Logistics operators, multimodal carriers, last-mile, e-commerce fulfilment, freight forwarders: the logistics and transport sector in Spain and Portugal is the circulatory heart of the Iberian economy. Madrid is one of Europe's main logistics hubs, Algeciras is the busiest Mediterranean port, Lisbon connects with Latin America and Africa. Behind every package delivered in under 24h there's a chain of systems: TMS, WMS, fleet management, IoT in vehicles and containers, telemetry, route planning — all critical, all integrated, all attackable.
Impulso Tecnológico supports mid-sized logistics operators in the Iberian Peninsula with a specific proposition: making 24/7 operations, cross-hop visibility and connected fleet security predictable and auditable.
Typical challenges in logistics and transport
- Disconnected systems: TMS and WMS from different vendors talking via manually reprocessed flat files. Corporate ERP disconnected from TMS, nightly manual reconciliation.
- Last-mile without visibility: end customer doesn't know where their shipment is, driver doesn't have an optimized route, ops manager can't dynamically reassign stops.
- Vulnerable connected fleets: modern trucks carry 100+ ECUs on the CAN bus, unauthenticated telemetry, weak backend integration. Attacks on connected fleets are rising.
- NIS2 with no plan: transport sector included as essential. Fines of 2% revenue, deadline met.
- Customs and documentation: AEAT, Autoridade Tributária and European customs still demand digital evidence, e-CMR not yet universal in mixed fleets.
- Inefficient cross-dock and picking: legacy WMS, no RF or voice picking, no automation integration (sorters, conveyors), peak-hour bottlenecks.
How we tackle it at Impulso
- TMS-WMS-ERP integration: middleware (MuleSoft, Boomi, n8n by scale) so systems talk in real time. Goodbye to nightly reconciliation.
- Warehouse connectivity: industrial Aruba WiFi covering the entire warehouse, specific segmentation for RFs and voice-picking, redundancy to avoid picking outages during peaks.
- Connected fleet security: VPN for telemetry, MFA on driver TMS mobile access, traffic monitoring from CAN bus to backend, Fortinet segmentation at each operations center.
- NIS2 step by step: scope diagnosis, prioritized plan, documentary evidence for CNMC / CNCS, incident drills (especially important: forced TMS shutdown drill).
- Cross-hop visibility: integration with the APIs of major carriers (DHL, SEUR, MRW, NACEX, TIPSA, CTT, Correos) so the end customer has a single tracking pane.
- 24/7 support with Iberian coverage: helpdesk active anytime, vendor escalation (SAP TM, Oracle OTM, Manhattan, Mecalux Easy WMS) included, <15 min response for critical incidents.
Regulatory framework for Iberian logistics
- NIS2 (transport sector): operators included as essential or important by volume. Spain via royal decree, Portugal via CNCS decree-law.
- e-CMR: Spain and Portugal are signatories. Full legal validity, universal deployment pending.
- Tachograph regulation: digital tachograph v2 mandatory in new international fleets since 2024. Data subject to inspection.
- ADR (hazardous goods): digital documentation, driver training, TMS integration.
- GDPR and shipment tracking: recipient personal data, legal basis for tracking, retention. AEPD and CNPD logistics inspections are rising.
- AEAT / AT digitalization: SII, TicketBAI / Veri*factu in Spain, e-Fatura in Portugal — logistics ERP integration for real-time validation.
Why Impulso for Iberian logistics
- Real on-site coverage: dispatch to a warehouse or operations center in Spain or Portugal in under 4 hours for critical incidents.
- Retail + industrial experience: logistics sits between both worlds — automated picking has as much IT as OT in it, and we serve both.
- Openings measured in weeks: new operations center IT-ready in 4-5 weeks from contract signature.
- Central visibility for management: per-center dashboard, SLA, cost metrics by system and process.
If your logistics operator needs to integrate TMS-WMS-ERP, prepare for NIS2, secure connected fleets or stabilize a legacy WMS, we offer a free initial assessment: ops visit, executive diagnosis, prioritized plan within two weeks.