How ETrN appeared and what is its use

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gistics business is being pushed to use IT infrastructure by high competition in the cargo transportation segment, as well as government initiatives.



Five years have passed since the discussion of integrating electronic consignment notes into the Russian logistics industry began. In 2019, the Ministry of Transport first presented a pilot project, gradually implementing it at the regional and then federal levels. Today, formalized electronic shipping documents lebanon whatsapp resource are regulated by two legislative acts - Federal Law No. 336-FZ and Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-26/1065@, and more and more carriers agree to use ETrN in practice. "We see how the market's interest in electronic shipping documents is growing. Document flow traffic in the Logistics service in January-February 2024 increased more than 10 times compared to data for the same period in 2023," noted Oksana Leonova, an expert of the Logistics service of the Kontur company.

According to industry representatives, the use of electronic registration of road freight transportation in Russia increases the transparency of the logistics process in terms of payment of invoices and the awareness of chain participants. Igor Venediktov, Director of OOO TEK Centaur, believes that the current paper document flow system is fertile ground for fraudulent activities, from which the logistician suffers first and foremost. "An electronic transport document signed by all parties and posted on a federal electronic resource, on the contrary, makes the transaction completely transparent," he says.

In addition, thanks to ETRN, the carrier speeds up the process of signing documents, reduces the number of errors in documents thanks to robotic technologies, and also saves on paper and maintenance of office equipment for printing. The rejection of the previous system of data provision also leads to the stability of financial planning of freight carriers: the director does not engage in a sudden search for additional liquidity to pay for delivery, the invoices for which were lost in the previous period, have now been found and require payment.

" The main advantage of an electronic document is that it is immediately available to all participants in the logistics chain. The client is thus confident in the transparency of transportation and the speed of document transfer. Drivers-forwarders will not have to take paper documents with them and, when checking, will only have to show the traffic police officers a QR code on their smartphone. Archive and documentation service employees will not have to print and send paper copies - everything will be saved in electronic form, which will make it easier to find documents ," noted the press service of the Delovye Linii Group of Companies.

How to prepare for the transition

Despite the interest in the electronic document exchange format, businesses are in no hurry to get rid of paper media. "Transition to electronic document management is a labor-intensive process. Companies need to restructure business processes to start working in a new way, train employees. Another difficulty in implementing ETRN is the long document flow chain. A document is filled out by three to six participants at once, all of whom must be connected to EDI. At the same time, large players in the transportation market usually have a positive attitude towards the possibility of transition, and small businesses are reluctant to try new tools," notes Oksana Leonova. Other market participants agree with her opinion.