Aljex Software and Sertifi Inc. have integrated Sertifi’s electronic signature tool with Aljex’s Internet-hosted transportation-management software.

Now Aljex users can e-mail documents such as rate confirmations, quotes, or contracts and have those documents returned with valid signatures. It can be done quickly and easily without faxing or the use of printers and without leaving the Aljex working screens, the companies say. Sertifi retains customer documents on its servers. Users can track and view documents to see which have been signed, which have not, and can set up e-mail reminders to help speed the process.

With the integration of Sertifi into Aljex hosted software, brokers and other load assigners can e-mail a document to, say, a carrier or driver. The signed document will be e-mailed back as an attached PDF right to the person who sent it.

A driver can easily sign and return a Sertifi document from an iPhone or Android phone as well as a home computer, a laptop, or a tablet.
 
When necessary, Sertifi users can specify additional levels of verification to include questions only the signer could answer.

Aljex users who sign up for Sertifi can customize the service in other ways. For example, they can choose the length of time documents are stored on the Sertifi servers. On the Sertifi web site, customers can see all the contracts they’ve sent, whether they’ve been signed or not. They can set up tools to help them get signed quicker. If they’ve sent out a rate confirmation to a carrier, Serifi can send that carrier an email reminder every hour until the document is signed.

Other Sertifi customers, not incidentally, include Microsoft, Pitney Bowes, and the United States Air Force.