TruckingOffice announces the TruckingOffice PRO App

TruckingOffice announces the TruckingOffice PRO App

Are you looking for an app to improve your company’s billing? To move the paperwork faster to get paid sooner? TruckingOffice PRO‘s new app is what you need.

Every trucking company owner knows the bottleneck isn’t the miles. It’s the paperwork that chokes the money from coming in.

A load is picked up and delivered. All that’s left is the paperwork.

• Long-distance truck drivers have to bring back an envelope containing crumpled fuel receipts and the signed bill of lading (BOL) with a ring from a dripping coffee cup.
• The bookkeeper must enter all the details before the bill is sent out.
• Shippers may delay payments for any number of reasons.

For an LTL (less than truckload) trucker, multiply this process by the number of loads per trip.

In the end, cash to cover the trucking companies’ expenses isn’t available to pay their own bills.

So the company resorts to either factoring or riding on a credit. Both end up taking money out of the company’s pockets. In the narrowly profitable trucking industry, that can be the difference between making money and losing it. When maintenance emergencies pull a vehicle off the road, that slim margin may not be enough to cover the loss.

Some companies run on this model. The loss from factoring or credit card interest is included in the company’s accounting. But is that the only choice? Isn’t there another way to get through this bottleneck?

What if instead of waiting for the envelope, there was no envelope at all?

If paperwork is the bottleneck, get rid of it.

Yes, we said it. By using a trucking management system (TMS), most of the paperwork can be converted to electronic data that’s found with a computer search, not rifling through file cabinets and stacks of paper.

If a company already uses trucking software, they know that expenses are attached to a dispatch. What if the trucker can automatically attach all expenses and an image of the BOL to the dispatch? No delays waiting for a bookkeeper – the trucking management software can mail the invoice right after the delivery is complete.

The billing process becomes faster and easier. Cash flow smooths out. The trucking business can save enough for an emergency fund.

That’s what trucking management software does for a trucking company. Adding an app is the cherry on top of a back-office system that supports the trucking company.

Introducing the TruckingOffice PRO App

Faster document collection means faster invoicing and quicker payments.

For fleet managers and owner-operators, TruckingOffice PRO trucking management software is a great tool to build a successful trucking company. With the new TruckingOffice PRO app, the power of a complete TMS is now available at the touch of a finger.

Now paperwork becomes a step, not a bottleneck. Instead of waiting, the TruckingOffice PRO app transfers data immediately. Using a phone, the driver can connect with the trucking software and

• View dispatch data including delivery details and the BOL number
• Update stop statuses
• Upload expense receipts with an image taken with the smartphone camera
• Review driver settlements details.

When all the information is available when the trucker needs it, the urgent “What’s the delivery address?” call at 7:13 AM is eliminated.

Load Location

Location tracking can be activated to share locations with dispatch, view location history and track the driver’s route. For fleet management, knowing where the shipment is just as important as knowing when it will arrive. Fleet management software provides these details.

The convenience of an app for a trucking management software can’t be argued. For truckers who handle their own billing, the opportunity to send an invoice as the shipping crew unloads the freight speeds up the billing cycle. For fleet managers, the speedy upload of receipts, a BOL, and up-to-date delivery information is critical to managing the trucking business.

Data Security

TruckingOffice PRO app provides mobile access to all the details a trucker needs on the road. Fleet managers only want specific information going to the trucker. TruckingOffice PRO app allows limited access without risk of data breaches. A company’s proprietary information is protected while still allowing drivers to upload receipts and BOLs. Because the link to the company’s trucking software is private, no one else will have access to the company’s TMS.

Upgrade to the TruckingOffice PRO app

It’s available for Android, IOS, and has a desktop version too. You must have a TruckingOffice PRO subscription. But once you do, you’ll find that TruckingOffice is the tool you need.

If you already have a subscription to TruckingOffice PRO, download the app now and get started.

Every day paperwork sits in a truck is another day your company waits to get paid. Start your free TruckingOffice PRO trial today and install the TruckingOffice PRO App. Start turning completed deliveries into invoices immediately to see how much faster billing and cash flow can be.