DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRATION CASE STUDIES

Movers Eway

Brief summary

• Programming: IIS/ASP
• Database Backend: SQL Server 7.0

Detailed summary

The small to medium size moving companies in the US have a problem that they always have space left on their truck after picking up a job, and they are always looking to fill their trucks 100% because this way they make more money on a trip. What they used to do is sit down and makes phone calls to many moving companies in the area and asking them if they have some loads to give them for filling their trucks.

What this site does, it is solving this logistics problem that the movers have.
It is a place where movers can Post (or multiply post) and Search:

• Moves
• Labor
• Trucks
• Load
• Lead

All searches can use the Radius in mils, so you can find, for instance, all Moves in 300 mils around the NY which will start 07.04.
For example:

• Search for a load to fill their truck - Lets say a truck went with a load from Florida to New York, now it is coming back to Florida and looking to take loads back to make more money.
• Search for a Move - Lets say a company doesn't have a job one day and they want to keep their people and trucks busy, so they look for a move that another company had but couldn't perform.
• Search for Labor - many times when trucks go from one state to another, there is only one Driver on the truck. So when he get to his destination, he is looking for people to help him load and unload the trucks
• Search for Trucks - If I'm a company and I have a load that need to go out, but I don't have any truck schedule to go out, then I can search for trucks that are available in my area to pick loads.
• Post Load - This relate to item 4 also, If I have a load waiting in my warehouse, and I need to find someone to take it, so I can post it so if someone is looking for a load he can find it. (I will probably first do item 4 and search for an available truck in my area)
• Post Move - If my sales person booked a move for a specific day and I find that my company can't perform the move, then I post it so other companies that are not busy can search and find it.

There is another aspect to this item - Because of the Internet, many small companies that have web sites started booking Jobs in other states that they can never go there and perform, So by using the site they can sell this moves to local companies in that area.
3 type of customers:

• Small companies
• Multi branch companies
• Val Lines

All companies from level 2 and 3 can limit the postings as "visible" only for own branches.
You can see tonnage for all Loads and states.
Each company can receive daily e-mail which includes all new postings allowed for review.
Each customer can delete any own posting.

The Admin received via e-mail all requests for registration. He can approve and register new company. The other options:

• Establish Val lines and multi branch relationships between companies in DB.
• Search companies
• Checking the new companies.
• Control the posting remove settings

All overdued postings removed automatically from DB.

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