19 Nov
The data and information take the centre stage when it comes to document preparation for export purposes. Earlier, managing the voluminous amount of information during manual documentation would lead to mistakes, ambiguities, and excess time consumption. Undoubtedly, the growing use of export documentation software tools resolves these issues.
In fact, these electronic systems contribute much more towards information management than you may think. Consequently, exporters and their documentation teams spend less time, money, and effort in creating important export documents. Find out how electronic information management contributes in this direction.
Product Information Management
In most cases, exporters deal in many categories of export commodities. Now, using software to create, store, retrieve and maintain information about each one of them can dramatically improve documentation performance. One may easily edit, add, remove and duplicate the product information to save time and avoid repetitive manual efforts while preparing export documents.
Consignment Information Processing
Imagine how annoying it can be to re-key the same information again and again for every export consignment. On the contrary, storing the entire information about your export company may allow easy form-filling and processing every single time. For instance, consider that you want to prepare multiple documents like export declaration numbers, certificates of origin, packing lists, and commercial invoices. So, you won’t need to repeatedly fill the forms with similar information manually. An electronic tool would take care of the same.
Convenient Information Sharing
As an exporter, you might not only need to share information with various document-approving authorities but also with various supply chain parties. These include freight forwarders, warehouses, shipping lines, banks, and so on. Because of export software, you can easily do it through quick email distribution and form submission. As a result, you can utilize the available time effectively.
International Compliance
With quick access to the global export documentation norms and practices, you can prepare international trade documentation while adhering to the prescribed standards. Furthermore, it gives you the advantage of easy documentation involving multiple currencies and destination countries.
Export businesses with more than one branch can make even better out of electronic information management. Various teams from different locations can collaborate effectively using a centralized pool of information.
