Logistics

The Scanbot SDK is the fastest and easiest way to integrate document scanning into your mobile logistics app. It is the perfect everyday tool if you want to include a scanning function for your delivery documents - in any area within the field of logistics.

Document Scanning in the Transportation Industry

Numerous transport companies still transmit documents such as the Bill of Lading via snail mail as physical documents to the headquarters. This slows down the process considerably while affecting real-time tracking. Document scanners integrated into internal apps reduce the turnaround time from several days to a few seconds. Learn more in our free white paper.

BYOD in transportation

Find out how you can make the last mile even more efficient. Even with high staff turnover and increasing deliveries, you can realize fast onboarding and a short time-to-value through BYOD while reducing the TCO. Learn more in our free eBook.

Document processing in logistics

Learn how to create an efficient workflow from truck to the headquarters with the Scanbot Scanner SDK. Your drivers can scan any document, from the Bill of Lading to the Proof of Delivery, and submit it to the headquarters in the matter of seconds.

Microdea

The Ontario-based software company “Microdea” is dedicated to accelerating the workflow of logistics and transportation businesses. Offering the mobile application “Origin Mobile” for truck drivers, the main goal is to make dealing with any physical documents more convenient. When trying to achieve this goal, it became clear that robust document scanning functionalities are crucial.

Transportation management

The portrayed logistics company wanted to optimize its processes internally and create a time-efficient workflow for its truck drivers, which does not necessarily require a stable internet connection. Since lots of drivers are usually passing through rural areas, there is often no network connection available. The mission was to develop an internal app for all its full-time drivers and freelance drivers to digitize and hand in every kind of document directly to the headquarters.

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