MGI Ship: Custom Logistics Software Case Study, Cayman Islands
A secure platform for high-value cargo. An enterprise shipping platform purpose-built for diamonds, jewellery and precious metals, with FedEx integration, automatic insurance-tier logic and CSV-driven billing reconciliation.
MGI Ship moves high-value cargo and needed the paperwork and chain of custody to be provable. Aerosoft built a secure custom logistics platform covering shipment documentation, access control and the audit trail that insurers and clients ask for.
- Custom shipment and documentation platform
- Role-based access control on sensitive records
- Full audit trail on every document change
- Built for high-value cargo requirements
four structured milestones
on completion
(FedEx, USPS, payments)
across costing & billing
Insured cargo. No platform.
MGI Ship handles packages whose sensitive nature, diamonds, precious metals, luxury jewellery, demands a platform that treats every shipment as financially insured cargo, with risk-tier evaluation at every step. Before Aerosoft's engagement, the business operated without a unified platform capable of handling those requirements end to end.
No platform, no audit trail
- No structured customer registration or verification
- No real-time cost estimation by zone & declared value
- No automated billing reconciliation against FedEx invoices
- No insurance-tier logic at shipment creation
- No audit trail required for compliance and chain of custody
Stakes that don't tolerate slack
- A missed package carries real financial exposure
- A wrong insurance classification creates uncovered loss
- Manual billing creates margin leak on every shipment
- No verification gate means high-risk cargo to unknown accounts
- Carrier API failures must degrade gracefully, not crash
Security and tracking accuracy are not optional features for this business. They are mandatory operational requirements, a missed package or a wrong insurance classification carries real financial and reputational exposure.
Five integrations that had to be right.
Aerosoft had to integrate complex third-party services, FedEx APIs, USPS ZIP validation and secure payment gateways, while maintaining complete system stability and security compliance.
Insurance logic
Risk-tier evaluation by value, type & destination, premium applied in real time.
FedEx API
Real-time carrier validation, zone calculation & rate retrieval with graceful failures.
CSV billing
FedEx invoice CSVs ingested, parsed & mapped to client accounts with full breakdowns.
6-digit accounts
Unique account numbers & manual admin verification before any access is granted.
Weight floor
2.2-pound minimum enforced consistently across cost estimation and billing.
Each milestone a validated, deployable increment.
The four-month project ran across four tightly scoped milestones, each completed, tested and deployed, giving the client visibility and accountability at every stage.
Authentication, dashboard & account system
User registration with unique six-digit account numbers, admin verification before activation, role-based access controls, and a core dashboard delivering real-time shipment visibility from day one.
Address management, shipment workflow & FedEx integration
Full address-book management with USPS ZIP validation, end-to-end shipment workflow from creation to dispatch, deep FedEx API integration, and residential-address detection with surcharge logic.
Cost estimator, billing & insurance logic
Real-time cost estimator using zone, weight and declared value; full billing system generating client invoices from contract rates; risk-tier insurance engine across diamonds, jewellery, metals and commercial cargo.
Reporting, CSV engine, admin tools & deployment
Dedicated CSV processing engine reconciling FedEx invoice data, automated invoice generation, comprehensive admin tooling, and production deployment, with two months of post-launch tuning included.
100% IP transfer. No vendor lock-in.
Aerosoft transfers full intellectual property to clients on completion, uncommon in software development, where many agencies keep the upper hand through licensing or proprietary dependencies. Aerosoft's model ensures the client genuinely owns what was built.
Source code
All application code, every line, transferred on payment completion.
Schemas & data
Database schemas, migrations, seed data and ERD documentation.
Integrations & docs
API integration code, configuration, runbooks and architecture docs.
The MGI Ship build, answered.
What was delivered for MGI Ship?
A secure, enterprise-grade shipping platform for high-value cargo, account system, real-time cost estimator, FedEx integration, automatic insurance-logic engine, CSV billing engine and admin tooling, built end to end in four months.
How long did the project take?
Four months, structured across four milestones, each a validated and deployable increment, followed by two months of included post-launch bug fixing and performance tuning.
Who owns the finished platform?
MGI Ship. On completion and payment, full intellectual property, all source code, database schemas, API integrations and documentation, was transferred to the client. No licensing lock-in, no proprietary dependencies.
Who is this case study relevant for?
Any business needing a custom platform built around complex third-party integrations, strict compliance and financial accountability, logistics firms handling insured cargo, luxury-goods businesses, and product leaders evaluating multi-integration platform delivery.