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Customized CRM solutions for Truck Cartel

By METANOW SHPK, Gleni Isaku · December 11, 2024
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    Customized CRM solutions for Truck Cartel
    METANOW SHPK, Gleni Isaku

    Challenges

    Truck Cartel, a company specializing in managing truck fleets, required an efficient system to track and manage the status of multiple trucks associated with individual leads. Their existing setup was inadequate for keeping track of each truck’s detailed information, such as IGVR approval status, missing documentation, and other critical data. The challenge was to create a more streamlined process that could manage these details separately but still link them to the parent lead. Additionally, they wanted to automate workflows to ensure timely follow-ups, updates, and reminders for missing documentation or truck status changes.

    Customized CRM solutions for Truck Cartel

    Our process

    1. Custom Module for Trucks

    To streamline the process and provide better tracking of truck data, we created a custom module for trucks within Zoho CRM. Each truck has its own individual record, linked to the parent lead. This allowed Truck Cartel to track each truck’s status—such as IGVR approval, missing documentation, and approval dates—independently but still maintain a clear relationship with the associated lead.

    Customized CRM solutions for Truck Cartel

    2. Automated Workflows for Truck Status Updates

    We set up automated workflows to update truck statuses and send reminders when necessary.

    Approval Workflow: Whenever a truck’s status changed—such as moving from “Missing Documentation” to “Approved”—a workflow would trigger notifications to the sales partner, ensuring they followed up with the client.

    Missing Documentation Reminder: If a truck was missing documentation, an automated reminder would be sent to the sales partner or admin to prompt action.

    Lead Status Tracking: The overall lead’s status was automatically updated based on the truck statuses, allowing sales teams to view the lead’s progress at a glance.

    3. Excel Integration for Easy Data Import

    Truck Cartel needed an efficient way to update truck data from Excel files, and we streamlined this process through Zoho Flow. This integration allowed them to automatically upload truck data, including truck IDs, registration numbers, and IGVR statuses, directly into the CRM, reducing manual data entry and ensuring the most up-to-date information.

    4. Visualizing Lead Progress and Reporting

    To help track lead progress and visualize overall truck status, we created custom reports and dashboards. These reports displayed:

    The status of each truck (approved, on hold, missing documentation).

    The overall progress of each lead, calculated based on the truck statuses.

    Alerts and notifications for overdue tasks or upcoming follow-up actions.

    5. Notifications and Permissions

    We implemented role-based permissions, ensuring that only authorized users could access sensitive truck data. Additionally, automated notifications were set up to inform both the sales partners and admins about important updates, such as changes in truck statuses or missing documentation.

    Customized CRM solutions for Truck Cartel

    Results

    Enhanced Data Accuracy: The creation of a custom truck module allowed Truck Cartel to accurately track each truck’s individual status without cluttering the main lead record.

    Improved Follow-Up Efficiency: Automated workflows ensured that no truck was left behind in the approval or documentation process, improving the follow-up efficiency of the sales team.

    Seamless Data Updates: With Excel integration and Zoho Flow, Truck Cartel could easily upload and update truck data, ensuring that their CRM was always current without needing manual updates.

    Streamlined Lead Management: The overall lead status was automatically updated based on truck data, making it easier for sales partners to track the progress of each lead.

    Real-Time Insights: Custom dashboards and reports provided real-time insights into the lead and truck statuses, enabling better decision-making and resource allocation.


    “Gleni und sein Team haben wieder mal super Arbeit geleistet. Kann ich jedem nur bedingungslos empfehlen. Freue mich auf weitere Projekte.”

    Customized CRM solutions for Truck Cartel
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    How we built it

    In June 2025 the CRM moved to Odoo on Odoo.sh, and our team built the truck workflow as custom modules between June and December 2025.

    Customers, leads, projects and trucks

    A custom CRM extension added the fields the business needs on every lead, such as product, number of trucks, affected period, language and ID upload. A dedicated Trucks module links every vehicle to its customer, lead and project, numbers the trucks per customer and keeps a truck counter visible on each record. When a lead is created, a folder with the client spreadsheet is created in Documents automatically.

    Approval workflow by email

    Buttons send all trucks of a customer or project to the approval partner as a single Excel export, and a second step becomes available only when every truck has an approval status. Replies arrive at dedicated email aliases; a scheduled job reads the returned Excel files every five minutes, matches the vehicle numbers, updates each truck status, recalculates project progress and reports unmatched entries clearly.

    Eight languages and automated emails

    The service runs in eight languages, so field labels were translated from the client's spreadsheets, and the welcome email with the presentation and spreadsheet is sent automatically in the lead's language when an opportunity is won.

    Lead generation and follow-ups

    An n8n workflow finds companies and municipalities with truck fleets, checks for duplicates and imports them into Odoo, and a trigger in Odoo tells n8n which country to search. Follow-up emails are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday mornings, Google Calendar syncs both ways, and Calendly handles appointment booking.

    Technology stack

    • Odoo on Odoo.sh (CRM, Project, Documents)
    • Custom Odoo modules (CRM extension, Trucks)
    • Email aliases and scheduled jobs
    • n8n
    • Google Calendar sync
    • Calendly

    Frequently asked questions

    How are trucks linked to leads?

    Each truck is a record in a custom Trucks module, linked to its customer, lead and project and numbered per customer.

    How are approvals handled?

    Trucks are sent as an Excel export; returned files arriving by email are read automatically and update each truck's status.

    Which languages does the system support?

    Eight languages, including automated emails in the lead's language.

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