Nearly a year in development, the web application helps firms and drivers achieve and maintain their Operator's Licenses, allowing auditing, evidence upload and compliance visibility across multiple depots.
It can be used by both Standard and Restricted licence holders and contains a detailed knowledge bank of guidance documents, paperwork templates and calendar based alerts.
Support and training by transport industry insiders is also offered to users to give them an easy introduction to the system.
The service has been developed by transport compliance experts, Labyrinth Logistics Consulting andtakes its name from the Greek myth of Theseus, who was given a ball of silk thread to help him navigate his way out of maze after his victorious battle with the Minotaur.
Labyrinth managing director, Ruth Waring said: ‘The reaction so far has been phenomenal. We have had input from operators of all shapes and sizes throughout the development process, and the result is a simple yet hugely important tool that is already making compliance much easier for a number of companies.
‘We are pricing the software competitively to ensure we reach the full range of potential users, from small hauliers to companies running a large own account fleet.’
Geraint Davies, fleet manager John Raymond Transport Ltd, who helped trial the software, said: ‘SilkThread is a ground-breaking compliance tool which will give operators absolute confidence in their legal obligations by checking their current compliance status using the SilkThread system, and providing suitable evidence of the same along the way.
‘It saves operators valuable time by removing the burden of a traditional format audit by providing an audit within the software which can be completed at leisure.’
