Tally vs transport ERP: Tally knows the amount; it does not know the truck
Most Indian transport companies run on Tally plus a register, a WhatsApp group and an Excel sheet. Tally does its job. The other three do the job Tally cannot. A transport ERP replaces those three and still feeds Tally if you want it to.
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What lives where today
Thing | Where it is | What goes wrong |
|---|---|---|
LR | Register or Excel | Typed again as the invoice; no status |
Invoice | Tally | Knows the amount, not the LR or truck |
Driver advances | A slip, a diary | Argued on payday |
Fuel | Pump slips, a monthly bill | No cost per km per truck |
POD | WhatsApp group | Found by scrolling, if at all |
Permits and insurance | A file, someone's memory | Found at the checkpost |
Profit per truck | Nowhere | A guess |
Before and after
Tally plus register plus WhatsApp
A 20-truck transporter today:
- Invoices typed into Tally from the register
- Fuel as one monthly entry
- Driver pay from a trip count on paper
- The CA sees amounts, never trucks
- Owner asks "which truck is losing money" and nobody knows
NShine ERP, with or without Tally
The same transporter:
- Invoice raised from the LR; export to Tally if the CA wants
- Fuel per km per truck from the slip the driver sent
- Trip pay per LR; advances on the balance
- The CA sees the trial balance here or in Tally
- All Vehicle Profit/Loss answers the question
Bring your Tally ledger list and one LR
A 30-minute demo where we book the LR, bill it and show the Tally export. No credit card, no setup fee.
What a transport ERP adds to Tally
The LR itself
Parties, goods invoice, E-Way bill, truck, driver; print; status to payment.
The truck
Documents and expiry, services, fuel per km, tyres by serial, loans, tracking.
The driver
Trip pay per LR, advances, attendance, licence expiry, the app or WhatsApp.
The road
Fuel slips, PODs, expenses and "delivered" from the driver's phone, approved in the office.
Profit per truck
Revenue, hire, fuel, driver payments, expenses, profit per vehicle.
Ageing by party
Who owes what, by 30-day bucket, with statements.
Schedules
EMIs, recurring bills and depreciation posted on their dates.
Books, too
Day book, ledgers, trial balance, statements; so Tally becomes optional.
Three ways to run it
- Keep Tally for filing. Operations and books in NShine ERP; one-way export to TallyPrime each period; the CA does not change anything.
- Tally for the CA only. Same as above, but the owner reads the trial balance here and never opens Tally.
- Drop Tally. Books, tax reports and statements inside NShine ERP; the CA logs in to read them.
Most transporters start with the first and drift to the second. Nobody has to decide on day one.
What Tally keeps doing
GST and statutory filing, if that is where the CA files
Whatever other businesses you run on the same Tally
The CA's own working papers
Nothing about trucks, LRs or drivers, which it never did
Watch the product in action
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Frequently asked questions
Everything Tally cannot see, in every plan
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