Bundled Application for Load Management System

A computer-implemented method for remotely managing loads at a distribution center, comprising:

• accessing, in response to a user logging in to a main mobile application included in a mobile application which is associated with a user account and executable on a mobile device, a plurality of sub-applications included in the mobile application, the plurality of sub-applications being independently executable and corresponding to workflow progresses in the distribution center, and each of the main application and the plurality of sub-applications corresponding to separate and distinct executables and being executed as separate and distinct instances;
• rendering, on a display of the mobile device and within a graphical user interface of the main application, selectable icons corresponding to the plurality of sub-applications on the mobile device;
• activating, by the mobile application, a first sub-application of the plurality of sub-applications in response to the user selecting a first one of the selectable icons corresponding to the first sub-application, and executing the first sub-application, the process of executing the first sub-application comprising:
• acquiring at least one of a plurality of identifications of the loads;
• querying a database, with the acquired at least one of the plurality of identifications of the loads, for load information related to a specified load, the database holding the load information related to a plurality of loads stored in a cargo trailer destined for the distribution center, and the load information including an identification associated with each load in the plurality of loads;
• receiving the queried load information from the database;
• updating the load information based on information of load documentation;
• and
• generating a machine-readable representation corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of identifications of the load;
• activating, by the mobile application, a second sub-application of the plurality of sub-applications in response to the user selecting a second one of the selectable icons corresponding to the second sub-application, and executing the second sub-application, the process of executing the second sub-application comprising:
• acquiring the machine-readable representation generated by the first sub-application;
• querying the database, with the machine-readable representation, for the load information related to the load;
• receiving the queried load information from the database;
• acquiring pallet information;
• and
• updating the load information based on the pallet information,
• wherein the plurality of sub applications inherit credentials from the main application and communicate with each other in response to inheriting the credentials.