The ERP for third-party logistics
Your WMS runs the floor. Momentum makes sure you get paid for it.
Momentum SCM is the ERP for third-party logistics (3PL) companies. It sits between your warehouse management system — ShipHero today — and your accounting software, turning every order, label, receipt and storage day into an accurate invoice, reconciling carrier bills against what you quoted, and showing margin by client.
Built and run inside an operating multi-client 3PL. Works with ShipHero, QuickBooks Online and UPS.
Grouped by client · dollar-valued
| Signal | |
|---|---|
| Unlogged receiving | $1,640 |
| Below-cost cartons | $388 |
| Unbilled packaging | $515 |
| Duplicate labelsConfirm | $104 |
| Pass-through shippingAcknowledged | $880 |
The problem
Where does 3PL margin go?
Rarely in one big miss. It leaks through the gap between the warehouse floor and the invoice — small, repeated, and invisible to a WMS that was never built to bill.
Carrier adjustments you never re-bill
Reweighs, dim corrections, address corrections and surcharges arrive on the carrier invoice weeks after you billed the client from the label quote.
How Momentum fixes it →02Work nobody logged
Receiving jobs, relabels and special projects happen on the floor and never make it to the invoice.
How Momentum fixes it →03Billing built by hand
Rate cards live in contracts, activity lives in the WMS, and every invoice is rebuilt from CSV exports in between.
How Momentum fixes it →04Margin you can't see by client
Revenue is on the invoice; cost is spread across carriers, supplies, labor and space. Some accounts quietly lose money.
How Momentum fixes it →How it fits
Does Momentum replace your WMS? No — it sits above it.
ShipHero keeps running picking, packing and labels. Momentum reads that activity, adds carrier bills, floor work and your rate cards, and turns it into invoices, recoveries and margin you can act on.
What you already have
- ShipHeroOrders, labels, inventory, POs, returns — every 15 min
- Carrier invoicesUPS detailed invoice files
- Floor appReceiving counts, photos, tasks, time
- Rate cardsPer-client pricing and rules
Momentum SCM
- Billable-events ledger
- Rating & draft invoices
- Carrier reconciliation
- Leakage monitor
- Client profitability
Approval gates every charge and credit.
Where it goes
- QuickBooks OnlineApproved invoices
- Client portalOrders, inventory, invoices at sell price
- Finance & ops teamsRecovery lists, margin by client
The platform
One system from rate card to recovered margin
Every module reads the same warehouse data, so work captured once shows up in billing, leakage and profitability.
3PL Billing Engine
Every billable event, rated and invoiced. No spreadsheet in the middle.
Learn more →Carrier Invoice Reconciliation
Find what the carrier charged after you already billed the client.
Learn more →Margin Leakage Monitor
One list of every dollar you did the work for and didn't bill.
Learn more →Client Profitability
Know which clients make you money, and which ones just keep you busy.
Learn more →3PL Client Portal
Give your brands the answers before they email you.
Learn more →Warehouse Floor App
Capture billable work where it happens — on the floor.
Learn more →Inventory Planning
Reorder from real demand, not from the last stockout.
Learn more →3PL Sales & Quoting
Quote from the prospect's real orders, not their best guess.
Learn more →How the money is handled
Built to be trusted with invoices
Billing software has to be right before it can be fast. These rules are enforced in the engine, not left to process.
Every charge traces to an event
Each invoice line points back to the order, label, scan or storage day that created it.
Nothing bills without approval
Pending charges and credits never reach an invoice; approval locks what was billed.
Exceptions are declared, never dropped
Anything the engine can't rate is listed on the draft for a person to resolve.
AI drafts. The engine calculates.
Plain-English rules become structured config after human review; the money path never calls a model.
Clients see sell prices. You see margin.
Costs and markups are excluded from the client portal at the data layer.
Fit
Who is Momentum for?
A strong fit today
- Multi-client 3PLs running ShipHero
- Teams billing from spreadsheets or WMS exports
- Operators who want margin by client, not just revenue
- DTC, B2B and kitting-heavy accounts
Not a fit yet
- 3PLs on a WMS other than ShipHero (tell us yours)
- Single-brand, in-house warehouses
- Freight brokers and forwarders
FAQ
Questions 3PL operators ask us
What is Momentum SCM?
Momentum SCM is the ERP for third-party logistics (3PL) companies. It sits between your warehouse management system — ShipHero today — and your accounting software, turning every order, label, receipt and storage day into an accurate invoice, reconciling carrier bills against what you quoted, and showing margin by client.
Is Momentum an ERP for 3PLs?
Yes. Momentum is an ERP built for third-party logistics: client billing, carrier invoice reconciliation, margin by client, purchase orders, labor, inventory planning, sales quoting and a client portal, all on one set of warehouse data. It doesn't replace your WMS, which keeps running the floor, or your general ledger — approved invoices export to QuickBooks Online.
Does Momentum replace my WMS?
No. Your WMS keeps running the floor — picking, packing, labels and inventory locations. Momentum reads from it and adds what it doesn't do well: billing, carrier reconciliation, client profitability, a client portal and floor capture for non-WMS work.
Which WMS does Momentum work with?
ShipHero today. Orders and shipments sync every 5 minutes, purchase orders and pick/pack scans every 15, with inventory movements and returns on their own slower cadence. If you run another WMS, tell us which one.
Does Momentum integrate with QuickBooks?
Yes. Approved invoices export to QuickBooks Online.
Can Momentum help with the cash flow of fronting carrier bills?
Yes. Any client can be put on a prepaid balance: they fund it up front and each approved invoice draws it down, so weekly carrier bills are paid from their deposit rather than your cash. The client portal shows the balance, what has accrued against it, and how much to add. Other clients stay on invoice terms.
Who is Momentum built for?
Multi-client 3PLs serving consumer brands — DTC, wholesale and kitting — that bill from rate cards and want to know their margin by client.
Is Momentum used in production?
Yes. Momentum was built inside an operating multi-client 3PL and runs its daily billing, reconciliation, client portal and floor work today.
How is client data secured?
Role-based access for staff, finance, floor associates and clients; row-level security in the database so each brand can read only its own records; audit logging of administrative actions; and a floor app that never displays prices or margins.
How do we get started?
Request early access. We walk through your current billing and WMS setup, connect ShipHero, and run Momentum's billing in shadow mode on a few clients so you can compare every line before switching.
How is Momentum priced?
Early-access pricing is set per 3PL based on warehouses and client volume. Request access and we'll walk through it.
See what your last billing cycle missed.
Early access starts with a walkthrough and shadow billing on a few clients — compare every line before you switch.