4 Tools for Managing Productive Teams in Transport Companies

The current situation has forced many companies to change how they work; where remote working and digitalisation have taken on a more fundamental role. These factors have led companies to turn to different team management tools to meet two of the most highly sought-after objectives by all companies, in particular those specialising in transport: cutting down on time while improving performance.

Many companies in the transport industry have already gone 100% digital, while the rest are undertaking their digitalisation process, where tools, platforms and applications are needed to carry out the work in the best possible way.

As well as the necessary applications for fleet management and control, other tools are needed to facilitate team management in transport companies:

  • Trello is a task organisation platform for planning team projects, keeping up to date with what stage each task is at and sharing all the information with the other team members.

What makes it stand out is the way it organises the workflow, through dashboards. Each project has an assigned dashboard, where categories and task lists can be created.

As well as the free version, with a wide range of features (unlimited members, up to 10 dashboards per workspace…), there are also three different payment options to suit any company’s needs.

  • One of the most popular tools for communicating with your team members is Slack, an internal chat organised into different topics.

Other tools used in the project such as Google Drive or Trello can be integrated.

Slack has different subscription plans: Free, Pro, Business+ and Enterprise Grid.

  • Another one of the most popular and widely-used tools to create workspaces is Asana, where you can organise tasks including information, deadlines, files, comments… with up to 15 members. Asana groups a team’s work in a shared space.

This platform’s key feature is that it is aimed at organising small departments or teams within large companies.

In Asana’s case, there are three subscription options to choose from, depending on the company’s needs: Basic, Premium and Business

  • Clickup is an application that brings together the functions of all the aforementioned tools: project manager, documents and notes, spreadsheets, e-mail and chat, reminders, project and objective tracking, etc. Furthermore, information from other management and project programmes can be imported.

As with the previous applications, Clickup has four subscription options available to its users. Free Forever, Unlimited, Business and Enterprise.

 

At Andamur, we are aware of the importance of keeping up to date with the tools required to work as a team and manage projects in the best way possible. For this reason, at Andamur, we strive to provide this information to our clients with a view to helping them in their digitalisation process.

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We Have Expanded our National Network to 59 Stations

At Andamur, we strive, day after day, to forge a closer relationship with our customers and offer increasingly improved services as well as a wider network to cover all their needs. With that in mind, we have expanded our National Network of partner stations, with two new points in Spain, specifically in Pontevedra, both accessible from the N550:

  • Sertuy, in Tuy, right on the border with Portugal
  • Carburantes El Sol, in Mos

With these two new partners, Andamur now has 59 partners in our network throughout Spain.

We are constantly adding new locations to our network, with a view to offering the maximum geographical coverage to our customers. Furthermore, all of them have a wide range of services adapted to the needs that may arise while out on the road, such as cafés, restaurants, showers, Wi-Fi, laundromat, etc.

On top of this is our firm commitment to multi-energy systems and the environment. In fact, two of our partners have added LNG and CNG service at their facilities. These are the Renova Oil Incoenergy and L’Hospitalet de l’Infant stations, both in Catalonia. That brings the number of multi-energy stations in our network to six.

Our goal is to be able to respond to all the needs of transport companies and haulers, making their long journeys easier and more optimal.

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We explain the new European regulation on tyre labelling and control

On 1 May, a new regulation on tyre labelling came into force in Europe. The regulation sets out the changes to the informative sticker used on tyres since 2012.

The purpose of this amendment is to make the information on the tyre’s status and manufacture as accessible as possible both for drivers and professionals.

Changes to the regulation

To ensure better accessibility to the tyre information, these are the changes made to the labelling:

  • New classification to define energy efficiency and wet grip. A simpler classification system has been established on a scale of A to E (and not to G like in the previous model). The letter A denotes maximum tyre efficiency and grip, while E indicates that the parameters are less ideal. Two pictograms have also been included to indicate whether the tyre has wet or ice grip.
  • Change to the information on noise pollution. The information on pollution has been broadened to include the number of decibels the tyre generates, as well as the A-B-C scale in which A indicates the quietest tyres.
  • QR code added to the new labelling to provide information on the product specifications, production and manufacturer. The QR connects to EPREL, the European Product Database for Energy Labelling. All the product information can be accessed in this database: production process, tyre class, trade name, suppliers, manufacturer, product identification number and technical specifications such as the dimensions and load index.

 

Keeping up to date and knowing all the information relating to a vehicle is essential for ensuring the safety of drivers on their routes. At Andamur we like #TakingCareOfWhatMatters, looking out for hauliers’ wellbeing.

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