From the Horizon FrontLine

Why Horizon Imaging Rocks

So you've looked at your piles of papers and trip logs that have come back and been entered into the system and now you're wondering - where can I put these so everyone can access them again?

Maybe you've purchased a scanner (or several) for your office and even though your staff have been scanning in images for weeks now, no one really seems to be getting better at finding the information.

At MTI, we offer some hardcore high level imaging integration with Pegasus TransFlo (http://www.mtihorizon.com/mtipegasus.htm) but sometimes it's can be overkill or a little too much for what you want to do. You've already bought your scanner, scanned the files - you just want some way of linking them with the information in your Horizon Trucking software.

Enter Horizon Imaging.

Horizon Imaging is an add-on that lets users link image files such as scanned images and documents with different Horizon resources, such as drivers, shipments and products. But it also falls into the mobile communications market as well, allowing signatures and images to be captured from PeopleNet and other devices and then made accessible in Horizon.

With the assistance of several customers, we've put some features in here which make it really useful for offices who have already taken the time to scan their documents. A Find Images feature lets you specify a file naming convention and the type of document and Horizon Imaging will instantly link scanned documents back to their Horizon data counterpart. For example, you may have placed all your Bill of Ladings in a folder named BOL with names like B24709.TIF. Horizon Imaging will strip the starting character and link the image with shipment 24709. All without you having to do a thing.

But why would you want to work with images? Aren't you just adding more effort to your already heavy workload?

Consider the following uses:

a) add pictures of your driver's licenses for security purposes
b) take pictures of leased vehicles prior to purchasing for confirmation upon re-sale
c) use digital cameras to take pictures of accidents and link them to claims
d) save signed bill of ladings and attach them when printing invoices or statements
e) store driver logs electronically and pull them up instantly for review purposes

Try as we might, we can't get rid of paper but by using a scanner and Horizon Imaging with your fleet management software, you can get it out of the office and store it offsite while still having all documents easily accessible.

Read the documentation online (http://www.mtihorizon.com/documentation/doc306.asp) (login required) and contact our sales or support team for more information.

posted by Andrew MacNeill @ 4:08 PM