Deliveries & Logistics
TAAP provides mobile workforce solutions for field force automation and data capture which are designed to improve business processes. Whether you’re in the deliveries or logistics industries or hold a deliveries or logistics role within an organisation, TAAP mobile solutions can assist in making your processes more efficient, and help your mobile information to synchronise with your back-office data easily. TAAP solutions are available via PDAs and via secure websites.
Deliveries
TAAP solutions address delivery requirements by simplifying workflow processes and eliminating paper documents. In turn, this delivers cost and time savings because of the reduction of travel to and from a central office to collect and deliver job dockets/sheets, and allows easy transfer of information from mobile devices.
With TAAP applications for deliveries, a selection of tasks/processes you can manage is shown below:
- Deliveries and collections of goods
- Plan optimum delivery routes with our built-in 'PostcodeAnywhere' service
- Job scheduling, allocation, and job sheets
- Automatic timesheet calculation triggered by signing in/out of jobs
- Electronic proof of delivery (PoD) via signature capture with automatic time and date stamp
- Stocktaking/ inventory control
- Management reporting
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Postcode/address validation if required
- Photographic recording and direct annotation – useful for recording the condition of delivery
- Transpose delivery details on to customised invoices for closed-loop processing
Logistics
TAAP mobile technology can assist with your logistics requirements by providing software which allows the initial storage/warehousing requirements to be managed efficiently, right through to delivering goods to customers.
With TAAP applications for logistics, you can manage the following (this is not an exhaustive list):
- Warehousing/ storage management
- Stocktaking/ inventory control
- Job scheduling, allocation, and job sheets
- Automatic timesheet calculation triggered by signing in/out of jobs
- Management reporting
- Auditing
- Postcode/address validation if required
- Shipping/ delivery of goods
- Electronic proof of delivery (PoD) via signature capture with automatic time and date stamp
- Photographic recording and direct annotation – useful for recording the condition of delivery
- Transpose delivery details on to customised invoices for closed-loop processing
The benefits
TAAP applications have many associated benefits, which include:
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Elimination of paper processes, saving time and costs
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Reduced travel and fuel costs - no need for mobile workers to return to the office to deliver or collect information as it is all available on the PDA
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Reduced wastage due to real-time information on product availability/stock control
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Improved workflow - no bulk-processing of paperwork as all information is instantly submitted when it has been dealt with
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Instantly send and receive information - time savings on waiting for reports, job schedules, photographic evidence, customer details etc.
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Reduced administration - re-typing of information is eliminated, as is deciphering of illegible handwriting
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No missing data - the application can include validation controls so that all required information must be completed
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Vastly improved customer services - examples include: fulfilment of exact orders delivered on time to the correct address, orders processed quickly and efficiently, detailed and exact invoices produced which can be sent directly an order is placed.
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Reduced invoicing time period as all customer information is available immediately
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Increased quality perception of brand – your processes will be extremely efficiently managed which in turn will show customers how professional your organisation is
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Save time through pre-populated forms, which also include intelligent deductions from choices made
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Minimal resistance from existing employees, as adoption of the technology is simple and requires little training
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Improved employee morale through provision of systems which enable them to perform to their best abilities
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Improved management reporting as data is updated in real-time so can therefore be reported upon directly (such as performance metrics, assets, audits, compliance etc.)
TAAP’s applications are tailored according to customer processes so please contact us to see how your processes can be converted into electronic workflow using mobile devices to assist you. TAAP solutions are fast to build and deploy as we use a flexible platform to include the controls you require, and provide integration with back-office systems where necessary.
