What's New in Jigcar - January, February & March 2026

Jigcar's optimisation engine is now live in the TMS for trade plate planning. Instead of manually building routes from scratch, planners can run the optimiser to auto-generate first-draft plans - then refine from there.

You can also choose exactly which jobs and routes to include in each optimisation run, so existing plans stay untouched while new jobs get slotted in around them.

Why it matters: What used to take hours of manual route-building can now be done in minutes. Early usage is showing significant time savings in daily planning!

Routes that span more than one day are now fully supported in the TMS:

Why it matters: No more splitting multi-day trips into separate daily plans. Planners can now see and manage an entire journey as one route.

The optimisation engine now supports single and multi-car transporters. Jigcar automatically looks up vehicle dimensions (width, height, weight) by VIN or VRM and uses that data for realistic load planning. The vehicle specification layer is live and will continue to improve as more data flows through.

In addition to this, the AI optimiser uses HGV-specific road data that accounts for:

When creating a movement request, you can now mark a job as "deliver on this specific date" rather than "deliver by" a latest date. This is useful for scheduled handovers or any job where the exact day matters.

Drivers can now accept or reject routes sent to them from the TMS. If a driver rejects, they provide a reason, and the route status updates in the planner view so you can reassign quickly. This is an org-level setting - turn it on if your operation benefits from driver confirmation before dispatch.

Planners can now add and edit their own notes directly from the jobs list and TMS views. Planner notes are kept separate from driver and job notes, so nothing gets overwritten or mixed up.

Planners can now edit a route plan and push the updated version directly to the driver - without needing to rebuild the job. Changes made in the planner sync to the driver app instantly, keeping drivers up to date without any back-and-forth.

When a driver needs a taxi return leg rather than public transport, this can now be changed on an individual movement basis directly in Jigcar.

If taxis are your default across the board, we can also reconfigure this at account level so taxi is set as the default for all movements - just let us know and we'll sort it.

We've improved how planners send jobs to transport providers:

The movements table now shows distance and cost per mile for every completed job. This gives transport managers a clear view of cost efficiency across their operation - useful for benchmarking transport provider rates or monitoring driver costs.

Planners can now switch to a weekly view in the TMS - giving a higher-level overview of all movements across the week, broken down by driver/route. Previously, the planner only showed a daily view, so you had to navigate day by day to get the full picture.

The weekly view also shows multi-day routes in full, so you can see a driver's plan spanning multiple days in one glance.

Drivers can now see scheduled breaks - rest stops, overnights, waiting time - directly in their daily view. No surprises, better visibility of the day ahead.

POC/POD photo uploads now automatically retry if they fail, so no more lost images when signal drops on site.

Jigcar now integrates with moDel. When creating a movement request, entering the moDel PIN and vehicle registration will auto-populate the job details - saving time and reducing manual data entry. This works for dealers sending to transport providers and logistics organisations using moDel-connected drivers.

This feature is available via feature flag - reach out to enable it for your profile.

Transport providers can now bulk import jobs into their profiles via CSV upload. For centralised setups, the transport provider field is optional - making it faster to get large batches of jobs into the system without manual entry.

You can now add a primary contact name, phone number, and email to each site - handy for drivers and transport providers who need to coordinate on arrival.

A new section in Infrastructure for managing fleet assets like MCT trucks.

We're actively working on:

We built these features based on conversations with customers like you. If you have ideas for what we should build next, or need help using any of these new capabilities, reach out to your account manager or contact rupert@jigcar.com.