System and method for checking in and monitoring transportation assets

A method for checking in and monitoring transportation assets, comprising steps of:

• receiving, via an application executing on a computing device, a user input indicative of a carrier vehicle dispatched to or arriving at a location;
• selecting a predefined, or generating a custom, workflow;
• initiating a text message based on the workflow to a mobile device of a driver of the carrier vehicle, wherein the text message prompts the driver to confirm that the carrier vehicle is engaging in a first event at the location;
• receiving a responsive text message from the mobile device of the driver indicative of a confirmation that the carrier vehicle is engaging in the first event at the location;
• recording a timestamp associated with the carrier vehicle engaging in the first event;
• prompting, via a text message to the mobile device of the driver, the driver to confirm that the carrier vehicle is engaging in a second event;
• receiving a responsive text message from the mobile device of the driver indicative of a confirmation that the carrier vehicle is engaging in the second event;
• and
• recording a timestamp associated with the carrier vehicle engaging in the second event.

A system for checking in and monitoring transportation assets, comprising:

• a server including a processor and a computer readable storage medium;
• a plurality of tasks stored on the storage medium for executing workflows;
• computer readable program instructions stored on the storage medium and read and executed by the processor for performing steps of:
• receiving data indicative of a carrier vehicle and a shipment;
• loading a workflow including two or more of the plurality of tasks;
• initiating a message, based on the workflow, to a mobile device of a driver of the carrier vehicle, the message including a URL link to a webpage to receive messages from the driver and data from the carrier vehicle;
• receiving at least one message from the driver of the carrier vehicle via the webpage indicative of a confirmation of an event;
• and
• recording at least one timestamp associated with the event confirmed by the at least one message.