Controller - despatch software for courier, sameday, chauffeur, and taxi companies.
Welcome to Courier Systems. My name is Nigel Thomas, I'm the author of
Controller despatch software (or dispatch for our American audience) designed especially for delivery industries.
Whether you run a courier, chauffeur or taxi company, my despatch (dispatch) software will help
you become more efficient and profitable. I started Courier Systems in 1988,
and over the years hundreds of companies all over the UK have been relying on
my software to run their despatch (dispatch) businesses.I have designed this site so you can keep up to date with news, upgrades, developments and obtain support for Controller software. Check out the features of Controller software, or just catch up on its latest developments on the news page.
If you are a first time visitor, be sure to visit the Try Us area where you can install and get a feel for how Controller works.Thanks for dropping by...
Nigel Thomas. Courier Systems
Recent Controller Tweeks & Tips
- Ordnance survey geolocation data for postcodes added to Controller for accurate mileage pricing using google maps
- Email invoice to additional email addresses
- Street level or premise level postcodes in Controller
- You can now produce a report which details turnover by Sales Executive
- Some fields on the booking can now be changed after a booking
- System purge for 64 bit Windows OS (Vista and Windows 7) released
- Quick way to email a copy invoice
- You can enter extra charges when drivers phone in POD's
- Quick way to enter credit notes.
- Quick way to check or edit customers details
- Despatch window now shows a customer marked as special in bold.('Edit Account' and check 'Special Customer').
- The email setup Wizard has been improved ('System' > 'Configuration' > 'Wizards' > 'SMTP Email'
- Improved facility to add quotations
- Pre-allocated jobs are now shown in green
- The late job warning can be turned off if the job has already been allocated ('System' > 'Configuration' > 'Sounds' > 'Disable job warning if job preallocated')
- There's a new despatch window
- You can now print despatch notes in a batch
- We've added a Quotation Manager
- You can add customer notes to your customer accounts and these will show at Despatch time
- For network nerds - we've added a ping test ('System' > 'Support' > 'Ping Test')
- Driver statement summary report now details VAT totals
- Added option when emailing driver details to Smartphone or mobile device; it can be done in plain text
- On the invoice layout designer there is now a 'Payment by date' (invoice date plus terms of trading) in the list of variables which can be added to your invoice design
- You can now configure Controller to send copies of your emails to another email address ('System' > 'Configuration' > 'System Settings' > 'Email settings')
- A better report comparing each client's invoices over different accounting periods
- Improved automatic printing of despatch notes
- Quicker entering for Overnight and International jobs
- There are now Help videos to explain various clever functions of Controller
- Email setup Wizard has been improved - System>Configuration>Wizards>SMTP Email
HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM COURIERSYSTEMS
This Christmas, just like past Christmas's; we won't be sending out Christmas cards. Instead we have lent our Christmas card budget to Sam Veng, to help with her business in Cambodia.
Sam is a 45 year old widow with ten children between the ages of 7 and 26. She runs a general store from her home in the village of Prek Trob, in the Ek Phnom District of Battambang Province, Cambodia.
Read more about Sam and lendwithcare.org on our Winter news page
Google Maps and Controller
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Use Google Maps from ANY despatch screen by pressing F6 or M for Map (it now has via's!)
We are experimenting with a new feature - linking Controller to Google maps*From the Unallocated despatch screen, highlight a job and press F9 ...or
*From within any job, press F2 to go to the pricing screen then F7
Our Controller software package is evolving in response to changes in our clients business.
We continually make improvements to our software in response to requests by our clients, changes in technology, and business practices. All our clients get the benefit of these improvements, but can also choose to stay with their existing version of Controller.