JMN Logistics

JMN Logistics has been making an effort to go paperless since it started using a new Transportation Management System (TMS) in late 2007.  When JMN went online with Cargo Tel (CGT), we transitioned from mailing invoices to our customers on a weekly basis to faxing or e-mailing them daily.  Instead of keeping paper copies of condition reports, they are stored electronically and can be viewed by multiple employees whether they are in the office or working from home.  The one area that has been most difficult to make this change in is with condition reports.  Many customers require that a copy of the condition report is left with the vehicle when it is dropped off or sent with the invoice.  Unfortunately, the technology available for electronic condition reports is not cost effective enough for us to make the transition at this time.  Currently, the National Auto Auction Association (NAAA) is working with industry leaders to produce a standard for ECR’s.  According to Former NAAA President, Bob Mc Conkey, a standardized condition report will “make exchange of vehicle data easier among participants in the remarketing industry.”  Hopefully, as auctions and OEMs come together to create a standard, software vendors will be able to create a program that will encompass the needs of the trucking industry as well.

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