Some simple things turn out to be pure genius. The mobile electronic form is one of those things. Every day in many, many businesses employees are filling out paper forms and turning them in. Think of the amount of time and waste surrounding paper forms. They have to be ordered from the printer, distributed, and then someone has to fill them in and then turn them in. Next, someone has to transfer the information from that form into another form or to a computer. There are a lot of man hours involved in the process. Further, there is waste and loss. Paper forms are subject to being lost, being illegible, being turned in well after being filled in, having coffee spilled on them and other bad things.
Instead, imagine having an electronic form that is available on a smartphone or tablet for the employee to fill in and send immediately when it is completed. It will be timely, legible, easily complied by the office computer, archived, and does not have the cost to print or distribute. Multi-part forms are simply sent to multiple recipients electronically. If you really want a hard copy, they can be printed at your convenience. The time saving and efficiency is real and obvious. Forms can even be linked if, say, a delivery form needs to become an invoice – it can be automatic. Electronic forms can gather signatures, GPS locations, photographs, video, audio and sketches. They can have unique serial numbers, be conditional (only display parts of the form necessary based on what is being filled in) and be started in the office then pushed out to a field person for completion and returned completed – all without paper.
With smart devices and robust digital networks that access the internet, mobile electronic forms are a very effective and efficient business service that is available today. Click here to learn more and get going on a simply ingenious idea.
