About CompuMove Systems

The History of CompuMove Systems

The idea for CompuMove began in 1982 when Mark Millian, working with a veteran mover, first identified the need for sophisticated information management in the moving and storage industry. The earliest work was done within a moving company in Redlands, California, and in 1984 CompuMove Systems was founded in Carlsbad with a single purpose: to create the best possible computer software systems for the moving & storage industry.

Now, more than three decades later, CompuMove Systems Corporation continues to develop and enhance information management systems exclusively for moving and storage companies. This moving-only focus, combined with many years of hands-on experience serving the industry, has resulted in clearly superior products and services.

CompuMove recognizes that the importance of information management can only increase as the industry’s competitiveness and demand for efficiency increases. As the new century unfolds, CompuMove Systems Corporation will continue this leadership, providing leading edge information management systems exclusively for the moving and storage industry.

About The Founder

Mark Millian wrote his first computer program at age 16 and has been programming ever since. He holds a B.A. in Economics, and has been actively involved in the moving and storage industry since 1982. Mr. Millian is the chief designer of the CompuMove system, and his combination of computer and accounting skills, and his long experience with our complex industry, make him uniquely qualified to fill this role.

1984 Version 1 – TRS-DOS, no customers.

Mark reaches an agreement with Steve, owner of Tri-City Moving, to form a company to develop the very first Move Management Software, operating on then state-of-the-art TRS-DOS system purchased from the nearby Radio Shack.

The first two years are spent developing inside of Tri-City, including the first tariff rating and the first form printing, with occasional time-outs to help on local moves.

1986 Version 2 – First production version, MS-DOS, 5mb hard drives

Golden West Moving – (1st customer: Jesse Chabot, current owner, is John Chabot’s grandson)

Military SIT Rating, Invoicing via SF-1113 Vouchers

Military Non-Temp Storage Management

Dot Matrix printers

1988 Version 3 – First 286 machines, 20mb hard drives, single-user

Local Moves – First implementation of state tariffs, and state-specific paperwork

Interstate Moves – First implementation of 400-based tariffs, including becoming an official tariff publication partner of Household Goods Carriers Bureau

Military Moves – Full implementation of the MTMC 4-C domestic military tariff

Detailed shipment paperwork printing

1990 Version 4 – First Multi-user DOS systems, first GL functions, invoicing, revenue & receivable

Up to 36 users on VM-386 Multiuser DOS

First multi-branch companies w/Modems

First edition of Task Manager

Recurring Storage charge posting

1994 Version 5 – Scheduling and GL Commission functions, full GL reports w/Income and Balance Sheet

Resource Scheduling for Men & Equipment

Tariff-driven Commissions calculations and GL by line-item, multiple contractors

Laser reports and documents

User-definable income statements w/ revenue+expense groups

1998 Version 6 – Multi-division accounting, multiple branches and tax returns

Multi-division accounting

Division Groups for tax IDs

Custom user level controls

International Manifesting

2003 Version 7 – Windows Program, SQL database

All told, there were 128 different Version 7 editions — here are a few selected highlights:

Triggered, date-sensitive Task Manager

Claims Damage and Cost Allocation system

Warehouse Locator, multi-location

2008 Version 7.3 – First Mobile Tablet product

Convertible tablet Estimating Ver 1

Lead Source importing

2012 Version 7.4 – Card Processing and Storage Invoice Emailing

PDF Documents

Credit card processing

Storage statement emailing

Tablet Estimating Ver 2 – Untethered estimating

2016 Version 7.5 – Customer Care Functions, Tablet Version 3

CRM Call Center

Collections Module

Tablet Estimating Version 3 – Tablet-orientation -sensitive article list

2018 Version 8 – Cloud CompuMove   –  Current Version

Now on 8.0.3!