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Everyday work in a transport company
Articles about road tolls, routes, documents, refuelling, ADR and working in the software.
How do we calculate the impact of Germany’s higher road tolls for a given customer?
From 1 December 2023, road tolls in Germany take the CO2 class into account. For most companies, the cost goes up a lot.
In 4 steps, the article shows how to find out, from the Road tolls report and the kilometre statistics, how much the rate must rise for each customer to stay just as profitable.
Ioana Csengeri2 min readMoney and reports
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2023
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Money and reports2 min
How do we calculate the impact of Germany’s higher road tolls for a given customer?
From 1 December 2023, road tolls in Germany take the CO2 class into account. In 4 steps you find out how much the rate must rise for each customer.
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6 min
Summary of the 2022 SME Digitalisation programme (PNRR)
Grants of 20.000–100.000 EUR for SME digitalisation: who can apply, what is funded and the timetable of the 2023 call.
2021
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Money and reports1 min
How do we control bridge toll costs for Denmark and Sweden using the Soft-Transport app?
Since 2021, the Storebælt and Oresund bridges give discounts by Euro class. In the Bookings list you compare what you paid with what the customer reimbursed.
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Fleet, drivers and GPS4 minVideo
How do I check a truck’s kilometres in the Soft-Transport app?
Dashboard, planned, GPS and customer-accepted km, on the same order. When they differ: a report for unproductive km or a dispute with the customer.
2020
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Documents and ANAF2 min
Electronic document archive
Transport documents, and documents of trucks, trailers, employees and partners, kept on Google Drive and opened from the software.
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2 min
You have bought Soft-Transport! What next?
Implementation in 7 days: a project manager from your company, the Implementation manual and day 7, reserved for the manager.
2019
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Orders and dispatch1 min
Let me tell you a (short) story
The story of yesterday’s bread: a company that has people for the past has them for the present too. Start with today.
2018
The video series “Pastila de (Soft) Transport”
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Orders and dispatch3 minVideo
Standard Routes (Template)
You save the best route from the HERE map as a template. Dispatchers and drivers then see the same standard route, on an interactive map.
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Fleet, drivers and GPS2 minVideo
Telematics – Recording the truck’s current position in the order
The truck’s current position, added to the order with one button, from the on-board telematics system.
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Fleet, drivers and GPS2 min
Work Phone Directory
Find out who called you or which phone a driver has: search by name, phone number or truck number.
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Orders and dispatch3 minVideo
Internal Messaging
Messages between colleagues that are never deleted, with a green tick when they have been read. The manager can check them. Shortcut: Ctrl+8.
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Documents and ANAF2 minVideo
Are you ready for ADR?
The driver’s ADR certificate and the truck’s ADR equipment: the software shows YES or NO by itself in the morning overview.
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Documents and ANAF2 minVideo
Vehicle documents
The registration certificate and the other documents of a truck or trailer, opened from its record, from any page where its number appears.
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Fleet, drivers and GPS2 minVideo
Refuelling slippage
You refuel in March, the invoice arrives in April. Refuelling Invoices shows how much you refuelled in a month, not just how much you were invoiced.
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Orders and dispatch3 minVideo
Next weekly rest period
Each driver’s next weekly rest, of 24 or 45 hours, with the deadline date and time calculated by the software.
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Documents and ANAF4 minVideo
CMR insurance
Where you see whether the CMR insurance is valid: in the truck’s record, in the morning overview and in the alerts window.