Double Yellow's Company Driver to Independent Thread

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by double yellow, Nov 5, 2014.

  1. double yellow

    double yellow Road Train Member

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    I'm sure there is an app for that, but I just use quicken home & business (on my laptop) to do invoicing (I like that it keeps track of invoice age as well as integrates profit loss reports & is compatible with turbotax).

    Anyway, I'll "print as pdf" and email the invoice to myself (along with a copy of the signed rate confirmation). Open the email on my phone, download the attachments, & reattach to a new draft email (or efax) to the broker's accounts payable address/phone number.

    I use the cam scanner app to take a photo of the signed BOL, crop it, and automatically adjust the contrast. Save as pdf and attach to that draft email/efax and send...

    Once you do it a couple times, you'll develop a routine.

    I might do daily or even weekly invoicing if I was always doing multiple loads/day, but I rarely do more than 1 or 2.
     
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  3. Terry270

    Terry270 Road Train Member

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    If you're set on making an invoice on your phone, Google sheets works good.
     
  4. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    Camscanner is a nifty app that's the one I use too. Just make sure you get a clear pic and it works great.
     
  5. skateboardman

    skateboardman Road Train Member

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    Dang, I do that a lot,lol
     
  6. Blu_Ogre

    Blu_Ogre Road Train Member

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    One of the few that does and I do appreciate that quality.
     
  7. Oscar the KW

    Oscar the KW Going Tarpless

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    Which one is that? In the Android market there looks to be a few different ones with the same name.
     
  8. mladen86

    mladen86 Medium Load Member

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    Im using Turboscan,works great.
     
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  9. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    I didn't know there were several. Here are screenshots of what the icon looks like and also opened up with several scanned POD's already cropped and converted from a pic into a PDF file. It's a really simple app to use even for technically not so savvy operators like me.

    Screenshot_2016-01-18-17-52-11.png Screenshot_2016-01-18-17-53-12.png
     
  10. Oscar the KW

    Oscar the KW Going Tarpless

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    That's the first one that came up, you using the free one or the $1.99 per month one?
     
  11. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    I think it was free. Can't remember. Pretty sure it was. I seldom pay for apps but I must say if I did pay for it then it was well worth, $1.99
     
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