Motion Manning shows which driver is covering each run and shift, on a sheet your customer can read.
Today that sheet lives in a spreadsheet. To show your customer who is doing what, someone takes a screenshot and emails it. When a driver changes, they do it again.
In development and not on sale yet. The full Motion TMS is live today, with a free plan.
Manning levels · this weekIllustrative preview · sample data
Sample manning levels: drivers covering runs against runs needed, by shift and day
Shift
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Days
6/6
6/6
5/61 short
6/6
6/6
Lates
4/4
3/41 short
4/4
4/4
4/4
Nights
3/3
3/3
3/3
2/31 short
3/3
Runs covered / runs needed3 gaps to cover this week
Manning today. A lot of screenshots.
Most manning sheets live in a spreadsheet. It works, and it takes time every day. Each card turns over to show the same step with Motion Manning.
1By hand
The sheet lives in a spreadsheet
Runs, shifts and names sit in a spreadsheet that someone keeps up to date by hand.
1With Motion Manning
One sheet, kept current
Every run and shift sits on one sheet in Motion Manning, and it stays current as the week changes.
2By hand
You count the cover
To see if a shift is covered, you count names against runs, day by day.
2With Motion Manning
Levels at a glance
Runs needed against runs covered, for every day and shift, worked out for you.
3By hand
A gap turns up late
An uncovered run is easy to miss until the morning it is due.
3With Motion Manning
Gaps flagged early
An uncovered run stands out while there is still time to fill it.
4By hand
You screenshot it again
Each time a driver changes, the sheet is edited and a fresh screenshot goes to your customer.
4With Motion Manning
Shared without the screenshot
Change the driver in one place and send your customer a clean, current sheet.
One week of runs. Four steps.
From the runs to a sheet your customer can read. This is the workflow we are building. The screens use sample data.
Choose a step to explore.
Start from the runs.
Every run and shift for the week goes into one list, from Motion Traction or from the sheet your customer sends. The manning sheet starts from the real work, not a copy of it.
This week's runsSample data
Runs this week
62
Shifts
Days, lates, nights
Days covered
Monday to Friday
Nothing is shared until you choose to send it.
See the levels before the day starts.
Runs needed against runs covered, for every day and shift. Anything short is flagged while there is still time to fill it.
Manning levels · this weekSample data
Covered
62 runs, 3 short
Wednesday · days
5 of 6
Tuesday · lates
3 of 4
Thursday · nights
2 of 3
Put a name against every run.
See which driver is on which run. Change a driver in one place and the sheet updates, so there is only ever one version.
Tuesday · latesSample data
N-104 · 14:00
Aisha Khan
N-106 · 14:30
Tom Ellis
N-109 · 15:00
Dan Hughes
N-112 · 16:00
Needs a driver
Share a sheet, not a screenshot.
Send your customer a clean, current sheet showing who is covering what. You see it before it goes.
Manning sheet · TuesdaySample data
N-101 · 06:00
James Wilson
N-102 · 06:30
Priya Shah
N-104 · 14:00
Aisha Khan
N-106 · 14:30
Tom Ellis
Send to customer Once you are happy with it.
Part of Traction. Or on its own.
Motion Traction finishes with a manning sheet, once drivers and trucks are on every run. If the sheet is the part you need, Motion Manning is planned as that step by itself.
You need the manning sheet. Who is on which run and shift, shared with your customer.
You are here
A few straight answers.
These products are in development. We would rather tell you where they stand than promise something early.
What is a manning sheet?
A manning sheet shows which driver is covering each run or shift, so you and your customer can both see that the work is covered.
Is Motion Manning available now?
Not yet. It is in development and is not on sale. The full Motion TMS is live today, with a free plan for operators running 1 to 50 trucks.
How is it different from Motion Traction?
Motion Traction takes a customer run sheet through to allocated drivers and trucks, with the manning sheet as the last step. Motion Manning is that last step by itself.
What will it cost?
Pricing is not set yet. Tell us how you man your work today, and we will keep you posted.
Tell us how you man your work.
A quick call or an email is enough. Show us the sheet you use today and we will show you where Motion Manning is heading.
Please take out driver names and phone numbers before you send a sheet.