Software for the management of commercial shipping and delivery operations, namely, software for route planning and tracking, dispatch, cost estimating, invoicing, inventory management, delivery status and confirmation, payment, monitoring and tracking of package shipments to ensure on-time delivery for business purposes, tracking and tracing of packages in transit to ensure on-time delivery for business purposes, automated vehicle tracking and vehicle fleet management, and for management of the distribution of parcels, packages, envelopes, boxes and freight materials