by TruckingOffice | May 16, 2016 | Fleet Management, Trucking Management
It’s not about the numbers. Whether your fleet is two or two hundred, it won’t matter how big or small it is if you don’t have the customers who need your services. In the end, it’s not about the numbers, it’s about the people. The ones...
by Allen Campbell | May 12, 2016 | FileSafe™, LTL
The first time that Joe and Angela decided to try LTL trucking, the whole process struck them way harder than it needed to be. How difficult could it be to put three loads on a truck in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and deliver them to Houston, Austin, and Lubbock,...
by TruckingOffice | May 9, 2016 | IFTA, Owner Operator, Trucking Software
Nobody is managing a truck fleet with pencils and paper anymore, are they? Sure, 30-40 years ago, a lot of us started out with multi-page bills of lading, hand-written log books and notes written in little flip spiral-bound notebooks. We graduated to Lotus 123 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 | Apr 28, 2016 | Business Plan, Goal Setting, Trucking Authority
Did you already forget your New Year’s Resolutions? What about our Leap Day Goal Setting challenge? Yep, most of us do forget our good intentions within weeks of making those resolutions. There are two things that can help us be more successful: Number 1:...
by TruckingOffice | Apr 25, 2016 | ELD, IFTA, Taxes
Ever had your checking statement not balance? I had that problem – endless repetitions of calculations, trying to find that odd $83.26. Did you give up? I did. Then the bank came after me for overdrafts – which end up costing me way more than the $83.26...
by Allen Campbell | Apr 21, 2016 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Organization, Owner Operator, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
We can’t get away from the accounting. We can’t let the accounting get away from us. When we become an owner operator, we take on a lot of extra roles as well, especially bookkeeper (unless you’re lucky enough to have one in your family!) What do...
by TruckingOffice | Apr 18, 2016 | Maintenance, Owner Operator
Not that we don’t like QuickBooks. But do owner operators need it? Accounting software for trucking business is a necessity for today’s transportation professionals. This is true whether you own one truck or 1,000. It’s also why we built important bookkeeping...
by Allen Campbell | Apr 14, 2016 | IFTA, IRP, Organization, Owner Operator, Reports, Taxes
Gus loves driving. Every minute he’s on the road, he’s happier than a pig in mud. Becoming an owner operator was a dream come true for him. Gus hates every minute he spends at the computer, trying to manage his books. He’s organized. He’s...
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