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Final mile logistics, the last leg of your supply chain, presents unique challenges for the building materials sector. Dealing with seasonal fluctuations, site restrictions and access constraints, customer time windows, and the transport of often bulky and expensive goods makes the need for accurate planning, fleet tracking and customer experience tools a must for this booming industry sector.
Overview
Podfather can help you simplify the complex process of planning and managing your logistics operation. Our route optimization, customer notification and ePOD solution can help maximize vehicle loads, optimize vehicle routes, helping you to make the most effective use of your available resources, keep your customers informed, and control costs.
Core features: Our cloud-based back-office system, and easy to use driver app, will give you a wide range of functionality, all available in our standard core product. Using Podfather you can plan and optimize routes, capture vehicle defect checks, issue customer ETA notifications and live tracking links, track drivers and capture electronic proof of delivery.
Route planning & optimisation: Plan efficient routes that you know will work, make the best use of your available resources and hit customer time windows. Manual, regional, fixed route and dynamic planning options are available.
Vehicle defect checks and driver tracking: Use our driver app to collect vehicle defect checks before drivers leave the depot and alert maintenance teams to any issues. Keep track of where your drivers are at any given time without the need for additional telematics tech.
Customer notifications & ETA updates: Issue customer ETA notifications and live tracking links on the day of delivery. Email and SMS options are available. Tracking links provide real time status updates which will make you, and your customer lives much easier.
electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD): ePOD ensures you and your customers get real time notification of job completion with electronic signatures, photos, and time/date/location stamps all available as standard.
If you are dealing with the challenge of a paper-based operation, or you are looking to update your current delivery planning and ePOD process, then we are here to help.
Highlights
- Remove paper, cut admin and reduce costs from your operation. Get full time visibility of wha'ts going on across your operation in real time.
- Watch 'where's my delivery?' calls become a thing of the past.
- Deal with delivery discrepancies with ease and improve first-time, on-time in full performance (OTIF).
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
|---|---|---|
Mobile users | Monthly licenses are invoiced in arrears based on the number of active mobile application licenses each month. For clarity, an "active" license is a license that has completed a transaction, which is any kind of job that can be processed on the mobile app, including deliveries, collections, vehicle checks, etc. | $8,800.00 |
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This listing uses a single pricing dimension based on the number of active mobile application licenses. You pay monthly in arrears, meaning you are billed after each month based on usage. A license counts as active only when it completes a transaction, such as a delivery, collection, or vehicle check. Licenses that complete no jobs in a month are not charged. Your cost scales directly with how many mobile users actually process work each month. This usage-based structure means your bill rises and falls with real driver activity rather than a fixed seat count.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
An active license is one that completes at least one transaction that month. A transaction is any job processed on the mobile app. This includes deliveries, collections, and vehicle checks. A license that completes no jobs in a given month is not counted or charged.
Yes. A third-party carrier's driver only needs to download the app onto their own smartphone. Any license that completes a transaction that month counts as active and is billed, whether the driver is your employee or a subcontractor.
Your bill follows real activity. You are billed in arrears based on licenses that completed a transaction that month. If fewer drivers process jobs, fewer licenses count as active, so your charge falls. There is no fixed seat count to pay regardless of use.
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We understand that good customer support is what turns a good implementation process into a great one. That is why we have a well resourced customer experience team that covers onboarding, training, account development and first line support. We believe that we are with you for the journey, not just the implementation. Caring for our customers sits at the heart of everything we do. There will always be times when things go awry and you need help right now. That is where our support team come in, ready to take your call or answer your email. Our experienced team are there to help. Our fantastic team ensures new users are onboarded and looked after in the way that we feel is befitting of a Podfather customer. Email helpdesk@podfather.com or give us a call on tel 44 (0) 131 553 0400.
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