All systems nominal
cost per load
to go live
dispatch cover
loads / night
Client
Kestrel Freight
Industry
Logistics · 3 sites
Team
3 depots · 60 drivers
Agents
Ops, Voice, Finance
Stack
Samsara · Gmail · QuickBooks · Twilio
Timeline
9 days to go live
[ 01 ] The challenge
Forty-eight loads, zero dispatchers after dark.
Kestrel’s night dispatch was one exhausted coordinator, three phones and a whiteboard. Missed carrier calls meant missed pickups — and every missed pickup cost a day.
[ 02 ] What we built
Three agents, one overnight shift.
An Ops Agent books carriers and tracks every load, a Voice Agent confirms pickups by phone, and a Finance Agent reconciles proof-of-delivery paperwork before the office opens.
“We stopped hiring for the night shift. We started hiring for growth.”
— Marcus Lee, COO, Kestrel Freight
[ 03 ] Results
Dispatch never sleeps now.
Cost per load fell 58%, cover went to 24/7 and the whole build went live in nine days. The day team starts every morning with a clean board.
Metric | Before | With Vigil |
|---|---|---|
Night dispatch cover | 1 person | 24/7 |
Cost per load | $38 | $16 |
Missed pickups / month | 14 | 0 |


