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My
partner and I have been shippers, we've been truckers, and we've
been brokers. Like everyone else, we always did things
pretty much as we had learned to do them. One particular
day we and our staff were all completely swamped handling
paperwork, trying to get broker packets and W-9 forms faxed back
and forth, checking loads and making calls. The fax
machine was acting up and desks were stacked high with paper
needing to be filed. To make things even more hectic, the
phones were ringing off the hook. After I had directed a
few choice words toward the fax, one of the staff people
commented, "What happened to the paperless society we used
to hear about? Why hasn't someone been able to convert
this process to a paperless system???" I looked at my
partner and our jaws dropped.
That
night we sat down and outlined a plan for what would eventually
be known as TRUCKERSOFT. We added up what it cost to do
things the way we were: the cost of load boards,
advertising, all that paper and the labor required to handle and
file it. We loved our staff, but with a paperless system
it could be downsized. After seeing what could be saved
compared to what it was costing us, we had to build it. Face it,
all those load board companies claiming to offer so many
services were really costing us a lot of money. So our
idea was to include all their features, PLUS our paperless
broker packets (patent pending), for a price that even
small companies could afford.
We
didn't stop there. We created a database that contains all
the information you might like to know about a company but could
not find, or it was difficult to access; like number of
employees, equipment type and count, terminal locations, even
credit history. We wanted you to be able to access any
public information with the click of a button. And we
weren't going to make you pay more for an added feature, like
others do. We know too well that transportation costs are going
up. Fuel price is only one aspect. The point here
is, we want to help you without charging you an outrageous
price. You have enough transportation costs; we want
to help lower them. Now, the only question for you is,
"Why aren't you signed up?"
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