Years back I worked somewhere where we had to PDF documents to e-fax them to a supplier. We eventually found out that on their end it was just being received digitally and auto-converted to PDF.
It was never made paper.. So we asked if we could just email the PDF instead of paying for this fax service they wanted.
There was a comment here on HN, I think, that explained why enterprises spend so much money on garbage software. It turned out that the garbage software was a huge improvement on what they did before, so it was still a savings in time and money and easier than a total overhaul.
I wonder what horror of process and machinery the supplier used before the fax->PDF process.
sbarre|1 year ago
Years back I worked somewhere where we had to PDF documents to e-fax them to a supplier. We eventually found out that on their end it was just being received digitally and auto-converted to PDF.
It was never made paper.. So we asked if we could just email the PDF instead of paying for this fax service they wanted.
They said no.
Kye|1 year ago
I wonder what horror of process and machinery the supplier used before the fax->PDF process.
KeplerBoy|1 year ago
Muromec|1 year ago