tenders, rate confirmations and customer orders come in every format, and someone keys each one into McLeod.
- Paperwork holds up billingProof of delivery, lumper receipts and accessorial backup arrive late or by photo, and invoices wait until someone matches them to the load.
- Customers ask where their freight isStatus lives in McLeod, so customer service answers the same check-in questions by phone and email all day.
What we build around it
Connecting McLeod Software to the rest of your work.
Paperwork matched to the load
Delivery receipts and other documents are read, attached to the right load and flagged when something is missing, so billing can go out.
Customer updates without the phone calls
Customers get status updates and a simple portal fed from McLeod, so your team answers the exceptions, not the routine questions.
Carrier and driver pay checked
Rate confirmations, invoices and accessorials are compared with the load before pay is approved, and mismatches go to the right person.
Quotes from your own history
Past loads, lanes and margins in McLeod help your team price new requests faster and more consistently.
Reports across McLeod and the rest
McLeod data combined with accounting, fleet and sales numbers in one scheduled report.
Before we start
How access works.
McLeod publishes a set of supported connections that read and update LoadMaster and PowerBroker data, and they apply the same validations and business rules as the application itself (see McLeod's overview). Customers register through McLeod's Innovation Hub, and the connection can run through McLeod's cloud service, which reaches your own McLeod server using your company's tenant and key, or directly against your server. McLeod shares the full list of available functions through your McLeod representative, so we start by confirming with you and McLeod which ones your license includes. We test against a non-production copy where you have one before anything touches live loads.
Related problems
Common places to start.
Documents piling up
Contracts, forms, invoices, reports. The information your business needs is locked inside PDFs, and someone has to read each one.
Read moreInvoices processed by hand
Invoices arrive by email, PDF and sometimes paper. Someone opens each one, types it into accounting, hunts for the purchase order and chases an approval. Month-end is a crunch every time.
Read moreRetyping the same information
An order arrives by email. Someone types it into one system, then another, then a spreadsheet. It's slow and dull, and mistakes are easy to make.
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FAQ
Common questions.
Do we have to replace McLeod?
No. McLeod stays your system for loads, dispatch and billing. We build around it and connect what it doesn't reach.
Doesn't McLeod already connect to our other tools?
McLeod has a large set of ready-made connections, and you should use them where they fit. Custom work makes sense for the steps between them, such as orders that arrive by email or reports that combine several systems.
What if the connection we need doesn't exist?
McLeod builds custom connections for customers when its standard set doesn't cover a need. We can scope that with McLeod or design around it.
Do you work with both LoadMaster and PowerBroker?
Yes. Both are covered by McLeod's supported connections, including companies that run trucking and brokerage side by side.
Are you a certified McLeod Software partner?
No. We're an independent integration consultant and development team. We build with McLeod Software's official developer tools and approved access, using the access your team grants, and we work alongside your McLeod Software admin or implementation partner rather than replacing them.
Sources
- McLeod Software: Open published web service APIs
- McLeod Innovation Hub: McLeod API (cloud-hosted and direct-hosted)
- McLeod Innovation Hub
Facts checked against the vendor's own documentation, November 2026. Names are trademarks of their owners. Inkwell is independent and not affiliated with these companies.
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