A new web site is about to be launched that will change the way hauliers hire contract drivers.
www.FindmeaDriver.com is the immediate 24/7 on-line site for hauliers to find top drivers, and drivers to find contracts. Initial trials have shown that hauliers can save anything from £300 per month per driver and a driver can make approximately £300 per month more – simply by cutting out the middle man agency.
According to Wayne Woodward, FindMeADrivers Managing Director, a mechanism that allows companies to book drivers direct has been a long time coming. By using the latest on line technologies he has worked with software consultants MMCC to develop a fully interactive site that allows drivers to create their own personal experience profiles, and hauliers to offer driver contracts or search for the right driver.
In this way drivers can manage their own calendars and operators can book services direct. This direct process puts control firmly in the hands of the operator and the driver, reduces costs and speeds up processing.
“The agency process is dated and works to the benefit of the agency. It is slow and allows them to manipulate costs and fees.” States Wayne, “The new on-line booking process is the way ahead. It is direct, personal and allows costs, invoices and payments to be made on line.”
With fifteen years in the haulage and logistics industries, Wayne has first-hand experience in working with the traditional agency process. He regards it as restrictive, unregulated and open to abuse.
Wayne argues” Compliance checks for operational standards are sketchy, insurance or DVLA checks irregular. Add to that the high costs of office space and salaries, operators pick up tiers of operational costs. The Findmeadriver site has few overheads and eliminates unnecessary processes and advertising costs.”
Later this year EU legislation will see the introduction of the Agency Workers Directive. This is expected to add to the administrative costs of conventional agency administrative processes.
With www.findmeadriver.com everything is managed through a simple to follow “click through”, where the driver can log availability and the operators enter available shifts. This allows the operator to independently manage their resource requirements. All invoices are created on application and sent electronically to the contracted person.
Complete with built in checks to ensure that drivers meet the required quality, experience and compliance, the site delivers bespoke management reports, driver / destination / miles costs together with continual updates on legislation , and driver CPC.
Discussions are also in place with links to key providers to add servies such as weather and congestion information on a continual basis.
“It is the complete on-line window for any operator or driver. The benefits to all parties are considerable.“ comments Wayne
