From the Horizon FrontLine

Using Horizon in a Logging Environment

Finally converted a meeting that Scott and I had with Reg Williams of Log Creek Timber into video - the result? How you can use Horizon Dispatch in the logging industry.

The video discusses a number of different ideas and really showcases some of the other features found in Horizon Dispatch and the Customizer, including how the Quick Dispatch screen can show a variety of options and the Booking screen's Custom Label service, that allows objects to be moved around on the screen.

The timber industry is fairly distinct in the trucking industry - pickup locations are not really shippers - rather they are locations in the forest or woodland where the logs are being harvested. And each lot of land is owned by an owner who has contracts with individual mills. Thus part of the challenge in entering loads is to ensure that the trucking software does not allow users to book pickups from one site and go to another site where there is no contract in place.

You may have been noticing that we have a lot more training videos on the training page - but this one is rather unique, as it is specific to a particular industry. Since there are a number of industries that benefit from the Horizon fleet management software, we'll likely be adding these to the Industries page rather than the training page.

If you have a trucking industry niche that you feel would be a challenge for the Horizon trucking software, shoot us a line - we'll be happy to show you how we're up to the challenge.

posted by Andrew MacNeill @ 12:38 PM