Logistics automation, built and supported from Johannesburg.
Tapnet automates the work between a delivered load and a paid invoice for South African transport, 3PL and distribution companies: dispatch, driver proof of delivery and invoicing. The company is run by its founder, Wynand de Beer, and the people who build your workflows are the people who support them.
- Based in
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Contract
- Month-to-month
- Support
- Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00 SAST
The company, on the record.
A registered South African company you can check, and a founder you can phone.
- Founder
- Wynand de Beer
- Company
- Tapnet Solutions (Pty) Ltd
- Registration
- Reg. 2023/135522/07
- Based in
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
Why Tapnet exists
Tapnet started from what keeps going wrong in operations: delivery notes retyped into a spreadsheet and then into Sage, drivers updated by phone and WhatsApp, PODs that go missing before anyone invoices them, and tools that never see each other.
It was built from running operations rather than from a specification document. The focus is narrow on purpose: the workflows between dispatch, the driver and the invoice, inside South African conditions. That means billing in rands, POD capture that works without signal, and connections to the systems local operators already use: Sage, Xero, WhatsApp Business and Cartrack.
Who you deal with
- The founder
- Tapnet is run by its founder, Wynand de Beer. There is no sales team between you and the engineers.
- The people who build it
- The people on your diagnostic call build your workflows and support them after go-live, Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00 SAST, with emergency on-call for critical issues.
- A registered South African company
- Tapnet Solutions (Pty) Ltd, Reg. 2023/135522/07, based in Johannesburg, Gauteng. Billed in rands.
How we work
The commercial terms are the same for every operator and published on the pricing page.
- Fixed, published pricing
- A once-off setup fee and a monthly fee in rands, agreed before any work starts. No hidden fees. Every price excludes VAT.
- Month-to-month
- Every package, Starter to Enterprise, runs month-to-month with 30 days’ notice. You own the custom work we build for you.
- Scope agreed up front
- Every feature is specified before the build starts, so the scope and price you agree are the scope and price you get.
- Quick, and tested
- A single workflow goes live in 7–14 days and a full department in 6–8 weeks. Each workflow is tested on your real scenarios before live loads run through it.
- We stay after launch
- For the first 30 days after go-live we tune the workflows on live loads, then support continues for as long as you use the platform.
From diagnosis to go-live
Every deployment runs the same four phases. Starter goes live in 7–14 days, Growth in 3–4 weeks and Scale in 6–8 weeks.
- 1DiagnoseA free 30-minute call. We map how a delivered load becomes an invoice today and put a rand value on each delay.
- 2ConnectWe connect Sage or Xero, tracking and WhatsApp, and clean up customer and rate data.
- 3AutomateWe build the workflows that remove retyping, starting with the most expensive one.
- 4DeployDrivers get the app, dispatch and finance are trained, and live loads run through it.
What guides the work
- Operations first, technology second
- We start with the workflow problem, not with what is new in software. The right code is the code that removes a delay you can name.
- No surprises
- Clear timelines, fixed pricing and working software shown during the build, so you always know where the project stands.
- Built for the people who use it
- Software only earns its keep if drivers, dispatchers and finance use it. Screens follow the steps people already do, and we train your team on live loads.
- Measured, not assumed
- Automations log what they do and the time they save, so you can check the value yourself.
- We own the outcome
- We do not hand over code and disappear. The people who built your workflows stay on to support them.
Related
- Core platformOne platform for South African logistics: dispatch, offline driver POD and automated invoicing, connected to Sage, Xero, WhatsApp Business and Cartrack.
- Modelled scenariosThree modelled scenarios, not client results: a transport operator, an FMCG distributor and a two-branch warehouse, with every assumption and calculation shown.
Talk to the people who build it
Book a free 30-minute operations diagnostic. We map one of your workflows, find what can be automated and give you a clear timeline and price, with no obligation.