Tired of looking at your trucking business and wondering what’s going on? Really, Trucker Stats™ are the tool you need. Using a trucking management program that provides Trucker Stats™ is a game changer. Maybe you don’t think so? Perhaps these things will help you change your mind.
3 Reasons you need Trucker Stats™
1 Are you getting paid enough?
Brokers and shippers are cutting every corner they can to maximize profits. Often, those cost-cutting tricks turn on reducing shipping costs. So they will offer too little for a load, expecting that the trucker will take it, even if the price per load doesn’t cover the costs of the driver’s expenses.
Using TruckingOffice PRO’s Trucker Stats™ report features, you can know to the penny how much running your trucking business – not just hauling a load – costs you. When you don’t get paid enough to keep your business running, it doesn’t matter if the costs of the load are covered. You still have expenses that you have to pay – loan repayments, insurance, bonds, your salary – have to be covered. So knowing what it takes to keep your trucking business on the road is vital.
While many trips are paid per mile, many expenses are paid per month or even per year. That becomes a complicated formula. TruckingOffice PRO does it for you. No need to do the calculations yourself – TruckingOffice PRO does it for you.
2 Expense Management for Your Trucking Business
Every business has fixed annual expenses, like insurance, loan payments, and office rental. Trucking is the same – but those fixed expenses pale compared to the unfixed expenses. We don’t control the cost of fuel. Maintenance expenses can crop up with the unexpected repair. Even the weather can cost us extra when we have to pay for hotel and food expenses we didn’t anticipate.
Trucker Stats™ can take those expenses once they’re entered into the system, putting them into a report that you decide gives you the information in the way you need it. You might be used to looking at an expense report per trip. What if you looked at your expenses in a different way – say, per week or per month. Those different perspectives can open our eyes to expenses we never would see any other way.
3 Planning Expenses for Next Year
It could be that we see a big change in the future. Truckers who have been around since 2006 are saying they’re seeing signs that they saw back then – before the economy collapse in 2008. Having a plan how to prepare for a tough time is smart. Whether it’s the economy, the politics, or a family crisis, being prepared is vital.
How you choose to do that preparation is up to you. Some independent owner operators will hang up their keys until the rates per mile come back up. Others will find ways to build customers that they can work directly with, rather than going through a broker (and paying them for the privilege.)
Trucker Stats™ give the owner operator or small fleet builder deep insights into the state of the business. That can lead to changing in how to manage finances (loans or factoring) or how to select the right loads (region vs. cross country).
If you needed a tool for your truck, you’d buy it. If you need a tool for your trucking business, don’t skimp. Buy the right tool to give you the results you need.
TruckingOffice Trucking Management Software
Using a single TMS trucking software package gives the independent owner operator the same benefits that big trucking companies have in expensive software solutions. TruckingOffice PRO offers the best options for the solo trucker or the fleet builder. We’ve got affordable trucking management software that handles everything. TruckingOffice PRO makes your life easier and managing your business smoother by helping you handle your tasks better and faster:
- dispatches
- routing
- invoice generation and tracking
- expense management
- IFTA and IRP
- maintenance
- Trucker Stats™– reports to show the state of your trucking business.
Combined with the TruckingOffice ELD, you’ve got everything you need to build a successful trucking business – even from the cab of your truck.
Contact us today to learn how TruckingOffice PRO can help you avoid loads that cost you money to deliver and to discover what equipment is the most profitable for you.TruckingOffice Trucking Management Software
“Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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