Every logistics professional has a different way of working. Some start the day by checking their tasks, others look at recent messages, while finance users might focus on pending invoices. Until now, the CargoWise home screen looked the same for everyone, whether you were in operations, accounting, or customer service.
That’s changing with CargoWise Next. The new customizable home screen gives every user the freedom to decide what they see when they log in. It’s a small but powerful improvement that helps you work faster, stay focused, and clear your daily view of clutter.
A More Personalized Way to Use CargoWise
The customizable home screen lets you show or hide dashboards, rearrange their order, and design your workspace around what’s important to you. Instead of scrolling past irrelevant data, you can create a cleaner, easier-to-navigate dashboard.
This means your CargoWise experience can now match your actual role, whether you handle operations, customs, documentation, or finance. By simplifying the view, users spend less time searching and more time managing shipments, invoices, and client communications.
Why does this Matter for Freight Forwarders and Logistics Teams?
CargoWise users often deal with hundreds of transactions, updates, and client requests every single day. Having everything visible on one screen can be overwhelming. An unorganized home screen not only slows navigation but also increases the chance of missing critical updates.
This new feature solves that problem by letting users control what they see. You can hide dashboards you rarely use and highlight the ones that matter most. The result is a workspace that’s faster, lighter, and easier to manage, even for new users.
For example:
- Operations users can keep “Recent Items” and “Current Tasks” visible to manage shipments and milestones.
- Finance users may focus on “Recent Messages” or upcoming “Public Holidays” to plan invoicing and payment cycles.
- Managers can prioritize the dashboards that track performance or workload distribution.
This flexibility makes every CargoWise login more meaningful and efficient.
How to Customize Your CargoWise Next Home Screen?
You don’t need admin access or technical knowledge to personalize your dashboard. It takes just a few clicks:
- Go to your Home Screen in CargoWise Next.
- Open the Jump Screen from the top menu.
- Click on Options > View.
- Select or deselect dashboards you want to show or hide.
- A tick mark means the widget is active.
- Removing the tick hides it from your screen.
- Rearrange your dashboards to create the layout you prefer.
Once you save your preferences, CargoWise remembers your setup for the next login. You can adjust it anytime as your priorities change.
Dashboards You Can Show or Hide
Currently, CargoWise Next lets users customize four key dashboards on their home screen:
Recent Items – Quick access to your most recently worked jobs or shipments.
Recent Messages – View internal and customer messages without switching screens.
Current Tasks – See your assigned tasks, their progress, and deadlines.
Public Holiday Calendar – Track global and local holidays that may impact your shipping schedules.
These dashboards cover most of what daily users need to stay productive. By removing the ones you don’t use, you reduce distractions and speed up your workday.
How does this Improve Day-to-Day Work?
In logistics, even saving a few seconds per action can make a big difference over time. The customizable home screen helps by:
Reducing clutter – Only the tools you use are visible.
Improving focus – You can concentrate on current shipments and clients.
Saving time – Fewer clicks mean faster access to information.
Making onboarding easier – New users can start with a simplified view before exploring advanced tools.
This feature also helps teams working across multiple time zones or service divisions. Everyone can structure their dashboards differently while maintaining consistent data across the system.
CargoWise Next’s Evolution: A More Comprehensive Look
This update is part of WiseTech Global’s broader effort to modernize the CargoWise platform. CargoWise Next isn’t just a new interface, it’s a more flexible and intelligent version built for the next generation of logistics operations.
The customizable home screen is a reflection of that shift. It’s not just about making the system look modern, it’s about improving how people interact with it every day. Future updates are expected to expand personalization options even further, allowing users to configure dashboards by role or performance metrics.
Why does it matter for Your Team?
For logistics companies using CargoWise daily, efficiency isn’t optional, it’s essential. The customizable home screen can help your team:
- Speed up daily operations.
- Minimize user fatigue caused by overloaded screens.
- Improve accuracy by focusing attention on active jobs or clients.
- Boost adoption of CargoWise Next by making it more intuitive and user-friendly.
It’s a reminder that digital logistics tools don’t just need to be powerful, they need to be comfortable to use.
Conclusion
The Customizable Home Screen in CargoWise Next may seem like a small feature, but it has a big impact on how teams manage their daily workload. It puts users back in control of their workspace, helping them focus on what truly matters.
If your organization is upgrading to CargoWise Next, take a moment to explore this feature and encourage your teams to personalize their screens. You’ll notice faster workflows, fewer distractions, and happier users.
At Elicit Technology, we help CargoWise users unlock the full potential of these upgrades, from customization to system-wide optimization. Elicit as a certified CargoWise service partner can help you implement CargoWise Next smoothly, train your teams, and design dashboards that work smarter for every department.
Contact us today to learn how to make CargoWise Next work better for your business and your people.
