# Transolix Core Foundations Coming Together

Today was one of those days where a dozen small pieces finally clicked into a clean architecture. The Transolix TMS is starting to feel like a real product — not just screens and forms, but an actual logistics brain.

## **1\. Shipment Creation Now Fully Structured**

We finished the first **serious version of the Shipment Create flow**.  
Address validation runs over YellowMap’s SmartMaps API, and the entire modal is now wide, scrollable, and usable even with big forms.

We also added:

* Inline customer creation
    
* Proper error/ok banners for clarity
    
* SmartMaps backend wired via `services.smartmaps.key`  
    (after discovering the API actually uses `key`, not `api_key` 🙃)
    

And we introduced a **proper data model for shipment items**, so later the system can calculate:

* pallet space
    
* m³
    
* loading meters
    
* weight
    
* category → billing automation later  
    This will be the backbone for accurate pricing, loading, and tour planning.
    

## **2\. Documents Column in Shipments Table**

The shipments overview now shows four icons:

* Auftrag
    
* Lieferschein
    
* POD
    
* Invoice
    

Icons appear for all shipments — but only activate if the document exists. Missing ones are greyed out.  
This gives the dispatcher a perfect "document completeness" view at a glance.

Honestly looks beautiful already.

## **3\. Admin Role Correction**

We fixed the role logic:  
**Admins need zero permissions.**  
If you are admin → you own the entire system.

Everyone else uses permissions:  
`shipments.view`, `shipments.create`, etc.

Warehouse is a role.  
Drivers are a role.  
Only **users** (your office team) receive permissions.

Clean and simple.

## **4\. Fleet Module: The Big Vision**

We started building the structure for the Fleet module — which will become one of the most powerful parts of Transolix.

The concept:

### **Vehicles (left side)**

* Cards representing trucks, vans, trailers
    
* Drag & drop
    
* Add vehicle modal
    
* Each vehicle has max weight, pallets, volume, LDM
    

### **Drivers (right side)**

* Cards representing drivers
    
* Drag & drop
    
* Add driver modal
    
* Assign one or multiple drivers to a vehicle
    

The shipment itself DOES NOT store driver info.  
Drivers → Vehicles  
Shipments → Only care about the assigned vehicle per leg.

This keeps the data clean and realistic.

## **5\. Core Architecture File Saved**

I generated a full [`transolix-architecture-core-2025-11-20.md`](http://transolix-architecture-core-2025-11-20.md) that documents:

* Data models
    
* Role/permission system
    
* How shipments, items, vehicles, drivers relate
    
* Why we designed it this way
    
* What to continue tomorrow
    

Future-me will thank past-me for this.

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## **Conclusion**

Transolix is no longer a prototype.  
It’s shaping into a real, scalable TMS architecture with:

* Clean RBAC
    
* Strong shipment model
    
* Document system
    
* Fleet module foundations
    
* Clear backend/frontend structure
    

Tomorrow, we continue building out the fleet UI and connect vehicles & drivers to the planner.