Transport companies, transfer request handling / in-between / forwarding agencies!
You have to store your data somewhere in a reliable, easy-to-use way. Excel Spreadsheets and Google Documents can only take your administration finesse so far – we all like simple and quick solutions to our problems, but after a certain growth we have to face the following questions:
What if we have multiple people editing the same spreadsheets/tables?
Spreadsheets are great when you are the only one who uses them. But as a transport company, you surely have more the one co-worker. Sure, you can put them on a network drive, use Dropbox / Google Drive / OneDrive to share it or even employ the use of Google Documents – that somewhat alleviates the pain of having your data overwritten by someone else but cooperation isn’t the best for say, 4 or more people at once. Browser cross-compatibility and firewall policies can also hinder the user experience, not to mention that restoring from backup is cumbersome at best, if it is even possible.
Is there anything you can do for our transport company?
We have a battle proven solution to this, take a look at this order summary screenshot (sadly we had to blur out most of the details as they are live trade secrets of a transport company):
If someone saves while I’m typing something, will I lose my work?
Again as with all files that are accessed simultaneously be more than one person at a time, this race condition problem will always persist. Placing your documents on a central server / NAS delays the deployment of a robust and stable solution. Network shares use lock files to keep anyone else from editing over your current edit. They essentially inhibit the possibility of working together on the same set of data.
Our solution provides a soft lock to the particular section that you are editing and only that. If you are away from the keyboard or forgot to log out, then it is also possible to take over your editing.
If my computer catches fires, how am I going to restore from a backup?
All crashes happen one day before the backup, as they say. Depending on the backup solution your company employs, your data could be recovered – however, wouldn’t it be better to have a centralized and off-site backup happening in the background, in a sort of “config and forget” way? Luckily, our solutions do exactly that! As your data isn’t stored on the device you are using our software from you can leave the backup and restore to us.
This Deal contains:
- a new website with a fresh, sharp design
- domain name registration if needed
- a front page, a contact page, a gallery and a references or a testimonials page
- a secure admin section capable of handling orders / requests and assigning them to vehicles / employees – or anything of that nature
- SEO optimization for the main pages (front, contact, gallery, references/testimonials)
- Google Analytics integration
- Google AdWords campaign for 1 month
- approximate total price: NZ$3450
- optional hosting for NZ$35 / month
- free SSL certificate when hosting with us
