Total Dispatch

Total Dispatch is a cloud-based dispatch and billing system from Creative Energies, designed for petroleum carriers. The company has supplied dispatch and billing software and consulting to carriers, wholesalers and suppliers across the United States.

What Total Dispatch offers

• Order entry and dispatch board — a familiar board layout for assigning loads.
• Billing — handles split loads, two-terminal loads, rate tables, minimum gallons, insurance charges and date-driven surcharges.
• Driver app — the CE CONNECT app keeps drivers in touch with dispatch and gathers load times, bills of lading from terminals and imaged paperwork.
• Customer portal — customers view and download bills of lading, invoices and load status.
• Inventory, EDI and HR — automatic orders, electronic billing, driver HR and payroll, and management reports.

Who it works with

Petroleum carriers, wholesalers and distributors. The vendor says the software runs at over 70 carriers in more than 40 states, with fleets of 3 to 200 transports.

Key facts

• Founded: 1989, by Howard Ehrlich
• Ownership: family owned and operated