A shipment tracking spreadsheet gives logistics teams one place to see what is moving, what is late and what needs attention.
Core shipment tracking fields
- Customer or internal reference
- BL, AWB or container number
- Origin and destination
- Transport mode
- ETD and ETA
- Status and priority
- Owner or responsible person
- Last update and notes
Use ETA and ETD as operational dates
ETD helps plan departure-related tasks, while ETA helps prioritize arrival, customs and delivery actions. When these dates change, a tracker should make the change visible rather than leaving it buried in email.
Add a dashboard
A useful dashboard can summarize active shipments, upcoming arrivals, overdue operations and shipments with issues. This is often faster than filtering a long table repeatedly.
The ImportVista Shipment & Import Tracker includes ETA/ETD control, statuses, priorities, alerts and a dashboard for up to 200 operations.