Ponderosa DispatchPro: Increase On-time Deliveries; Lower Annual Aggregate Fuel Costs

Even as oil prices continue to plummet, many businesses are offsetting these fuel costs by adding surcharges to the price of their products. Still others are doing what they can to consolidate delivery runs and increase margins on smaller orders. DispatchPro is a business‐ready enhancement to Computer Associates’ (CAI) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solutions.

Real‐time Vehicle Analysis Maximizes GP of Every Delivery

Ponderosa DispatchPro is a business‐ready enhancement to Computer Associates’ (CAI) Ponderosa Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software that enables millwork dispatchers to maximize on‐time, accurate and reliable delivery of ordered goods to customer job sites—and significantly reduce their annual aggregate fuel costs. With Ponderosa DispatchPro, you get more satisfied customers and improved bottom‐line profitability of your delivery operations.

Ponderosa DispatchPro provides real‐time vehicle analysis and the tools to maximize the gross profit of every delivery. In a simple screen, dispatchers can view the total value of product on the truck as well as the associated costs—per‐mileage fuel costs, driver overhead and other expenses—that affect the value and profitability of each and every delivery. What’s more, dispatchers can quickly determine if a truck is loaded to its capacity.

Ponderosa DispatchPro also provides an up‐to‐the‐minute view of available delivery resources, and displays this information as intuitive dashboard objects. Dispatchers gain new insight into the overall effectiveness of their delivery operations, and sales reps can commit to tight customer delivery times with the confidence that the resources will be available to meet those commitments.

Ponderosa’s Order Delivery Tracking (ODT)

CAI has partnered with DQ Technologies to integrate DQ Tech’s industry‐leading Order Delivery Tracking (ODT) software with the Ponderosa solution. In a simple order window, everyone in your organization is provided with a complete picture of daily dispatch operations and delivery orders. Without making phone calls to the dispatch office, sales personnel can quickly determine an order's status and respond to customer inquiries. Management can more effectively keep track of the daily progression.

Ponderosa DispatchPro provides an overall delivery and route picture for a specific day's vehicle runs. These runs can be expanded to show combined order information, which can also be scanned to provide updated status information for not only the delivery, but also the order itself. This helps dispatchers ensure that orders are properly staged and ready to quickly turn around vehicles for second and third delivery runs.

The software’s Order and Delivery screen can be sorted by custom load times. Information is grouped into simple pull down sections, allowing dispatch personnel to quickly sort information, make delivery related decisions, and better manage staff and resources involved in the order build process.

Ponderosa DispatchPro also features an easy‐to‐use truck scheduler. Any assigned users in the company can quickly determine which vehicles are available for certain delivery types, and at what load time throughout the day. New orders can be quickly managed prior to load completion, greatly reducing the amount of time spent figuring out which vehicles to use. This tool will also help those taking orders by providing an overall picture into the delivery window, helping make more informed decisions.

Building materials shipments have been traditionally managed with whiteboards or other cumbersome manual tracking systems. As the industry has become more competitive, maximizing the profitability of each and every delivery has become increasingly important. Ponderosa DispatchPro helps you boost your bottom‐line.