Trucking Accounting Software

What is Transportation Accounting Software?

Aside from standard accounting features like general ledger and accounts payable/receivable - the inventory, heavy machinery, and extensive travel associated with transportation and trucking presents unique challenges and needs. Software dedicated for this industry will have freight, per-mile, and other transportation-specific pricing, and will support driver and vehicle tracking, reservations and dispatch, and mobile solutions to facilitate driver-dispatcher communication.

Transportation-Specific Functionality

Look for the following features in a transportation or trucking industry accounting software program:

Evaluating Transportation & Trucking Accounting Software

Transportation accounting software automates many of the dispatching and fleet management tasks, freeing up your drivers’ and dispatchers time. When selecting your software, then, the first thing to consider is any frustration employees experience at routine or mundane tasks, as well as the places you’re spending money that’s not directly producing revenue.

Specific questions to ask when evaluating transportation industry accounting software are:

• Do you carry passengers or freight?
• Do you customers need to make reservations? If so, do you want them to be able to do that online?
• How complicated is your routing? Would you benefit from an automated routing solution?
• Do your drivers already have smart phones or GPS to integrate as part of your mobile solution?
• How many vehicles do you have?

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