Announcing Dr Dispatch 6

(Deprecated; We are on Dr Dispatch 8 and moving towards 9 now)

I’m pleased to announce that I have been working on Dr Dispatch 6.0!

Announcing Dr Dispatch 6 was supposed to happen a little sooner but I was sidetracked with a new product (that I will post about below).

A big problem we have witnessed recently is a big slow down in larger databases or with wireless. That was my first priority and I believe I have it fixed.

I’m testing the speed against a 500 meg truck database with 77,000 loads. I’m pleased to report a 10x improvement in speed!

Build 79-81 of Dr Dispatch 5.5 also has a lot of features that were slotted for 6.0 – you can consider those builds a sort of pre-release.

What you can expect in the first release

Here’s what is planned or completed for the first release of version 6:

• Massive speed improvement (completed and tested)
• Larger screens (min resolution of 1024×768)
• Font change/increase for readability
• New archive process (no more techs archiving your data)
• File imports from text, Excel, Access, and more (20 file types)
• Many many tweaks
• Better truck side planning/scheduling
• Fixing the annoying screen flicker in Trucking Dispatch

The speed improvements are a huge change and a big reason you don’t see a lot of new features slated yet.

Increasing the screen size and changing the base font will make for a much better experience.

What about the future?

Future features/fixes are always changing but I do have a list of must-do things…

Here’s what we have planned beyond the first release:

• Drag & Drop File Attachment
• Continuation of speed improvements
• Administrative Dashboard
• Tags
• Web Portal Improvements (Tendering, Load Board)
• Quickbooks Online Integration
• More PeopleNet Integration features
• More Mobile for Drivers
• Multiple Contacts For Contact Records
• And more – much more.

There’s been a big interest in Dr Dispatch going online as a web application.

I’ve begun work on that too!

I’m in the prototype stage. If you’re interested in looking at the final prototype and having a look at the completed application later this year – Sign up Here.

Here’s one proposed screenshot – showing viewing a customer. You’ll notice the address, contacts are missing – but I think you can get the idea on where we’re going.

Announcing Dr Dispatch 6 has been a long time coming. We are proud of the work completed on it so far.

PS Unless you’ve been without a support agreement for a long time – upgrading to 6.0 will be included with your support plan.