Where is the signed CMR, and why won’t the invoice go out without it?
The six steps of the CMR, the “Late” filter, the photo of the signed note sent from the dock, and the mission’s invoice that cannot be issued until the CMR is signed.
What you get
- Every CMR in sight: every paper has an owner.
- The signature visible on the dock photo, before the original.
- Protection against invoices you can’t defend.
Transcript
The CMR is a paper that can hold up an invoice for weeks. Most of the time, the original is sitting in a truck cab, and nobody knows which one.
Here, the consignment note has six steps: from draft, through “with the driver” and “signed”, all the way to the archive. Every row shows which step it is at and which driver has it.
The “Late” filter counts the days since unloading. Thirteen days out — now it’s visible, not forgotten. If you switch the rule on, the system alerts you after five days, and after ten, as critical.
A photo of the signed note, sent from the dock, is attached to the row, so you know the signature exists before the original even arrives.
And most important: until the CMR is marked as signed, the mission’s invoice can be prepared, but not issued. This is where money gets lost: invoiced without a signature, the client disputes it, and there’s nothing to prove it.
Wrong status? You can move the note back, but only with a reason: a trace remains — who, when and why.
Every paper has an owner, and every invoice, a signature.