van der Mensch Consulting

Case study · Warehousing & logistics

Photos and documents on every warehouse transaction

Attach a photo or signed document to any transaction from a scanner, a desktop or a phone, stored encrypted with a full audit trail.

Client
Warehouse software partner
Industry
Warehousing & logistics
Services
Custom tools, Product development
Timeline
Sep 2026
Status
MVP built

The challenge

Warehouse teams needed proof attached to their transactions: a photo of damaged stock on receipt, a signed delivery note, a picture of a pallet before it ships.

Not every scanner has a camera, and the files had to stay on the client's own network.

What we built

  • Three ways to attach. Scanners with a camera capture in the flow. Desktop users upload a file against a transaction. Camera-less scanners show a QR code that opens the capture page on a phone.
  • No app to install. The phone page is a web app hosted on the local network.
  • Encrypted storage. Images are resized, encrypted and stored in the database, linked to the transaction.
  • A separate audit log recording who added or changed each attachment, with before and after states.

Results

3capture paths: scanner, desktop, phone
AESencrypted at rest
Localnetwork only, nothing exposed
Fullaudit trail per attachment

The MVP is built and is being prepared as a subscription add-on for warehouse clients.

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