Van stock
Creating a van gives it its own stock location. Loading slips, unloads and van-to-van transfers stay in the history, each as one document.
Dido · van sales
Van sales and distribution software for companies in Algeria
Dido is van sales and distribution software for businesses in Algeria, published by Sindan Solutions. Distributors and wholesalers who sell from their vans use it to follow each van's stock, the check when it comes back and the driver's settlement of the round.
In the demo, open the Logistique menu to see the vans and their checks. See the driver's side
What Dido does
The van, the driver and the round
Each card describes what the software does today. Van positions and sales territories are optional modules.
Checks and discrepancies
At the end of a round or unannounced, the check sheet starts from the van's own stock. Shortage and overage show separately, at the sale price of the day the sheet opened. A blank line still needs counting, and 0 means none left.
Round settlement
What is missing was sold. On sign-off, Dido raises one paid sale in the driver's name for those units, books the declared loss as a discrepancy and puts the cash handed in into your drawer.
Who has which van
The day's grid shows every van, who held it and from when to when, its status and the units on board. The depot hands each van to a salesperson, and every handover stays in the driver's history.
Maintenance and meters
Each van has a service plan and an odometer or hour-meter history. A van sent to maintenance leaves the driver's custody, and Dido flags any stock still on board.
The team's day
One row per person: their van, their round, their sales, the cash they carry in notes. Cheques collected stay under the van's name until they go to the bank.
Activity per van
Visit by visit, with customers served and distance driven. A stop nobody reached stays on the list without counting as a customer served.
Visits with no sale
The salesperson records on the phone why a call bought nothing: closed, absent, could not get in, nothing ordered, unpaid, delivered or another reason.
Territories and the weekly plan
Named regions, a standing territory per salesperson, and a plan per weekday or per date that adds customers to their map. Routes follow an ordered list of customer locations.
Positions and trails
With the tracking module, where each van is now and the path one van drove on a given day. A handset that stops reporting shows as silent, with how long it has been quiet.
Delivery and transport
Delivery notes come from a confirmed order or from invoices of one customer. Transport goes on the bill from a tariff by distance band from your depot.
Reports by van
Sales by van, read from the van stamped on each sale when it happened. Discrepancies from signed-off checks by driver, item and reason.
Comparison
Notebook, Excel or software
What happens to each van round task with each tool. The Dido column repeats what this page describes.
| Task | Paper notebook | Excel | Dido |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock on each van | Recounted by hand on return | One sheet per van, updated by hand | Each van has its own stock, loaded with a loading slip |
| Shortage on return | Worked out by hand, item by item | Worked out if someone types in the count | Shortage and overage shown separately, at the day's selling price |
| What the driver owes | Worked out in the evening in the notebook | A formula to keep up to date | Set at check sign-off, and the cash handed in goes to your cash drawer |
| Who had which van | Only if someone wrote it down | Only if someone typed it in | Each handover stays in the driver's history |
| Cheques taken on the round | Counted on return | One row per cheque, typed in on return | Held in the van's name until they reach the bank |
| Visits with no sale | Noted if the salesperson remembers | Typed in later, if the salesperson remembers | The salesperson records the reason on the phone |
The Dido column describes the software as it works today. You can check it in the demo account.
A day on the round
From departure to settlement
Five moments, each leaving a record the depot can read back.
- 01
Van handover
The depot hands the van to the salesperson. Dido records who holds it and since when.
- 02
Loading
The loading slip moves goods from the warehouse into the van's stock.
- 03
The round
The salesperson sells from the van and logs each call on the phone. Dido ties each sale to the van they hold that day.
- 04
Return and check
The depot counts what is left in the van, item by item, and notes the reason for a gap when it knows it.
- 05
Sign-off
Sign-off adjusts the van's stock and fixes what the driver owes. On a settlement, the cash handed in goes into your drawer.
Dido Terrain
The salesperson's phone, signed in with one scan
The office issues a one-time sign-in code for each salesperson or driver. It prints the code as a QR code with the code written underneath, and the salesperson scans it with the phone camera or types it into the app.
A lost code is replaced by a new one, which withdraws the old. A code lasts 72 hours by default, and Dido cannot show it again once issued.
Watch Dido Terrain sign-in in the film (French)A role for the fieldThe mobile sale agent role comes built in. Only people holding it can receive a territory.
Customers arrive at onceA customer created at the office reaches every driver's phone the moment it exists.
The sale follows the vanDido ties a sale to a van from the day's custody record. The salesperson has nothing to pick.
Who it suits
Companies that sell from their vans
The module fits wherever goods leave the warehouse in a vehicle and come back in the evening with cash and unsold stock.
Inside Dido
The round next to the warehouse and the invoices
The inventory and distribution page covers the warehouse: locations, transfers, stock counts and replenishment. This page covers what goes out on the road.
Sales made on a round land in the same sales module as counter sales, with the same customers, the same receivables and the same cash drawers.
See inventory and distributionSee sales and invoicingSee custom ERP developmentQuestions
What distributors ask us
01How does Dido work out a van discrepancy?
The check sheet starts from the van's own stock. The depot counts what it finds, item by item, and Dido shows shortage and overage separately, at the sale price of the day the sheet opened. Forty short and forty over do not make a clean van. Sign-off adjusts the stock and fixes what the driver owes.
02What is a round settlement in Dido?
A check where whatever is missing was sold. The depot records the part that was lost and the cash the driver hands in. On sign-off, Dido raises one paid sale in the driver's name for the units sold, books the loss as a discrepancy and puts the cash into your drawer.
03How do we sign a salesperson's phone in?
The office issues a one-time code and prints it as a QR code. The salesperson scans it with the phone or types the code into Dido Terrain. A code lasts 72 hours by default, and a new code withdraws the old one.
04Can we see where the vans are?
Yes, with the vehicle-tracking module: where each van is now, and the path one van drove on a given day. A handset that stops sending its position shows as silent, with how many minutes it has been quiet.
05What happens when a van goes into maintenance with stock on board?
Sending it to maintenance closes the driver's custody. Dido flags the stock still on board without blocking, and you move it to another van with a transfer, as one document.
06Can we track visits that bought nothing?
Yes. The salesperson records the reason on the phone: closed, absent, could not get in, nothing ordered, unpaid, delivered or other. The office filters those visits by day, salesperson, customer or reason.
07How much does the van sales module cost?
We do not publish a price list. The price depends on the modules you take, including tracking and territories, and we quote it after a short call.
08Can I try van sales before calling?
Yes. The Open the demo button at the top of the page opens a sample manager account, with the password example shown on the sign-in page. The Logistique menu shows the vans and their checks. A second demo shows the driver's phone.
Guides
Further reading
Field mobile apps: designing for no connection
How to build an app that drivers, warehouse staff and technicians can keep using when the network drops, and how to handle syncing and conflicts.
Read the guide (French)
Automating inventory management for a growing company
A plan for moving from spreadsheets and chat messages to reliable stock: flows, item codes, counts, permissions, mobile use, alerts and a staged rollout.
Read the guide (French)
How to read a quote for business software
What moves the price of business software, how to read a quote line by line, and which questions to ask before you sign.
Read the guideHow many vans leave each morning?
That number and how you count returns today are enough for us to show you the same day in Dido.