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PDF tools and invoice checks for manufacturers

Send certificates with every order, compare drawing revisions, match supplier invoices with purchase orders and archive technical files for format wey go last. Server jobs dey run for London and dem dey delete files within 2 hours.

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£6.99 for each user every month, dem bill am every year · from 2 users

Wetin manufacturers dey use am for

Built for the documents wey dey follow part

  • Certificates with every order

    Scan material and conformity certificates as dem dey arrive and join the correct ones behind each delivery note, so the customer go get one file for each order.

  • Drawing and specification revisions

    Compare two revisions of drawing or specification to see exactly wetin change, and mark up questions for the customer or the design office.

  • Purchase orders, deliveries and invoices

    Invoice check for Business dey compare supplier invoices with purchase orders and goods wey una receive, and e dey show price, quantity and VAT differences.

  • Inspection reports from the shop floor

    Snap parts and defects with your phone, turn the photos into report with one page for each, and compress am for the customer or supplier.

  • Technical files wey go last

    Recognise the text inside scanned manuals and test reports, then convert the finished technical file to PDF/A for long-term keeping.

  • Confidential drawings and supplier agreements

    Stamp drawings with confidential watermark before dem go out, and send non-disclosure and supply agreements for signature.

Where Macaaw fit inside factory

Every part wey dem manufacture dey come with paper trail: the order, the drawing for the correct revision, material certificates, inspection results and the delivery note. Macaaw dey keep that trail tidy. E no be ERP or quality management system; e dey prepare and check the PDFs wey dey move between dem. Small workshops and big plants dey use the same tools, so the paperwork go look the same no matter which site send am.

Joining, watermarking and turning photos into PDFs dey run inside your browser, so drawings go stay for your computer. Comparison, text recognition and PDF/A conversion dey run for our servers for London and we dey delete the files within 2 hours.

Invoice check dey read purchase orders, delivery notes and invoices for Macaaw own servers, without outside AI service, and na person go always approve the result. Purchasing, quality and the shop floor fit share one Business workspace with roles for each person.

Playbook

Certified delivery pack in four steps

One file for each order, with the correct certificates behind am.

  1. Scan the certificates

    Scan the material and conformity certificates for the batch with Macaaw Scan or Scan to PDF.

  2. Add the delivery note

    Put the delivery note first and join the certificates and inspection report behind am.

  3. Number and compress

    Add page numbers and compress the pack so e fit go by email or enter the customer supplier portal.

  4. Archive am

    Convert the final pack to PDF/A and file am with the order for your own system.

Save am as a workflow

Business plan

One plan for the whole team

Purchasing, quality and the shop floor on one plan, with allowances wey una share.

£6.99for each user every month, dem bill am every year · or £9.99 every month

  • 200 signature requests for each user every month, wey una share
  • Reach 20 signers for each document
  • 1,000 pages of text recognition for each user every month, wey una share
  • 500 Office conversions for each user every month, wey una share
  • Files reach 500 MB and 200 files for one task
  • Members, roles, shared workflows and central billing
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  • UK serversServer tools dey run for London.
  • We dey delete within 2 hoursFiles from our tools, or the moment you press Delete.
  • UK GDPRData processing agreement dey Business.
  • Audit trailEvery signed PDF get im signing certificate.
Compare PDFs fit show changes for drawing?

E dey mark differences for text and layout between two PDFs page by page. For drawings wey dem export from CAD as PDF, e dey show changed notes, dimensions and title blocks. E dey inside Pro and Business.

Invoice check need our ERP?

No. E dey read the documents themselves, and you fit export approved lines to CSV or Excel for your ERP or accounts system.

Watermark enough to protect drawing?

Watermark dey tell people say drawing na confidential; e no dey stop dem from sharing am. For stronger control, protect the PDF with password and send the password separately.

Wetin PDF/A dey for?

PDF/A na the archive version of PDF: fonts dey embedded and nothing depend on outside content, so technical file go open the same way years later.

People for the shop floor fit use am?

Yes. Scanning and photo reports dey work for phone browser, and you fit give Business members roles so dem go only see wetin dem need.

We fit send certificate pack to customer portal?

Yes. Join the pack, then compress am to the size wey the portal dey accept. For Business you fit work with files reach 500 MB and 200 files for one task, and save the steps as workflow for the next order.

The legal information for this page na general guidance for England and Wales, e no be legal advice. Scotland and Northern Ireland get their own rules, and deeds or documents wey must get witness need extra formalities.

The correct paperwork with every part.

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