Why do I need a waybill?

The development of computer technologies inevitably entails the transfer of economic and legal relations between different economic entities to a new level. Electronic forms replace paper, affecting more and more aspects of our life, but this process is far from complete, and today any economic operation related to the transfer of goods must be documented. The commodity waybill, thus, is one of the basic documents, differing versatility and simplicity of filling.

Another undeniable advantage of the commodity waybill is that this document is signed by the responsible persons, both the seller and the buyer company. Despite significant progress in the security of digital technologies, it is the signature passed through the centuries that remains the most reliable way to confirm the legal reliability of the document. A commodity waybill is usually signed by the director or one of his deputies, as well as the accountant and the person responsible for issuing the goods (usually the storekeeper). As a rule, one signature is sufficient on the part of the recipient.

In this case, the commodity bill contains all the necessary information about the goods. This information can be useful to a wide variety of parties. First of all, of course, the buyer, who must make sure that the information specified in the documents corresponds to the real state of things. In addition, the bill of lading is used by accountants to carry out the necessary postings, as well as state bodies to verify the legality carried out by economic objects of activity.

The waybill usually indicates the name of the goods, its mass, price, value, VAT, packaging, as well as the date the document is issued. In addition, the legal requisites of both parties must be indicated from above. The commodity waybill is fixed with the above-mentioned signatures, as well as with the seals of the organizations.

Despite the abundance of information, as well as the extraordinary importance of the bill of lading, the process of filling it out is quite simple, which largely explains the wide dissemination of this document. As a rule, the company has templates of commodity waybills, in which its requisites are already hammered, as well as some other unchanging information. In some cases, when a company works predominantly with regular customers, a template is created for each customer to simplify the filling process.

Thus, the employee responsible for the shipment of goods, it is enough to take the blank of the commodity waybill, which, by the way, is a strict reporting form, to drive the date of shipment, information about the cargo, check the computer's cost with the invoice, print out the document on the form, assure it and issue it The buyer. As you can see, the process is more than simple.

However, in such a simple matter, mistakes often occur, because of banal imprudence or simply in a hurry. The invoice for the goods should contain no errors, even the most insignificant ones. Any typo should be corrected, and the form is marked as spoiled. If the error is revealed after the goods are shipped to the buyer, a new commodity invoice is prepared and then given for signature. Such strict requirements allow to provide a high level of security from the implementation of front operations, which digital documents can not yet boast. In the near future, the commodity bill also does not threaten anything, and if this document ever gets out of circulation, then it will not happen soon.