The scan can

Progressive Solutions has recently launched Scan Track — a new document scanning and management software add-on designed to augment bisTrack’s information storage and processing capabilities. With this latest add-on, paperwork is minimised, storage space can be reduced, and scanned documents can be viewed, printed or emailed by any bisTrack user.

Whether working with an imported document image or one scanned from a Windows compatible scanner, Scan Track is said to make it easy to scan, approve, store, find preview, sort and manage documents. Typically these would include:

  • Proof of Delivery (POD) or supply documents such as signed delivery notes and signed collections from the counter
  • Incoming supplier invoices and credit notes
  • General documentation such as signed customer terms and conditions, supplier price lists.

Additionally, barcode recognition lets users associate scanned documents with the bisTrack originals to complete the paper trail. For example, when a driver returns with his signed delivery notes, they are placed in the scanner and the software will scan the image with the all-important signature. The transaction is marked as ‘POD received’ and the image made accessible with a single mouse-click from related documents, such as the sales order or invoice. The signed document can be emailed directly to the customer, removing any disputes as to whether the goods were supplied or not.

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Testimonials

  • "If we hadn't changed to bisTrack we simply couldn't have grown like this."

    Nigel Williams, Chairman, Premier Forest Products

  • "The great thing is we can always export information to Excel and produce any report we need — such as an aged debt report by sales rep, or our bespoke ‘exposure’ report, which helps us assess potential credit risk and protect ourselves."

    Damien Cosgrove, Credit Control Manager, Noyeks Newmans

  • "To stand out from the crowd, you need great customer service. Really great customer service."

    Progressive Solutions' guest blog, Builders Merchants Journal

  • "Inventory accuracy is higher because everyone is more focused and our staff can see the benefit of getting it right."

    Ian Murchie, Operations Director, Howie Forest Products

  • "Once we started building up information we could trust, we started seeing real benefits. If stock accuracy was the main benefit, then quality of management information was next."

    Peter Kerr, FD, Palmer Timber

  • "bisTrack was a big investment for us but it's the best change we've ever made. We've grown so much over the last four or five years, we simply couldn't have carried on using a manual system."

    Gerwyn Thomas, partner, TL Thomas (builders' merchant)

  • "We saw benefits straight away, particularly with the time we saved on monthly stock takes and sourcing information for management reports."

    Nigel Williams, Chairman, Premier Forest Products

  • "Inventory accuracy is higher because everyone is more focused and our staff can see the benefit of getting it right."

    Ian Murchie, Operations Director, Howie Forest Products

  • "I can export information into Excel by right-clicking and manipulate it to my heart's content."

  • "The time was right for a change of software at Alsford's and we selected bisTrack from a shortlist of three. The key criteria was 'business fit'. We wanted a Microsoft Windows, intuitive solution which would best serve our claim to be 'The Timber Experts' in all our 20 branches."

    Neil Fuller, MD, Alsford Timber

  • "Good customer service is easier to achieve with good IT systems to back up our staff. Progressive provides us with an efficient system for dealing with customers, and good management tools to enable us to concentrate our efforts in the right direction."

    David Dunmow, Group Finance Director, James Latham plc

  • "The people at Progressive Solutions are likeable, straight_

    talking individuals who have a

    commitment to continuously develop and push the software forward."

    Joe Tipper, Walter Tippers Ltd

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