What can a modern TMS offer smaller hauliers?

A transport management system, often abbreviated to TMS, does not have to be a large and complicated system.

For smaller hauliers, courier firms, removal companies and other transport businesses, the main priority is to keep daily operations under control.

Boxboxbox is a TMS developed with a focus on precisely this type of transport business.

Among other things, the system brings together transport planning, drivers, vehicles, customers, documentation and invoicing in one place.

Transport planning with drag-and-drop

Trips can be planned and moved directly within the transport plan.

Using drag-and-drop, a job can be moved between drivers and vehicles without having to create the trip again.

This makes it easier to change the day’s schedule when a customer calls, a driver is delayed or an extra job comes in.

Drivers can receive their trips digitally on a mobile or tablet.

In the driver app, the driver can manage the trip’s status and documentation, so the office can keep track of what is happening on the road.

This means that information does not need to be sent back and forth on paper, via text message or by telephone.

Documents can be saved alongside each individual transport job.

These may include, for example, consignment notes, delivery documentation, photographs and other documentation from the trip.

This ensures that the documentation is linked directly to the relevant customer and transport job.

Boxboxbox can utilise GPS from the driver’s mobile phone or tablet.

This makes it possible to track journeys without necessarily having to install separate GPS hardware in every vehicle.

For smaller transport companies, this can make GPS fleet management both simpler and cheaper.

Transport companies are increasingly facing requirements to document their carbon footprint.

Boxboxbox can calculate CO₂ emissions for individual transport jobs and compile the data into reports and KPIs.

This makes it easier to provide documentation to customers whilst also gaining better insight into the company’s own transport operations.

Many hauliers have customers who do not pay the same price as the company’s other customers.

That is why price agreements and framework agreements can be an important part of a TMS.

In Boxboxbox, agreed prices can be linked to customers and transport jobs, making administration more consistent.

A transport system should not stand alone.

Boxboxbox can be integrated with e-conomic and Dinero, amongst others, so that transport and bookkeeping are better aligned.

This reduces the need to enter the same information in multiple places.

Once a trip is complete, it must be possible to invoice it.

Boxboxbox supports both invoicing for individual trips and consolidated invoicing.

For example, a consolidated invoice can be created on the same day or at a later date, depending on the agreement with the customer.

A modern TMS can include advanced features without being difficult to use.

For smaller hauliers, it’s not about having as many features as possible.

It’s about having the right features all in one place.

Boxboxbox is built with that in mind.

The haulier’s day-to-day. Simple.