Northamptonshire-based Fortec member Linkline Transport is to expand into home delivery and is using Mandata’s cloud-based Transport Management System (TMS) to support its operations.

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Linkline will combine general loads with individual parcels and drivers will react to ongoing route changes and new jobs via PDAs.

Tom Ball, general manager at Linkline, said: “Coronavirus has triggered a surge in home deliveries and our recent move into the home delivery market is well timed.

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“We drew the logical conclusion that Mandata’s real-time vehicle tracking and electronic proof of delivery would be equally as effective to keep tabs on individual parcels as it is for pallets and general consignments.”

He added: “The traffic office can see it all in their traffic pads – from the location of each vehicle through each step of the consignment journey, including the electronic signature upon delivery – captured by Mandata’s Manifest ePOD app. And at that point, the invoice is already on its way to the customer.”

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Mandata’s TMS will integrates with systems at the Fortec pallet network and Linkline’s WMS to enable real-time monitoring of each vehicle’s available load space, process return loads and maximise vehicle use.

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Linkline Transport is also set to consolidate its existing facilities into one “purpose-built” 140,000 sq ft warehouse in Prologis Park Wellingborough. The site has the capacity for 31,000 pallets, and will also feature a fully covered loading and unloading canopy..