by TruckingOffice | Feb 6, 2023 | Owner Operator, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
Every business transaction has paperwork. We can’t avoid it. The bill of lading in the transportation industry is a key piece of paperwork that documents what a trucker hauls and where and when it’s delivered. We often call a bill of lading a BOL. Bill of lading...
by TruckingOffice | Apr 17, 2017 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Management
Are you looking for software for truck drivers? Looking for the software for truck drivers that’s going to make it easier to be a trucker? We Have To Do the Paperwork Paperwork is probably not most truckers’ favorite part of the job, There’s no...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 13, 2017 | FileSafe™, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
Looking for trucking software apps for your smartphone? A lot of owner-operators think that the newest tech is probably the best. It seems logical to look for an app on the Apple Store or the Google Play if you want to use your phone to manage your trucking...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 12, 2016 | IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Taxes
We’re all thinking about the end of the year… and the costs involved. The IFTA coming up and at this time of year, business is down, so maybe you’re planning ahead for some maintenance work. Not to mention the end of the year details to get ready...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 28, 2016 | Customer Development, FileSafe™, Goal Setting, Invoice, Maintenance, Trucking Software Training
TruckingOffice Wants Truckers to Succeed We’ve been focusing some of our blog posts on goals and goal setting. SMART goal setting SCHEMES to figure out your action plan Measurements to determine where your strengths and weaknesses are Handling the Challenges of...
by Allen Campbell | Oct 10, 2016 | FileSafe™, IFTA, IFTA Filing, Invoice, Maintenance, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
“I’ve always done it this way” may be the most destructive words to a business. When it comes to a task like the IFTA, I’m sure it is. Welcome to the 21st Century Driving a truck looks like it isn’t any different than it was 20 years...
by TruckingOffice | Sep 22, 2016 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Software
Looking at owner operator trucking software? As an owner operator, you need just a few things to get started as a trucker. You need: a cab a trailer a load a way to manage all the paperwork including dispatches, routing, invoices, late payments, factoring, IFTA,...
by TruckingOffice | Sep 5, 2016 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Management
Every job has its tasks that you have to do over and over again. Some of those tasks make us like the job. It’s what made us want the job in the first place. software for truck drivers Other tasks, not so much. Like paperwork. I know there are people out...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 1, 2016 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
Is there such a thing as QuickBooks trucking software? No… and yes. QuickBooks is not an accounting program dedicated to any specific business except accounting. That’s the way it should be – most businesses don’t need a specialized accounting...
by TruckingOffice | Jun 13, 2016 | CVSA, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management, Trucking Software Training
How do you determine which freight management software is the best for you? It’s not a choice you want to make without due consideration. Who wants to buy multiple software packages? Who’s got the money or the time to learn different programs?...
by Allen Campbell | May 19, 2016 | Invoice, Owner Operator
No question about it, QuickBooks is the current gold standard for small business’s accounting processes. There’s hardly a bookkeeper out there who hasn’t gotten proficient at it in the last five years. Now that QuickBooks is in the cloud and...
by Allen Campbell | May 5, 2016 | CVSA, ELD, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management, Trucking Software Training
Paul wants to keep on top of his small fleet’s truck maintenance. His boss came down last week with a half dozen unexpected emergency bills that she thought should have been avoided. He wouldn’t argue with that. But managing a fleet of nineteen trucks...
by Allen Campbell | May 2, 2016 | Owner Operator
It’s all about the customer. Bet you wish you had a nickel for every time you heard that. As an owner operator, especially in days when the loads are small and not too many around, you need a way to make sure your trucking customers remember you. Getting people...
by Allen Campbell | Oct 8, 2015 | FileSafe™, IFTA, LTL, Maintenance, Owner Operator
Truck drivers are discovering the benefits of sending the customers pictures of bills of lading to confirm delivery. A quick snapshot with a smart camera or tablet and email to the customer’s office and the payments arrive quicker than relying on snail mail....
by Allen Campbell | Oct 2, 2015 | IFTA, Invoice, LTL
Are you trusting your memory? Or maybe a white board? Or a deck of index cards? For me, keeping track of LTL shipping was enough to stop me from trying it. I liked hauling the full loads – even the heaviest loads – so long as I didn’t have to try...
by Allen Campbell | Aug 20, 2015 | Invoice
I have a friend who is constantly running low on money. Abby has regular lanes and is a good driver. She loves being on the road with her dog and sometimes her husband Nick. But the money end of the business? Always a problem for her. She’ll go without her own dinner...
by Allen Campbell | Jun 22, 2015 | Invoice, Organization
It would be a nightmare if I’d gotten this call before we started TruckingOffice. A bill that’s almost 6 months overdue is being contested because they claim they hadn’t gotten the bill of lading. In the old days, first I would have had to go through my spreadsheets...
by TruckingOffice | Jun 16, 2015 | Invoice, Organization, Reports, Trucking Management
Fifteen hundred miles from home, Joe finds out he is close to broke and buying enough fuel to finish the job is too close for comfort. That doesn’t make any sense – he’s been running regular lanes, never had a problem until now. What changed? What changed was one of...
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