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Location: Wakefield, United Kingdom

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Time to start: As soon as possible

Project description:
"Vehicle Booking System (VBS) - Budget $500

I hope this message finds you all well.

I am reaching out to inquire about your Vehicle Booking System (VBS) and its potential application within agricultural logistics sector — specifically for coordinating the transport and off-loading of Maize from farms to auction floors and warehouses.

I am exploring a digital booking and scheduling platform that would enable:

- Field officers to assign transporters and coordinate truck movements;

- Real-time slot booking and gate scheduling at auction floors;

- Integration with warehouse and processing facilities;

- Fair and transparent transporter allocation.

- Implementation and integration details;

- Typical deployment timelines

*Actors*

Field officer) — assigns transporters to farm loads, monitors status.

Transporter / Haulier — receives booking assignments, confirms availability, gets slot at auction floor/warehouse.

Collection Centre — schedules arrival of trucks, manages off-load slots.

Warehouse/Processor — may receive leaf after off-load, scheduling inbound trucks.

Central System (Admin) — manages users, roles, system rules.

*Key Modules & Components*

*Transporter Allocation Module*

Allows field officer to select available transporters, assign load pickup from farm, schedule pickup time.

Maintains transporter database: capacity, status, region, track record.

Generates transport orders (farm → collection point or auction floor).

*Booking & Slot Scheduling Module*

At warehouse: set up the calendar of slots (time windows) for trucks to arrive, off-load.

Connects with transporter assignments: once transport order created, system matches with an available slot at the destination.

Provides slot confirmation to transporter (time, bay, etc).

Queuing logic, conflict detection, real-time tracking of slot occupancy.

*Dashboard & Tracking Module*

Real‐time status of transport orders: picked up from farm? en-route? arrived at slot? off-load complete?

Alerts if late or slot missed, re-booking logic.

Field officer and auction floor staff have views.

*Data & Master Data Module*

Farms, loads , transporters, trucks, warehouses, slots.

Rules: transporter eligibility, capacity, region, time windows.

Historical data for performance and analytics (late arrivals, utilisation of slots, transporter performance).

*Integration & External Interfaces*

Mobile app / web app for transporters (confirm assignment, update status).

Web portal for field officer & warehouse floor staff.

Possibly SMS/WhatsApp notification for transporter.

API to transporter’s own fleet system (optional).

Backend scheduling engine.

*Reporting & Analytics Module*

Utilisation of slots, transporter performance metrics, transporter fairness metrics (how “fair” assignments are across transporters).

KPI dashboards for administrator." (client-provided description)