DB Schenker Russia began to use electronic way bills

2019: Beginning of use of electronic way bills

On August 28, 2019 the Directum company reported that the Russian representative office of DB Schenker carried out by summer of 2019 the first test runs using electronic way bills (ETRN) for one of key clients of the company.

Approbation of the solution still continues, but the company already managed to estimate convenience of using of ETRN:

• preparation and signing of way bills take no more than 10 minutes;
• documents are delivered for read seconds and are not lost in way;
• receiving means for the performed flight takes place many times quicker.

Digitalization — one of strategic directions of development of our company. JSC Schenker already has rather extensive experience on electronic document management (e-document flow) in the field of accounting. For example, we completely transferred to e-document flow process of drawing of accounts with some partners. Therefore the first runs using ETRN took place without technical failures,

The volume of transportations using ETRN is still small as the current legislation allows to use ETRN only in complete transportations. To implement ETRN on such important and demanded in the market direction as delivery of combined loads — it is necessary to make additions and changes to the existing regulatory legal acts.

Nevertheless, testing confirmed that the solution can already successfully be used for the flowing and appearing business tasks.

As the partner for implementation of a pilot project the Directum company was selected.

We signed the agreement with it first of all thanks to availability of actually ready-made solution on electronic document management in the field of cargo transportation while at other e-document flow providers the similar solution was found only at a development stage, told Ayvars Taurinsh

According to the expert, benefits will receive from use of ETRN as well consignors who will be able to accelerate a payment receipt from the consignee. At the same time the legal importance of document flow remains.

During test runs all preparatory work for exchange of documents (registration of drivers, issue of simple electronic signatures, etc.) took place quickly and harmoniously — process took only 1.5 weeks. As a result of delivery successfully took place. For August, 2019 we conduct negotiations on scaling of the solution Synerdocs "E-document Flow in Cargo Transportation" in DB Schenker and we develop strategy of further steps, emphasized the head of sales of Synerdocs Bakayeva Iraida