Smart is the buzzword in India these days. With the nation looking forward to Modi government’s mission of developing 100 smart cities in the country, every business today aspires to be smart.
Technology is fast emerging as a game-changer across sectors and the transportation industry can remain no exception. Other than the changing times, adopting technology is today the need of the economy.
As the way of hailing a taxi has been changed completely by companies like Uber, by bringing in on-demand booking & delivery through the mobile app, the truck companies are expecting to see the similar revolution.
In the transport sector, there is a demand to utilise the trucks better so that they can meet the growing demand of urban India in the construction, e-commerce and other such sectors. After all, business is a race and to win this race, being technologically advance can take you several notches ahead in no time.
Accenture’s report published in 2016, ‘Business Journal for India – Technology that Empowers: Building smart cities for the digital citizen writes, “By 2031, more than half of India’s population will live in urban areas, placing city infrastructure—including transportation, healthcare, education and public safety systems—under increased stress.”
“To manage this rapid urbanization, India needs to spend approximately INR1.2 trillion (US$2.2 billion) over the next 20 years in building infrastructure that provides responsive and transparent city services, offers a higher quality of life for citizens and promotes economic growth.”
When a business comes online and becomes advanced in technology, it can reach out to a larger audience and results in business growth. The transport and logistics industry hasn’t been able to grab visibility online. But now, since the last few years, the times are changing. The industry that was once unorganized and distant from transparency, can today see opportunity for itself online.
Not only technology can bring order in the sector but can also eliminate challenges, such as lack of coordination, waste of resources by going empty load, escalating costs, etc. By embracing technology in day-to-day operations, truck owners can reduce costs, losses and be efficient, productive and see more profits coming in.
Here India needs on-demand transportation with mobile & web technology platform which allows the transporters to meet consumers and fleet owners. There will be no requirement of brokers and time and energy for both the stakeholders will be saved.
We brainstorm these reasons that why truck booking companies should look forward to smart or specially online truck booking or mobile truck booking
For obtaining business growth
We can call ourselves Trukky = Truck aggregators, allow the truck owners to connect directly with various clients who need the trucks. Using the online system, we can help the clients identify the right truck as per their requirements and book them. Being online, the truck owners can find clients while on their way back and thus be cost effective with their back-hauls. This makes the trucks available within a short distance of pickup destination.
As the online interface allows to keep a track of all the trucks together, managing the fleet becomes easy and efficient. Not only the location and movement of the truck can be instantly found out, but also GPS helps in saving time and cost by suggesting the fastest route to the driver.
For better transparency
The truck industry has never been transparent. Truck aggregators like Trukky can not only bring in clarity in the system but can also regulate and rationalize the prices. Along with transparency, trust, fair practices, and credibility will come for all the three parties – truck aggregators, fleet owners and consumers leading to a healthy growth of the business.
Moreover, we aim to bring more business and profits in the sector so that the truck owners can pass on the benefits to the truck drivers. Our truck booking app generates the bill amount as per the weight of the freight and the distance of the delivery location from the pickup spot. Automated bill generation and online payment makes the system transparent.
Not only payments, there is transparency in terms of timely delivery of freight for the consumers. The information about the estimated load delivery date and time is sent to the sender and receiver. The clients can track their load real time.
Connecting with customers directly
To book a truck online, a customer has to open the website or download the app. After that, by simply following the instructions, consumer needs to enter his/her requirements and get the estimated cost. After finding out the availability of trucks for transportation, the system selects the nearest truck as per the pickup location.
The truck booking websites and apps like Trukky are open for feedback from the customers to improvise regularly. Feedback and rating system for truck drivers and logistics companies helps in delivering quality service and better business relationship.
Truck booking apps have completely thrown out and replaced the manual systems where the businesses had to keep a note or memorize the details manually. They often faced hassles, such as missing the cash memo or misplacing the address details. When incomplete and inaccurate addresses were given to the truck drivers due to miscommunication or negligence, it resulted in a lot of time and fuel wastage.
Technology has changed the way trucks were operated in the country. Not only there is ease in keeping track of the trucks these days, but also there are unlimited prospects of business growth. Make online truck aggregators your business partners today and join in the smart technology bandwagon.
