Depot Desk
Features

Everything wage day needs, in one place.

Built around how depots actually run: swaps at 7am, stand-in logins, small vans, fines that turn up weeks later. Here's all of it.

A rota that knows who gets paid

Every FD down the side, every day across. Driver, van and route in each slot, with the stops and the day's pay as soon as they're in.

The week rota: each FD down the side, each day across, with the driver, stops, day's pay and van in every slot

Usual drivers in one click

Fill every empty slot with each route's usual driver, or copy last week across.

Two drivers on one FD

Split a route between drivers on the same day, each paid for their own stops.

One driver, two FDs

Added together first, then topped up to the day rate once, not twice.

No show and not running

Mark a slot so it isn't paid and doesn't show up as a missing stop count.

Today at a glance

Every route, who's on it, who's out and anything that needs fixing, on one screen.

Works on your phone

Fix the rota from the yard. Everyone sees the change straight away.

Stops matched to whoever actually drove

Export the stop files from the DPD portal and drop them in. Every route's stops land on the driver on your rota, whatever login they used.

The pay page: days, stops, stop pay, extras, deductions and grand total for each driver

Your pay rules, every time

Rate per stop for each FD, a day rate top-up, and a separate day rate for small-van routes.

Pay check

Before pay day, see every place the carrier's stops and your rota disagree, side by side.

Stand-in logins flagged

Any day still under the owner's login, or no driver at all, is red until it's sorted.

Typo guard

Typed 770 stops instead of 77? It turns red before it reaches anyone's pay.

Pay sheet in Excel

One row per driver per FD per day: the columns a hand-made sheet already uses.

Pay slips for WhatsApp

Each driver's slip, with every day, extra and deduction, ready to paste and send.

Extras and deductions, logged on the day

A rescue, a late start, a fine that turns up weeks later. Log it in seconds and it goes straight into that driver's pay, with the reason and a note.

Extras and deductions: a vehicle damage deduction waiting for manager approval

Manager approval

Choose whether admins' deductions wait for a manager before they count.

Your own reasons

Set the list of reasons your office picks from, for extras and for deductions.

Top up to a figure

Want a driver on £100 for the day? Type the figure and the extra is worked out.

A driver app that stops the phone calls

Drivers sign in on their own phone with a username and PIN you give them. They see what they need and nothing else, and they can't change anything.

The driver app's Today screen: today's FD, route and van, and an I'm out on the road button The driver app's pay screen: this week's days, stops and pay, with an extra and a day rate top-up

Their rota

Names, routes and vans for the week. No money, no rates, no one else's pay.

Their own pay

Day by day, week, month and tax year, worked out exactly like the pay slip, with every extra and approved deduction and its reason.

Out and back

One tap when they leave and when they're back, so you know who's still on the road.

Notes to the office

"I did a rescue", "I worked under someone else's login". One tap on your side puts it right.

Messages

A private thread with the office, and announcements to every driver at once.

Stops leaderboard

A bit of friendly competition: stops per driver, never money. Switch it off if you prefer.

Notifications that do the chasing

No app store needed: phones get notifications straight from the web app.

Tomorrow's rota, the night before

Every driver on tomorrow is told their FD, route and van at the time you choose, and again if it changes.

9am check

A list of drivers who haven't marked themselves out yet, sent to the office.

Messages and notes

Office devices get a notification when a driver messages or sends a note.

Pay updates

Drivers are told when their pay changes. Notifications never show amounts.

Quiet overnight

Pay updates wait until 7am. Each person chooses which kinds they get.

iPhone and Android

Both work. On iPhone, the app walks drivers through adding it to the home screen first.

Vans

Who had the van?

A parking ticket arrives three weeks late. Pick the reg and the date and see who was driving.

MOT, insurance and licences

Warnings before an MOT, insurance renewal or a driver's licence check is due.

Usual vans

Each driver's usual van fills in with the rota.

Team and security

Managers and admins

Admins run the rota and log extras and deductions. Managers also see what each FD made, approve deductions and change settings.

Everyone has a PIN

Every change is in the activity log with the name of whoever made it.

Stored in London

Data is held in a UK data centre, and every depot is walled off from every other.

Your data, any time

Download a full backup of your depot whenever you like.

Analytics

Stops and days per driver for any period, with a chart to compare.

Any delivery network

DPD stop files import today. For Amazon, Evri, Yodel, DHL and others, everything works and stops are typed or pasted.