ACCOUNTING FLOW Most of these icons lead to the INCOME EXPENSE page and are provided more to give you a sense of the order in which things flow through the program rather than to link you to those specific functions. -

Since much of this has already been covered we will only deal with the items we have not already discussed.

INVOICING & INCOME - invoicing is the final process in load management. Using the data you provided in the billing and loads sections The Truckers Helper prints a trucking specific invoice -

We have had a lot of positive feedback on our invoices from brokers and shippers who appreciate the complete load information provided by this trucking specific invoice.

The program also creates a receivable in the accounting section when it prints the invoice. There are complete A/R reports allowing you to track your receivables.

TRIP EXPENSES & PAYROLL - as we mentioned earlier The Truckers Helper is a real time program. Trip Expenses are entered as they occur. Drivers Advances are entered when you give them the advance, fuel and other purchases are entered when you receive the receipts from the driver. The program will then use this infomation to complete the payroll for the driver. You will no longer be required to track how much you gave the driver for advances, how much he spent on the trip, etc. The program will automate this process for you. You simply enter the receipts and let the program sort them out.

Payroll is also trucking specific and will print out a complete settlement report for you to pass on to your drivers as well as printing out your payroll checks.

REPORTS - The real advantage of a computer over manual systems of running your business is it's ability to take all your data, format it for you and present it to you in the form of reports on every aspect of your business. With this in mind we have designed a full range of reports to keep you informed. Armed with this information you will be able to spot possible problems before they become major problems, plan for future needs and stay on top of the many demands of running a business in todays fast paced environment.

SUMMARY - The Truckers Helper is a trucking specific program. It has been designed by truckers and written from the ground up specifically to meet the needs of truckers and trucking companies. As such it offers several advantages over other types of software which are not tailored specifically to the trucking industry.



COST/MILE and REVENUE/MILE are typical examples of this difference. While other accounting programs may be able to track your income and expenses, they do not understand the concept of mileage and will not provide you with this critcal information. Other examples include IFTA reporting and trucking payroll are also unique to our industry. Tracking Driver Advances and processing them in payroll ranges from difficult to impossible in a program that has not been specifically designed to handle the needs of todays trucking businesses.

CONCLUSION We hope this overview of The Truckers Helper has proved helpful to you in understanding the flow of the program and the need to provide the program with the information that it needs to be of the most use to you. If you have questions, comments or suggestions please post them in the FORUMS.