Why custom workflows are the secret sauce for your Logistics company
Every company is unique. So are the processes that make up a business and fuel its growth. How can you ensure that your company's specific requirements are met in every operation?
Through a secret ingredient:
custom workflows.
What is a workflow?
A workflow is a series of systematic work procedures that lead to a specific goal. A logistics workflow consists of inbound receiving, loading, or inspections in general. A carefully prepared workflow is essential for efficient operations and for reducing errors.
Every business has different ways of conducting its operations, so there is no one-fits-all standard workflow. Therefore, how can you customize your workflow to fit your company’s needs?
Cargo condition checklists
Workflows are all about tying processes together to achieve a specific objective. What better way than a checklist to ensure that each workflow step is followed correctly?
Every workflow can have a different checklist, depending on what the procedures look like. Everyone must use the appropriate checklist to avoid confusion and errors. As paper checklists can get scattered and lost more quickly, this can be achieved more smoothly by implementing digital checklists.
Customized workflows or, in other terms, customized checklists. You want to make sure that all the necessary steps are correctly reflected in the list so you never miss a beat.
With Cargosnap, you can easily add multiple checklists to accompany your process. All you need to do is give your workflow a name, add the steps and type of actions that need to be taken, and you are done. All the boxes that need to be ticked will be ticked.
Visual cargo check - Photos
If you need visual proof of the steps taken throughout the workflow, you can configure your workflow to include taking pictures or videos as a process step. It is important that the files can be accessed quickly and are linked to a specific workflow.
You do not want to be in a situation where you receive scattered photos via WhatsApp from an inspection with a paper checklist that is nowhere to be found.
Cargo logistics forms and documents
The same goes for forms and other types of documents that you need to gather as part of your process. Ideally, you would want to have all your information in the same safe place, well organized, and easily accessible. A great way to do that is to get rid of pen and paper and complicated spreadsheets.
This is where Cargosnap comes in handy by providing a platform where you can collect and manage all your files safely and efficiently. Instead of writing down all those barcodes and order numbers, you can simply scan them.
Rather than browsing through endless photos on your personal communication tool, you can access all the relevant pictures in a professional space, making the most out of your custom workflows.
Since no two businesses are the same, optimizing and customizing your processes to best fit your goals can give your company a competitive edge.
Highly specialized workflows that are carefully planned and implemented are crucial to sustaining growth and overcoming any hurdles that could slow down your processes. The secret sauce to your success is your own workflow in your business's complex recipe.
Want to know how Neele-Vat innovated its inbound logistics workflow?
Read the case study here.
