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Our Primary Aim

 To provide professional software solutions for the Transport Industry.

 Software that has all the functionality that the client needs, custom-fitted to his unique method of operation.

What we know about the Transport Industry

• Every transport company operates in their own unique way, based on their management-style.
• The size and type of the fleets expand and contract constantly. Scheduling and allocation of available resources, re-routing and breakdowns are difficult to monitor.
• Crisis-management has far-reaching repercussions. Often the "left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing" within the various divisions of the company.
• The availability of in-service trucks changes constantly with maintenance, delays, breakdowns, etc. - this impacts forward planning and results in lost business and poor customer service.
• Methods of fleet maintenance are different - servicing in-house or outsourced. Tracking of costs always becomes vital.
• Some companies use sub-contractors on a regular or irregular basis.
• The territorial areas differ - some only local within RSA, many across our borders with special requirements for customs, multi-currency and differing VAT / GST.
• Up-to-the minute tracking and tracing of loads and fleet has, until now, been limited to the largest of transport companies. This directly impacts on the level of customer service that can be provided.
• Divisions such as Operations, Warehousing, Maintenance and Accounting need to share common data.
• Duplication and recapturing of data results in wasted man hours and human error. The number of administration staff required always seems to become “top heavy”.
• Management Information Reporting needs vary greatly from company to company. Month-end consolidations are time-consuming.
• Many Transporters have mis-perceptions about areas of their operation with regard to profitability / non-profitability - because they lack the ability to quickly produce ad hoc reports at any time of the month or summaries for a specific time-period.

Software Problems in the Transport Industry"

Management Reporting

The need for up-to-date management, statistical and accounting information is a vital aspect of any transport business. Information is power - allowing management to be proactive rather than reactive.

The biggest lack in packaged software is usually in management, operational or account / costs reporting. Information cannot be produced in the exact format or depth-of-detail that is required. For instance, constantly rising fuel and maintenance costs are a huge area of concern and need to be monitored closely on a per truck basis, sometimes even on a weekly basis.

Summaries, consolidations and statistical analysis reporting is mostly inadequate or non-existant.

Integration of data is very limited

The seamless integration and sharing of common information and data between different divisions such as Operations, Warehousing and Accounting can ...

• Save hundreds of man-hours,
• Avoid duplication of effort and
• Mminimize human error.

Our software can also produce data for incorporation into industry-standard accounting packages such as Quickbooks, AccPac and Pastel, if required.

It can also output data in the correct format for further ad hoc analysis in a spreadsheet.

Future Growth

Should your business focus change or when you grow beyond the capabilities of your current packaged software, it becomes an expensive "re-purchase or upgrade exercise" to accommodate these changes.

The ability to constantly customize our AbaTrans solutions to suite your needs means that “the software grows with your business needs" - so it never becomes obsolete.”

AbaTrans Software Solutions for the Transport Industry

• Since 1992 we have developed a number of professional computer software applications for most areas of the Transport Industry.
• Our exposure to a wide range of different transport companies during the last 14 years, has put us in the unique position of being the sole solution provider of our kind in the industry.
• With our robust, proven applications you can custom-fit the different modules to your specific needs and they can grow with your business. This also means that you are:

“Fitting your software to your business -
NOT your business to your software”.

Customization and Management Reporting

• All of the modules can be customized and changed to suite your own unique requirements.
• The standard "built-in" capture screens and reports such as invoices, statements, etc. can be re-developed / modified for your company and identity.
• Additional customized Reports can be developed specifically for your purposes.
• Data Extraction Routines can be added, should they be required e.g. for incorporation into other accounting software or spreadsheets.

Some of our Transport clients and Experience

• Manica Africa (Bidvest) (AbaLoad, AbaWarehouse, AbaBox applications)
• FS Trucking (AbaContract)
• Natro (AbaFleet and AbaLoad applications)
• Transcor (AbaLoad application) plus Website Design and Development
• Bindura Haulage (Zimbabwe – AbaLoad application)
• Express Cargo (3 branch offices - AbaWarehouse application)
• Northern Haulage (AbaLoad application. AbaCash, AbaFuel) plus Website Design and Development
• M&B Transport (AbaWarehouse application)
• Transend Freight (Brokers – Specialized Debtors and Creditors)

Other Services that we offer

• Custom Business Application Development
• Website Design and Development
• Multimedia Marketing Presentations
• Graphic Design and Layout
• Contact us NOW for more information on the abaTrans range of programmes
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