Proof of Delivery
From Supply Chain Management Encyclopedia
A method to establish the fact that the recipient received the contents sent by the sender. Receipt signed by a consignee or recipient, confirming delivery of a shipment in good order and condition.Proof of delivery is very important when legal and financial documents are to be exchanged between seller and buyer. Commercial fleet operators need to be able to confirm proof of delivery of goods to their customers. Legal complications can arise if the recipient company refutes receiving a corrected product specification or a message about a delayed shipment. Both companies could be at loggerheads, each proving/not proving the existence of that particular communication. In e-commerce, businesses exchange millions of electronic documents to track delivery information using computer to computer communication techniques like email, FTP and EDI. These documents contain a variety of transaction details, including information regarding purchase orders, invoices, shipping details, product specifications, and price quotes. Electronic documents can exchange new data as well as corrections to previously transmitted messages.[1] RPost’s Registered Email® service is an important safeguard against legal liability associated with e-discovery and email message disputes. Unlike the common ‘read receipt’, it protects you and your organization with legally verifiable proof that your email was delivered, with an official time stamp, and legally verifiable proof of the content sent and received, including attachments. The proof is in the form of a Registered Receipt™ email which contains a digital snapshot of the entire email transaction and can be self-authenticated at any time should an aspect of your original message be called into question.[2]
References
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_delivery
- ↑ Registered Email® service by RPost - http://www.rpost.com/registered-email
