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Snappii introduces its new Landlord 360 app to ensure accurate and flawless property management process. Landlords deal with lots of documentation: lease agreements, property inspections, repairs, photos, bills, invoices, and more. For the most part, properties are placed in different locations and physically, it takes way too much time to attend them all to check conditions, or meet with the tenants to sign agreements or receive repair bills. Is it possible to save the time on documentation flow?

It is. And Snappii has created a Landlord 360 app – a pocket tool to easily manage all properties. No need to drive to the tenant to sign documents. Fill it in with the mobile app and electronically sign. Not only does it save files, it also saves tenants’ information and allows landlords and property managers to one button call or email them. It is very easy to pick up your phone, add units, take move-in and move-out photos, capture tenant info, and track expenses.

Finally a comprehensive app to help landlords to manage their properties more efficiently and save precious time! Use LandLord 360 and rent out more units. Main features include:

o Send out leases in seconds

o Instantly look up tenant, property and unit information

o Easily track expenses per property and unit to generate expense reports

o Know details about each unit. Eg. roof age, heater installation date, etc

o Pre and Post photos to quickly figure out if tenant broke anything

o Call or text tenants instantly

o Capture photos

o Improve your documentation

o Increase occupancy and tenant satisfaction

Learn more from this video. The Landlord 360 app is available for free download from Apple here and Google here. The Landlord 360 app can be customized to the needs of your business. Contact us with your app requirements here.

Many processes are dependent on paper. Receipts, agreements, invoices, bills, reports, questionnaires and so much more needs to be handled on a daily basis. There are many industries that work together on the same documentation flow. Often, office workers are waiting for the site team to deliver documentation to continue working on it. Snappii has created a top list of office/site jobs that are dependent on paper delivery process.

Real Estate

While realtors spend time in the office and on site, they have to drag a bunch of documents that need to be signed and shared with the client. Lease agreements, contracts of sale, property inspections, seller disclosures and other important documents take a special place in every realtor’s file cabinet. However, a realtor needs to make sure no document is left out in the office and no signature is skipped. Nevertheless, human errors occur. Many realtors have been in a situation when they collected client’s signatures but forgot to add it to one last page. They need to rush to find the client to complete the document flow. This article elaborates more on realtor’s pain.

Transportation

Drivers receive a bill of lading to deliver goods and get a proof of delivery from the client, then send it back to the office. Upon that, the office can generate an invoice. Sometimes it can take up to 10 days because drivers receive several BOLs in a row. They physically cannot get back to the office sooner to deliver the paper documents. It means that offices are waiting and cannot proceed invoices to get paid. Check out Snappii’s Bill of Lading app that solves the problem of documentation flow.

Home care

Home care providers deal with a ton of paper documents: client visit form, client intake form, client care plan, deviation report, etc. Every process of daily operations has to be documented and taken into account. These documents then need to be delivered to the office and added to the patient’s medical card. In Home Care Providers app from Snappii makes having great documentation easy, fast and simple to do.

Of course, there are more industries than that, today we have focused on these three. And of course, Snappii offers a solution to them all: mobile forms. Snappii has created 200+ mobile apps to fit any industry. The apps can be found here.

Inspections are conducted in all spheres of businesses. Construction job sites, warehouses, hotels, schools, hospitals, buildings, garages, and many other facilities and institutions require different types of inspections. Some inspections are done every week, others every month and every year. No matter how soon an inspection is due, it is always a headache. Inspectors drag clipboards with pen and paper, a camera to take photos, and other necessary equipment. It usually starts from one hour and can take several hours or even the entire day to complete a proper inspection.

It is a fact that an employee with pen and paper is prone to making mistakes not necessarily dependent on him. Take handwritten documents, when retyped into a computer, illegible handwriting is hard to read and can lead to errors. There are even more cons than that. Time is another problem. Like it was stated above, proper inspections take from one hour up to the entire day. Can this process be speeded up? We believe it can and it should.

Snappii introduces its Inspect Anything app available for free download from Apple and Google stores.

Create full-length reports with photos, drawings, QR codes, barcodes, and locations. Instantly generate PDF and/or Excel inspection reports and email them to the designated email address. Created reports will be stored locally on your device and available for sharing later on. Completed inspections will be also saved to be edited, shared, or deleted on demand. Streamline inspections by using Inspect Anything on your mobile device to improve accuracy, and efficiency, significantly cut down your report writing time, and bring in more business.

Inspect Anything allows you to:

• Easily capture notes, photos, signatures, drawings, QR codes, barcodes, and locations
• Instantly create custom PDF and Excel inspection reports
• Modify or delete completed inspections on demand
• Share inspection reports via email, text messages, cloud drives and other services
• Store collected data on your mobile device and access it anytime, anywhere
• Upload and edit your own PDF documents and use them as a report template

Benefits:

• Capture a rich flow of data in the field
• Sync collected data across multiple devices
• Increase productivity and efficiency
• Improve data accuracy
• Improve customer service and satisfaction
• Lower costs and save time
• Eliminate paperwork and go green

If you are not satisfied with our pre-built form solution, you can upload your own PDF form and 100% customize it to meet your specific business needs. Contact us with your requirements here.

Many non-profit organizations and business companies apply for passes at their workplace to access the facility. This is done for safety. Often there are situations when you just forget where you put that pass. Or maybe you pinned it to your shirt but it just unpinned somehow in a subway or wherever.  And now you are facing a security guard knowing your boss will not be happy to settle this situation down. Besides, passes might be costly to replace.

Did you know that you can show a picture of your pass on the smartphone? Exactly, after the COVID19 pandemic, it has become a norm to avoid touching extra surfaces, so using your mobile device to show a pass is quite frequent. Snappii has created its DocuMate Scanner app to help people simplify their lives and never worry about losing or forgetting important documents.

Watch this quick video to have a better understanding of how this works. Simply scan or take a photo of your pass and save it to the DocuMate Scanner app. Every time you need it, type in a keyword to instantly retrieve it. People forget stuff when they are leaving home, but they barely forget their smartphones. Even if they do, the majority come back the minute they realize they left their phone at home. There’s even a word for that, nomophobia – a fear of being without your phone. Indeed, people forget keys, IDs, wallets, and bags, but they almost never forget their phones. The fear of missing out on an important call or message, or being left without this means of communication makes people anxious. A mobile phone can substitute the whole bag, as it has the ability to pay, show IDs and documents, can scan, sign and share files. There’s a mobile app for everything. DocuMate Scanner app combines so many features into one app that you can use it alone. Scan, sign, stamp, share, add photos, upload files, edit photos and documents, and even hide information behind a password. Download the DocuMate Scanner app from the Apple App Store here, it is free.

“It is expensive, it requires too much time to develop, my employees would not like to learn how to use it” – these arguments are pushing businesses off when they start thinking about mobile apps. In fact, Snappii has a counter-evidence to each of these points.

1. It is expensive. Mobile app development can be expensive if you hire a mobile app developer. The developer takes much time to prepare a spec, discuss and understand all the requirements, you will need to wait for several months to get a working prototype. That’s why it is expensive.

Snappii is a mobile app development platform, which differs from custom app development in a way that all the apps are built on our platform that already has the majority of requested features coded. It means that you can get a working prototype in a day or two.

2. It requires too much time to develop. Indeed, when a mobile app developer writes the code, it is done from scratch and takes much time. The development can take from 6 months.

Snappii already has all the code built into its platform. Our professional team of app builders use the Snappii platform to drag and drop elements to it. The creation of a mobile app literally takes just a few days.

3. My employees would not like to learn how to use it. We understand that it may be difficult for the people to switch from common routine to new modern mobile technologies.

We suggest that you make a transition period for your people. For example, allow them to complete inspection reports on both paper and mobile app. Soon they will see for themselves the amount of time wasted with pen and paper. Secondly, we suggest setting up a meeting with your people to explain to them the benefits they will get from using a mobile app. Once they try, they will get used to it and love it.

Now that you understand all these arguments are easily beaten by Snappii, think about the real benefits your business will gain with the use of mobile apps. From industry to industry, these benefits vary, but the core benefits are:

• save time and money on data collection, processing and storage
• improve collaboration between the field and the office
• speed up decision making
• boost your business productivity
• look more professional to your clients

These and many other benefits can be gained with a mobile app for your business. Snappii has 200+ ready-made apps that can be tailored to your needs. Check them out here.

The Bill of Lading Manager App is one of Snappii’s most popular apps. No wonder businesses are moving away from paper documentation towards mobile forms and apps. It is easier to handle: no need to drive to the office to drop off forms, no need to deal with illegible handwriting, the customer signs the form upon delivery, and the proof of delivery can be instantly emailed to the office to begin the invoicing process. Needless to say how much time that saves.

While the benefits of using the electronic bill of lading are obvious, Snappii decided to expand its app by adding more forms to it. Now the Bill of Lading Manager app consists of several forms to choose from. Based on whether you need photos or not, ocean, land, or air delivery, you can select a required BOL for that.

Check out this quick video to see how the app works.

Replace paper BOL with eBOL and get paid faster! Ask us for a free app demo here.

See what our customer is saying:

“We use the app from Snappii to reduce the handling of paper invoices and BOL for our customers. This is a wonderful app and a real-time saver. Our company has gone from many paper items to ZERO paper needed for our purpose. We love it!”

Edwin Smutt, Elevation Transport

The Bill of Lading Manager app is available for download from Apple and Google Stores. If you want to use your own forms in this app, it can be customized to your business needs in a matter of days.

Mobile technologies have assimilated into our lives and everyday routine. We use mobile apps for everything. However, mobile apps are not just fun or informational resources, they are also able to accelerate daily operations at work thus making tasks completion a breeze. Snappii has created a list of the top three apps that are an absolute must-have for every industry.

1. My Daily Report App

Send professional daily reports to your boss and clients from anywhere. Easiness of use and simple interface make this app #1 for everyone who doesn’t want to spend much time on daily reports. Besides, the app generates professional PDF reports that can be shared via means available on a mobile device.  My Daily Report App is free to use and can be downloaded from Apple and Google Stores. Additionally, the app can be customized to meet the specific needs of any business.

2. DocuMate Scanner App

Paperwork is everywhere. People need to scan documents, sign them, ship them and it takes way too much time to find them. What if there was an app that would scan, sign, store, share, and have the ability to easily retrieve any document? There is such an app. DocuMate Scanner. Using this app, anyone can handle all the paper documents and process them instantly. Store them right on your mobile device, find them with a keyword, and share. Learn more from this video.

The app is available for free download from the Apple Store.

3. Daily Activity and Time Reporting

This is another important app to track your employees’ time and activities. This app allows project managers and others to log the time spent by employees on a particular task. The app automatically calculates the time and emails a professional report to the office. This significantly accelerates workflow and team collaboration. The Daily Activity and Time Reporting app is available for free download from Apple and Google Stores.

At Snappii we believe that daily operations can and need to be automated where possible. Mobile apps are a great tool to help optimize workflows. Snappii has 200+ ready-made apps for lots of industries. You can view our apps here and request a demo to see how the apps work and can help you improve your business processes. The majority of Snappii apps can be tailored to your business needs. Simply send us your requirements, and we will provide you with a quote.

Today when the world is living in a digital era, it is hard to believe that still there are too many business processes dependent on paper. Paper is a part of business operations when it comes to tracking delivery, signing documents, creating daily reports, invoicing customers, and so on. However, the paper has no more place to deal with all these activities. More and more businesses now realize the importance of transformation from paper to mobile apps and forms. Mobile apps are fast, they allow making decisions faster and improve collaboration between the office and the field teams. Let’s consider a few examples where mobile apps replace paper successfully.

Today we live in the digital world with mobile apps created practically for every need. When it comes to business operations, mobile apps are a great way to substitute tiresome paper-based processes with mobile solutions.

Job Estimates and Invoices. This mobile app from Snappii is a great pocket tool to fill out an estimate or a work order, automatically calculate the totals, and provide the customer with a professional PDF. Easy to read and understand, the customer can sign it and with an instant invoice, you will get paid faster. No need to drive to the office to provide the customer with the quote. Email it to a client, get the agreement, collect payment and do the job! Simple and fast. Download the Job Estimates and Invoices mobile app from iOS and Android stores. The app can be customized to your specific business needs.

Bill of Lading. This mobile app will make the process of creating bills of lading a breeze. No more illegible handwriting, no driver mistakes, no more delays caused by the time needed to take the BOL to the office and sign. e-BOL is an easy-to-use solution that will speed up the entire workflow. Additionally, it will eliminate the need to wait for the physical BOL to invoice the customer. Try it yourself on Apple here and on Google here. The app can be customized to your specific business needs.

Collecting information about workers’ progress can be a time-consuming process. Save time with the Daily Activity and Time Reporting app. The app automatically calculates hours and creates convenient Excel reports. It is easy to see the jobs and hours each employee has spent on a job. Download the app from Apple here and from Google here. The app can be customized to your specific business needs.

Cleaning Inspection Checklist will let you always be prepared for the audit making sure all surfaces have been properly cleaned and disinfected. This app from Snappii is an easy-to-use checklist to control the cleaning process. Take photos and have proof of regular cleaning. The app is available for download from Apple here and from Google here. The app can be customized to your specific business needs.

Snappii has 200+ ready-made apps that can be customized to the way you do your business. Contact us with your requirements and improve your workflow.

Traditionally, a Bill of lading is a contract that establishes an agreement between a shipper and a transportation company for the transportation of goods. It contains all the information about the items on board that need to be delivered together with the signature upon delivery (proof of delivery). The bill of lading (BOL) includes mileage and fuel information. The driver has to fill in the information about the vehicle, odom beginning and ending, load and unload time, and all the customer information. This way, the driver spends hours filling out paperwork. Paper BOLs take time to process which in turn causes delays invoicing the customer and getting paid for the job done. Drivers are gone for many days taking the paper documents with them, and when they go back to the office, they do not remember some details that are required to invoice the customer. Moreover, paper can get lost, it’s hard to understand handwriting and mistakes are inevitable. That being said, nowadays specialists are moving towards the adoption of electronic bills of lading, or e-BOL, with great eagerness.

The process with an e-BOL is very simple. The manager creates a job filling in the information about the load. The driver receives the job and fills in the data on vehicle, job starting time, ending time. The mileage and fuel are calculated automatically. So does the driver’s work time. Upon delivery, the driver gives the mobile device or a tablet to the customer who signs the e-BOL, and swoosh it is emailed to the office right away. The office can process this bill of lading instantaneously and create the invoice for the customer. With electronic BOLs transportation companies can get paid faster. Needless to say that they also speed up the entire workflow.

Watch this podcast episode with Elevation Transport which tells how they save thousands of dollars with a mobile app. ” The App allows the driver to submit their BILL OF LADINGs with proof of delivery signatures immediately after delivery, which allows us to get invoices out immediately and decreases the time it takes our clients to pay us. There is less paperwork that needs to be handled therefore decreasing cost by $150,000.00 annually. The driver has everything he needs at his fingertips, his BILL OF LADING and Inspection forms that need to be completed. Everything is emailed back to the office as well as saved in the cloud. We never have to worry about misplacing an important piece of paper. We love it!”

Snappii creates customizable mobile solutions for businesses in 30+ industries. Snappii has created its Bill Of Lading Manager app that can be quickly customized to any business. Use your BOL forms and turn them to e-BOL in a snap! Contact us today to convert your paper-based BOL to an e-BOL affordable and fast.