Got Your Trucking Authority? Choose the Right Software
You got your operating authority! Congratulations! Once you pick software, make sure it is simple enough for the whole family business: read about easy trucking software for owner operators. Running your new authority on spreadsheets? Take our quiz to see...
Trucking Software vs. QuickBooks: Which Does Your Trucking Business Need?
QuickBooks and trucking management software like TruckingOffice PRO solve different problems. QuickBooks is general-purpose accounting software. Trucking management software connects dispatches, loads, miles, expenses, invoices, and trucking reports. ...
TruckingOffice announces the TruckingOffice PRO Driver App
What Is the TruckingOffice PRO App? The TruckingOffice PRO app is a mobile trucking app that connects drivers to TruckingOffice PRO trucking management software. From an Android or iOS phone, drivers can view dispatch details, update stop statuses, upload BOL images...
3 Reasons Why Integrated TMS and ELD Work for Independent Truckers
For independent truckers, the purpose of trucking management software (TMS) is to keep the business organized. The purpose of the electronic logging device (ELD) is to track hours of service (HOS) and stay compliant. Is there a reason to have integrated TMS and ELD?...
Efficient Trucking Software
If there’s one word in the business world that everyone wants, it’s efficiency. How efficient is that task? How can we make our work more efficient? (Hint: it often means “how can we do this cheaper?”) Developing complete trucking software fits...
Labor Less: Trucking Accounting Software That Cuts Data Entry
Trucking accounting software is bookkeeping and business-management software built for the way trucking actually works — pay by the mile, per-trip expenses like tolls, lumpers and fuel, and fuel taxes such as IFTA and IRP that no other industry files....
Save Time With TMS Trucking Software
Long-distance truckers don’t get paid by the hour. We get paid by the mile. So tracking time seems unnecessary. TMS trucking software is an essential tool in today’s industry – and it tracks miles, not hours. So why are we talking about time? For a closer...
Automating Your Trucking Business
It’s the 21st century. Why aren’t more tasks that run an owner operator trucking business automated? Good question. TruckingOffice has ways for automating your trucking business already waiting for you. Many military veterans already think in systems,...
Automatic Load Entry into TruckingOffice PRO
You get your rate con PDF from a broker or shipper via email these days. So why should you have to copy/paste – or worse, TYPE! – that data into your trucking management software? It’s the 21st Century! Where’s the automatic load entry into my...
Why Link your ELD with your TMS?
You know that feeling you get when you read a question with a bunch of abbreviations and you know what all of them mean? That’s how we felt when we looked at this. We know the ELD is electronic logging device and TMS is trucking management software. So the...
Trucking Software Organizes Owner Operators
Did you make a New Year’s Resolution to get more organized this year? You’re in good company. Many owner operators want to change up some bad habits that hurt their trucking business. What’s the solution? Trucking software organizes owner operators...
Give Your Trucker Easy Trucking Software
It’s the holidays and there’s one thing for certain – giving the right gift to a trucker isn’t easy. Do they need another pair of battery-powered socks? (Probably not.) Would they like a pound of rum-flavored coffee? (Not a great idea.) Can you...
Veteran Truck Drivers
We know that there are plenty of men and women in the trucking industry who served in our military branches. We salute our veteran truck drivers and thank you for your service. TruckingOffice for Veteran Truck Drivers People who have served in the military know two...
IFTA Audits Don’t Scare Us
The envelope looks normal, but the letter inside freezes your insides. It’s not good news. Hands trembling, the news can’t possibly be worse. Bring the records to prove miles per state and fuel purchases for two years ago. Fines and penalties will apply....
Trucking Management Software And ELD
It’s that time of year again. Either your trucking business is picking up a lot more freight – or loads are disappearing. It just depends on what you’re hauling. Not only that, the contracts for your ELD may be expiring soon, so you’re faced...
TMS Trucking Software vs. Trip Envelopes: Which Works Better?
Is It Time to Retire Your Trip Envelopes? There’s nothing like a week when everything goes right. Three loads with great rates and minimal deadhead. The weather was fantastic. You arrived on time for every delivery. And you fixed your...
Trucking Management Software Statistics
Do your trucking management software statistics help you or bother you? Do you even look at your trucking management software statistics? Does your trucking software even produce any stats for you? Why you need trucking management software statistics You...
Every Trucking Fleet Starts With 1 Truck
There are dozens, if not hundreds of stories about how small trucking fleets get started. A trucker decides to get their trucking authority. They buy another rig and another trailer. Then a family member is added to the crew. And that’s how a trucking fleet gets...How to be a Strategic Fleet Builder
If you’re currently running a small fleet of trucks, maybe you’re thinking it’s time to grow. But how do you decide what type of vehicle to buy? Being a strategic fleet builder requires data to make the right decisions to grow and not just take on...
Convoy: Truck Technology and the Freight Recession
What did we learn from Convoy? In Florida on I-75, I saw that there are signs ahead of every roadside stop that had automated a solution to the trucking problem. A sign announced the number of available truck parking spots ahead. This technology is neither new or...
Is Your Trucking Accounting Software Holding You Back?
Are you good at driving a truck but not so good at running a trucking business? Driving a long-distance truck and running a trucking business is very different. We’re not saying that if you’re good at one, you won’t be good at the other. But those...
Are You an Owner Operator or a Fleet Builder?
That’s a pretty funny question to ask a trucker. But for some truckers, it’s the crux of what kind of business they want to build. And that difference between owner operators and fleet builders drives many decisions in different directions. Choosing the...
Top 10 Ways Trucking Software Improves Trucking Business
1. Get Organized – Avoid the paper pile up! 2. Invoicing – Create Send Track 3. Load Details – Track all of the details in real time. 4. Miles By State – Tracked on every trip save so that they are ready for reports in real time. 5. Driver...
Why Truckers Need Trucking Software
There’s a sense of adventure the first time a person climbs into the driver’s seat of a truck cab. No doubt, that person has imagined what it would be like to sit up front, controlling the power of the big rig, heading down the highway and looking...
Perfect Trucker Gifts
Are you looking for the perfect trucker gifts this holiday season? It’s always hard to buy for a long-distance trucker. There’s not a lot of space inside a truck cab, so everything needs to function in that small area. That’s why TruckingOffice PRO...
TruckingOffice Black Friday Offers (And Cyber Monday!)
This Black Friday, as we think about the upcoming holidays – and beyond into next year – many of us are thinking of gifts we can give the truckers in our lives. Or, if we’re the truckers, how can we make next year better? TruckingOffice has a few...
Trucking Accounting Software for Truckers, Not for Accountants
It’s easy to understand the appeal of using the same accounting software as the accountants who handle finances for major Fortune 500 companies. But learning how to use those software programs takes time and sometimes a working knowledge of accounting. The reality is...
Your Trucking Authority is the Road to Success
Getting your own trucking authority gives you the opportunity to schedule your own loads and to negotiate your own rates. As an owner-operator trucker, leasing on to a large carrier company has benefits, but holding your own authority will provide you with...
TruckingOffice Rated Top Trucking Software
Digital.com recently reviewed several trucking software program for owner-operators and small fleets. They ranked TruckingOffice in their top five programs based on trucking software features, integrations, and reports. They evaluated TruckingOffice’s...
How a TMS Helps Optimize the Carrier Process in Trucking Businesses
Have you discovered that the trucking business is more stressful than you thought? Some days, you feel that you haven’t broken even. Bad weather, bad roads, bad food, and irate customers. It can be difficult to deal with at times. Ask any...
How a TMS Helps Trucking Owner Operators Prevent Costly Mistakes
Like most trucking owner-operators, you’ve heard a lot about trucking management software ( TMS) systems and how they help you save money. Still not convinced about the advantages? Okay, let’s look at a few of the costliest mistakes trucking companies make and how a...
Get Your Detention Fees Paid with Your ELD
Truckers are getting record payments for hauling freight these days. Because the transportation industry is in high demand and the supply of truckers is low, owner-operators are seeing big pay days. But at the same time, truckers are seeing a lot of slow loading or...
3 Reasons Why Not Having a TMS Makes Trucking Business Management Harder
Managing a trucking business without a trucking management software system (TMS) can present many challenges. As a trucker, time is your most valuable asset. But you may be wasting time if you’re not using a TMS. Of course, many truckers still resist letting go of...
Dispatch to ELD App: Cut out your communication problems
One of the points where trucking companies and their drivers have problems is communication. When a driver gets the load information, it can get lost, written down wrong, or changed during the trip. What every dispatcher needs is a simple and clear way to communicate...
Why Payment Tracking Is Essential for Trucking Businesses and How a TMS Can Help
Whether independent owner-operators or large fleet owners, truckers must understand their business costs. Unless you know where your money is going, you won’t know where to make adjustments. Since your profit margin is small, you’ve got to stay on top of...
3 Benefits that Small and Medium Fleets Get With a TMS
TMS stands for transportation management system. This is a useful software that can help trucking companies stay organized, perform better, and avoid common trucking issues. This trucking software has plenty of features that help with the organization of files and...
Best Trucking Management Software Tools For Owner-Operators (Save Time and Cut Costs!)
Best Trucking Management Software Tools For Owner-Operators (Save Time and Cut Costs!) Trucking management software (TMS) is a platform that allows independent truckers or fleet managers to organize their operations. From dispatches and invoicing to maintenance...
The Top 10 Expenses Every Trucker Should Be Tracking
You know that feeling when you see your monthly bank statement? Or your credit card statement that’s 42% more than you expected? And what is this $145.27 charge from Ultradeala? Whether you’re an owner-operator or fleet owner, you must control the costs of your...
5 Reasons You Should Combine Your TMS with Your ELD
By now, you and everyone else in the trucking industry are familiar with the terms ELD and TMS. But, lately, maybe you’ve heard some talk about combining the two. And are wondering whether you should do this, and why. So, to help you understand why this is...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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