Marek Krasuski – Ontario Trucking News – May 2011
Success in today’s competitive environment calls for a seamless integration of departmental activities to drive business forward. Compromised performance of even one practice in the overall matrix of operations jeopardizes success. The Concord, Ontario-based firm, Accord Software, has, since its inception more than 20 years ago, understood and embraced this foundational principal and built a reputation of excellence by providing innovative technological solutions that improve efficiencies, save time and increase profitability in the trucking industry.
At the heart of the firm’s success is the development and implementation of its premium product suite, the Centreline Transportation Management System (TMS). This software platform is a resource planning and operations management tool that automates the
The value of any product or service lies beyond the functionality it promises; its true worth is in the ability to deliver. Greg Rogge is General Manager and Vice President of Clark Freightways, a long-established British Columbia-based carrier with a network of 85 tractors, 170 trailers, and multiple branches and agents distributed throughout the province. Since incorporating Centreline’s fully integrated suite of management tools two years ago, Greg says his expectations have been met, and exceeded. “The primary reason for wanting a system was to create information flow internally within our company and externally with our customers. They wanted to know what was happening with their orders, and they needed up-to-date information as much as we did.” Clark Freightways previously had an operations system in place, but it lacked integrating capabilities. Information was siloed
separately in each department and lacked the realtime capabilities of the Centreline TMS management tools.