Trip Sheet Central: Users' Reviews
of this Online Truckers Service
In May 2010, we received a
request for a review of Trip Sheet Central
(website)
from Eddie
Gichuhi through his Twitter account
to us via our Twitter account.
Vicki
explained in a series of reply tweets:
Thanks for wanting a review of your
product on our site. We're not owner-operators, so we would not use
this product ourselves. However,...
we are interested in having others who
have used the product provide an informational (not promotional) review
for us on our site. What...
we can possibly do is put a list of
the features of your product on a page of our site and let others who
have used it and evaluate them...
Please respond to let us know if this
is acceptable to you. We're looking to help professional truck drivers
save money. Thanks.
Eddie responded that he would appreciate that very much.
He offered to
send the demo login and feature list, which we requested and he sent.
This information enabled us to go up and look
at various parts of what Trip Sheet Central (TSC) offers.
We must issue the disclaimer that we are not users of
this "web-based truck-business management suite," nor are we likely to
ever be users of it.
As of this writing (May 2010), we are unaware of any of their
competitors but welcome the opportunity to have our readers review
their products
or services
also. We are all about saving money for
truck drivers.
We have taken the liberty of putting some of the
information from their website (on their "About"
page) in bullet format, which we believe will
make it easier to understand what
TSC claims about its product/service:
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Trip Sheet Central (TSC) is a web-based
truck-business
management suite used to keep track of
- trucking business records,
- trip
sheets,
- income and expenses,
- shippers and receivers,
- accounting
statements and
- IFTA tax information.
It is designed for
- truck
owner-operators,
- truck fleet-owners and
- company drivers.
TSC
- analyses truck business
profitability,
- creates
- real-time profit-loss
statements,
- cash-flow,
- operating expense
statements,
- invoices,
- driver settlement
reports
and
- many more business
statements.
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All your business critical information is
organized in
one place, and accessible from wherever your busy schedule takes
you
- on the road,
- at the truck-stop,
- in your office or
- even at the library when
you're researching that shipper.
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This is a web-based solution built from experience and
extensive user testing. Many features have been added as a result of
requests and feedback from trucking companies that use our product. The
solution is simple to use, yet powerful enough to meet even the most
stringent record-keeping requirements prescribed by the FMCSA.
We have taken the liberty of making screenshots of
various parts of their demo so that we can ask for your review about
various parts of
it:
The Trip Sheet Central
Business Snapshot screenshot shows these sections:
- Statistical Year;
- Trip Count / Revenue
Summary
- Revenue Distribution pie
chart
- Fuel Price;
- How the Miles Add Up, and
- About These Statistics.
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We have taken the liberty of making screenshots of the
drop downs from the tabs across the top:
| Trip Sheet Central tab |
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| Company Reports tab |
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| Trip Expenses tab |
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| Operating Expenses tab |
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| Statements tab |
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| Tools tab |
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Review Trip Sheet Central Here
Do you use Trip Sheet Central? Do you know its pros and cons? Review it!
| In consideration of the professional truck drivers for whom our site is geared, reviews will only be accepted by those who are both currently employed as professional truck drivers and are current users of Trip Sheet Central. |
Here's the minimum we're asking for in your review:
- Your first name and the first letter of your last name (or full name if you prefer);
- Your state (where you live or are domiciled);
- The capacity in which you are using Trip Sheet Central: owner-operator/lease purchase, independent (having your own authority) or company driver;
- The number of months or years that you've used Trip Sheet Central (TSC);
- On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being high), your response to:
Does TSC do everything it claims to do?
- On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being high), your response to:
How well does TSC meet your needs?
- On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being high), your response to:
To what extent do you feel that TSC provides you with a valuable service for your money?
- Please explain which part(s) of TSC is/are your favorite(s) (such as Business Snapshot or anything under the Trip Sheet Central tab, Company Reports tab, Trip Expenses tab, Operating Expenses tab, Statements tab, or Tools tab).
- Please explain which part(s) of TSC could be made better and why you feel that way.
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