Increased Safety and Control
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"To
really grow, we had to get software that could manage what
we were trying to do as an organization . . . .
“Being
able to have reminders – about permits, tractors, oil
changes, and things of that nature – played a great part in
it as well, because as you grow your fleet, you want to be
able to maintain your level of control.”
Timothy Jones, Owner, Solutions 1 Transport LLC |
Oversight
To effectively manage your trucking company and to ensure the safety
of your employees, your customers and your equipment, you need to be
able to track a great deal of information. You are responsible for
equipment maintenance, driver qualifications, legislative
requirements, and safe delivery of everything from food to priceless
art to dangerous chemicals.
Axon’s automated warning system and detailed information tracking
system makes this task much easier.
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“Axon
has a lot more features that the dispatchers are able to
have access to.
“For
instance, when you’re putting in a load for a customer, if
they’re $10,000 over their credit limit or they haven’t been
paying in six to eight months, the dispatcher sees that
before they book that load, and says, ‘Hey, we really can’t
do any more business with you because you haven’t paid your
bill in six months.’”
Corina Roth, Tempo Transport Inc. |
Automated warning system
It can be challenging to keep track of all the deadlines for
everything from driver’s license renewals and first aid
certification, to oil changes, tire rotation, and brake checks.
With Axon software, you can set up automatic reminders and warnings
for all your equipment, drivers, and carriers. You will then receive
advance and overdue email warnings as well as pop-up reminders when
you assign equipment, drivers, or carriers.
You can also enter pop-up messages to record incidental information.
For example, you can inform the dispatchers that the tailgate is
broken on a piece of equipment or that an employee cannot do any
heavy lifting for the next two weeks.
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“If
there is a problem with an employee’s safety ticket being
expired or something that’s coming due on a piece of
equipment, that information can be viewed by anyone who
needs it, right from the shop foreman, to the dispatcher, to
the payroll person.”
Dixie Husereau, Panda Tank and Vac Truck Services |
Driver qualifications
Some customers expect drivers to have certain qualifications
before they come on site (e.g. site orientation). You can keep track
of your customers’ requirements and your drivers’ qualifications
within the Axon system. Then you’ll receive a warning message if the
driver you are trying to assign to a particular Order does not meet
the requirements.
Product safety
If you are transporting food products or dangerous goods, you will
need to maintain an accurate record of every step in the
transportation process. Axon simplifies this time-consuming task by
providing you with customizable reports that can track every detail.
Keeping everyone informed
Axon’s real-time, integrated system ensures that everyone who
needs information has quick and ready access to it. All your
employees are in the loop, ensuring greater safety and more
effective decision-making. Pop-up messages on the dispatch screen
will notify your dispatchers if you have set a credit limit for a
particular customer, if a carrier’s insurance has expired, or if a
driver needs to renew their license.
The software advantage
Computers are capable of storing and tracking large
quantities of information. And they have one big advantage over
humans – they don’t forget. Axon’s software will save you time and
money and keep you safe.
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“Being
in the agricultural industry, another big issue for us was
that we are safe-feed certified. We must be able to track
the product that has been in every trailer, at any time….
“Now
I’ve got reports to give us the history for a particular
trailer, for all trailers, for a trailer attached to a
particular driver, on any given date – the criteria’s
endless.
“We
can go as far back as our system has tracked it on any
trailer.
“We
use this for our customers almost daily.”
Jackie Mason, D & D Trucking and Services, Inc |
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