Car Transportation Software - Load and Car Entry

Car entry module in an auto transportation software deals with car details and delivers the current status information about a car in consideration, in the on going business process. It also communicates with the setup section for information concerning the current vehicle.

Car entry software for auto transporters allows the user on the desk to introduce a new car, edit an existing one or delete a car that is not invoiced yet. Also, he can gather cars under a single order for discount purposes if they have a common origin and destination. There is no numerical restriction on the number of cars that can be listed under such a group.

Also, complete information about the cars can be entered in this section, which includes comprises VIN#, make, model, color and year. The vendor in fact has accessed a company that decodes VIN numbers. If provided the VIN, the system searches the internet and populates all required fields (make, model, weight, height, type, and number of doors) and is then displayed on the screen. To avail this facility, the customer requires signing up with the 3rd party company that delivers the decoded VIN information. The back end and the necessary interface between the information servers of both sides are already in place.

Car entry software for auto transporters has been carefully designed to be dynamic and compatible across other modules. Also, it is flexible enough for new plug-ins that might be needed for an additional function, at a later point of time.

Load Entry module handles the creation of a load that forms the heart of a transportation deal. The load entry software for auto transporters assists the user to group together cars which share the same origin, destination, and customer. Once the person on desk chooses this option, a list of open cars (cars with no load) will be displayed on the screen.

In the load entry program window, a new load can be created by pressing on "Create new load" button. Then allocate cars to the load by pressing on the link next to the car information. With every addition to the load, the open car list contracts in its length. The open list shows all cars for customers with car counts for easy readability. Detail button lists more detailed information for the customer selected.

The load entry software for auto transporters is compatible across modules and platforms and also open to customization and future expansions in functionalities, which are vital for the company in a long run. Printing the "Delivery Receipt" after creating the load is another facility offered. Also, the module enables the user to search a specific car on the basis of its car#, load, VIN#, and driver assignment#.
Driver assignment/ Dispatching is in fact the core module that sums up all the work defined behind the scenes, which results in the timely delivery of the dispatch at the chosen destination. Car transport dispatch software, while functioning, gets in touch with other co-modules for information and hence has been architected with such a level of operational flexibility in mind. Accordingly, it is coded and tested, and is dynamic enough to offer a fault free performance on its own and of the system as a whole.

Auto transportation dispatch software offers a number of tools to help one in scheduling and dispatching work orders. Its operations can be stated in a nutshell as follows – the user creates a load, a dispatch record and then groups load into one dispatch. He can then allocate a driver to the load; the software automatically calculates the truck revenue and the driver commission, considering the driver commission percent setup in the driver setup module. The dispatching software gives driver assignment report and driver commission reports for tracking and payroll purposes.