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> Intelligent Logistics Control Tower. HARDMAN digitizes and automates truck inbound/outbound logistics. Reduce wait times from 3.5 hours to under 5 minutes. Load more with less.

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## Page: Homepage (https://hardman.app/index.html)

### Hero

**OPTIMIZE YOUR LOADING & UNLOADING.**
A logistics control tower equipped with active management capabilities.
HARDMAN digitizes and automates all truck inbound/outbound logistics in industrial plants. From 3.5 hours of waiting to under 5 minutes — on average.

Stats: Truck wait time · Delay reduction · Slot occupancy.

### The Problem

Every year, your plant loses thousands of hours.
In a standard plant processing 100 trucks a day, poor coordination compounds across tens of thousands of yearly movements — into staggering losses, year after year.

- **Average wait time** — Every truck sits idle for up to 3.5 hours in Spain. That's time — and money — you can't recover.
- **Hours lost per year** — 95,000 hours of wasted productivity annually in a 100-truck-per-day plant.
- **CO₂ emitted** — 7 million kilograms of avoidable CO₂ emissions from trucks idling at your gates.
- **Direct costs/year** — Over €1.5 million per year in direct costs directly attributable to scheduling inefficiency.

### The HARDMAN Solution

Your intelligent control tower.
HARDMAN doesn't just manage bookings — it understands your operations. From the moment a truck is booked to the moment its documents are closed, every step is visible, connected, and under control.

**Slot & Dock Management** — Do late, early, or missing trucks keep disrupting your schedule?
HARDMAN manages bookings, plant capacity, and dock assignments — while showing whether each load is confirmed, arrived, delayed, or missing. (Improves: Punctuality, Dock occupancy, Waiting time.)
*The schedule changes. The operation adapts.*

**Communication Management** — How long does it take one update to reach everyone?
HARDMAN shares status changes and alerts across logistics, transport, drivers, plant teams, customers, and partners — at the right moment. (Improves: Information quality, Response time, Coordination.)
*One change. Everyone informed.*

**Yard Management** — Are queues and manual checks slowing trucks after they arrive?
HARDMAN coordinates security checks, access, queues, and truck movement — from the plant entrance to the correct dock. (Improves: Yard flow, Resource use.)
*From gate to dock, keep every truck moving.*

**Digital Documentation** — Are paper and disconnected documents slowing your operation?
HARDMAN keeps transport documents digital, traceable, available, and connected to each load. (Improves: Traceability, Administrative time, Document availability.)
*Do not just digitalize the document. Digitalize the operation.*

### How it works

Plan. Detect. Coordinate. Improve.

1. **Plan** — Prepare slots, docks, trucks, and documents.
2. **Detect** — Identify delays, missing information, or risks.
3. **Coordinate** — Alert the right people and adapt the operation.
4. **Improve** — KPIs let you understand what happened and improve the future.

### Who uses it

One platform for the whole operation: Logistics, Transport, Production, Customer Service, Management, Drivers / Partners.

Real results. Verified numbers:
- Average wait time with HARDMAN
- Slot occupancy rate
- Apps required for drivers

### Quick Start — The Weeks vs. Months Paradigm

Stop waiting. Start loading.

| | Legacy ERP Integration | HARDMAN Quick Start |
|---|---|---|
| Time to first value | Months of coding | Live in weeks |
| Deployment risk | High — potential system downtime | Zero risk — non-intrusive file read |
| IT overhead requested | Intensive from day one | Minimal involvement |
| Data validation | Delayed until complete deployment | Immediate real-world log testing |
| System agility | Rigid, custom-coded silos | High flexibility to adjust flows |

### October 2026 Deadline — Compliance

The administrative transport control document goes digital.
Spain's Sustainable Mobility Law requires the administrative control document for applicable public road freight transport operations to become digital from October 2026.
For HARDMAN, this is more than a compliance deadline. It is an opportunity to connect documents, drivers, trucks, slots, docks, customers, and operational changes in one flow.

**What the law requires:** The required administrative control document must move from paper to digital. It must remain available, traceable, and accessible when needed.
Reference: Law 9/2025 · BOE-A-2025-24545 · Administrative control document for public road freight transport.

#### Level 1 — Comply
400 €/month + 0.10 €/carta de porte
For companies that need to meet the legal requirement with minimum operational change.
- Required control document becomes digital
- Driver receives a mobile link
- No app installation needed
- Final document remains traceable
Legal minimum.

#### Level 2 — Save Time
600 €/month + 0.10 €/carta de porte
For companies that want to reduce paperwork and start gaining time every day.
- Mobile signature and confirmation
- Digital document access
- Delivery notes, invoices, certificates, photos, temperature records, purchase requests, and customer mentions connected to the load
- Better traceability from origin to destination
Operational advantage.

#### Level 3 — Transform (High Performance)
Ask for pricing.
For companies that want to connect documentation with the full entry and exit process of trucks.
- Slot booking
- Pre-arrival data checks
- Automatic gates
- Dock assignment
- Arrival and delay management
- Change management
Waiting time from 3.5 hours to under 15 minutes, with +33% team availability and −90% unpunctuality.

#### Level 4 — Extra Service
Ask for pricing. Additional service.
For companies that want HARDMAN to provide additional operational and administrative support in daily logistics operations.
- Operational/admin support
- Slot and booking management support
- KPI follow-up
- Communication with suppliers, carriers, and customers
- Digital documentation follow-up
- Daily operation assistance

**Level 1** helps you comply. **Level 3** helps you transform the operation.
HARDMAN estimates that, at Level 3, every euro invested can return more than €12 in operational savings.

### Testimonials — Trusted by industry leaders

> "We went from 3+ hours of waiting per truck to under 5 minutes. The impact on our operations was immediate and measurable."
> — Logistics Coordinator, FMCG — Spain

> "The Quick Start was genuinely fast. No heavy IT project, no massive budget. We were live and generating value within weeks."
> — IT Director, Industrial Group — Europe

> "Our carriers are actually happy. No forced app downloads — just an SMS with a link. Adoption was instant. Tardiness dropped by 90%."
> — General Manager, Manufacturing — Spain

### Blog / Insights

Want to see more? Check out our blog for interviews, product updates, and practical guidance on smarter loading and unloading operations.

### AI

The future is already running in the background.
HARDMAN uses AI today to understand what users want to do. Coming soon: natural language commands, then voice — because the best interface is no interface.
(AI command interpretation · Natural language → actions · Voice control, coming soon.)

### Contact

Let's talk about your operation.
Book a free 30-minute demo. We'll show you exactly how much time and money you're losing today — and how fast we can change it.
Location: Barcelona, Spain.
Contact form fields: First name, Last name, Company email, Company, Your role (Logistics Director / IT Director / CEO / General Manager / Operations Manager / Other), Trucks per day (approx.), Message (optional).

© 2025 HARDMAN. All rights reserved.

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## Page: October 2026 — Digital Transport Documentation (https://hardman.app/law-october-2026.html)

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Digital Transport Documentation
October 2026: the administrative transport control document goes digital. Law 9/2025 requires the administrative control document for applicable public road freight transport operations to become digital ten months after the law entered into force. HARDMAN helps companies use this requirement as the starting point for a more connected loading and unloading operation.

### What changes?

Paper will no longer be enough for the relevant administrative control document.
The document must be digital, available, protected, traceable, and accessible when required.
This requirement applies to the administrative control document for public road freight transport, regulated by Order FOM/2861/2012. It does not automatically mean that every document used in every transport operation is part of the legal minimum.
However, HARDMAN can connect additional operational documents to the same load, including delivery notes, invoices, certificates, photographs, temperature records, purchase requests, and customer mentions.
Reference: Law 9/2025 · BOE-A-2025-24545 · Administrative control document for public road freight transport.

### Who should review this requirement?

- Shippers and companies managing freight transport
- Carriers and logistics companies
- Logistics operators and distributors
- Any agent in the chain that generates or receives the relevant transport documentation

This is not a temporary recommendation. It is a state-level legal change with a fixed implementation timeline.

### From obligation to opportunity

HARDMAN's model has three levels:
- Comply — move the required document from paper to digital.
- Save Time — add mobile signatures and a complete document flow.
- Transform — connect documentation with the full entry and exit process of trucks.

The deeper the level, the more operational value the company can recover.

### Three ways to respond

Choose the level that fits your operation today, and see how far you want to go beyond compliance.

#### Level 1 — Comply
400 €/month + 0.10 €/carta de porte
Create and store the required administrative control document digitally.
- Digital control document
- Mobile link for the driver
- No app installation
- Final version uploaded and traceable
- Minimum operational friction
Best for: companies that need to comply first.

**The paper document becomes digital.**
This is the minimum response to the law. It allows the company to meet the legal requirement without transforming the full operation yet.

How it works with HARDMAN:
1. After loading, the responsible person attaches the document in HARDMAN.
2. The document can be uploaded as a PDF, photo, JSON, or another accepted digital format.
3. The driver receives a mobile link.
4. The driver opens the document without installing an app.
5. At destination, the final signed, confirmed, or validated version can be uploaded.
6. The record remains traceable and is not deleted.

What it includes:
- Integration with logistics operators that can digitalize the carta de porte themselves.
- Support for occasional operators or operators without their own platform.
- Signature-status feedback, whether the signature happens through their system or through HARDMAN.
- Support when carriers rotate often, because HARDMAN handles the digitalization process instead of forcing the plant to adapt to each operator.
- A first step toward digital communication between transport providers, exworks operations, the plant, and the driver.

What you gain: Basic legal compliance · Digital record · Traceability · Minimal operational friction.
The limitation: Level 1 solves the legal need, but it does not transform the operation. In practice, paper may still remain in the process for safety or internal habits, and the team does not recover much time.
*You comply, but your operation stays almost the same.*

#### Level 2 — Save Time
600 €/month + 0.10 €/carta de porte
Move document access, signature, and document flow to mobile.
- Mobile signature or confirmation
- Digital document access
- Delivery notes, invoices, certificates, photos, temperature records, purchase requests, and customer mentions connected to the load
- Better visibility from origin to destination
- Less manual document handling
Best for: companies that want compliance to reduce daily work.

**Goodbye paper.**
At this level, HARDMAN starts reducing manual work. The driver can sign or confirm directly on the phone. At destination, the receiver can sign on their own device or through a QR process when needed.

What you gain: Less paper · Less plant-team document management · Clearer proof of when the goods were delivered · Traceability from origin to destination to reception · Better visibility of carrier compliance · Earlier detection if a customer rejects the goods · Less time spent manually managing documents.
*You stop moving paper and start moving faster.*

#### Level 2.2 — Complete Document Flow

It is not only the control document. It is everything that adds value to your customer.
HARDMAN can connect other operational documents to the same load: delivery notes, invoices, purchase requests, health certificates, photographs, temperature records, customer comments or mentions.

With paper: At departure, the document is carried in the truck. During the route, the customer has little or no visibility. At arrival, the process depends on paper signature and manual review. After delivery, paper is archived and disputes are harder to resolve.

With HARDMAN: At departure, the document is digital and available on the driver's phone. During the route, the customer can review documentation in advance. At arrival, signature or confirmation can happen digitally. After delivery, the data remains recorded with full traceability.

*The truck leaves your plant, and the customer already has the documentation. When the load arrives, everything is prepared.*

#### Level 3 — Transform
Ask for pricing.
Connect documentation with the full truck entry and exit flow.
- Slot booking
- Pre-arrival data checks
- Automatic gates
- Dock assignment
- Arrival and delay management
- Change management
Best for: companies that want to transform the full plant operation.
Impact: More than €12 saved for every €1 invested at Level 3.

**Do not digitalize only the document. Digitalize the entry and exit of trucks.**
This is where the law becomes a trigger for full operational improvement.

What HARDMAN connects: Slot booking · Pre-arrival data confirmation · License plate, ID, and document validation before arrival · Automatic gates · Dock assignment · Arrival management · Delay management · Change management.

The key difference:
- Level 1 digitalizes the document.
- Level 2 digitalizes the signature and document flow.
- Level 3 digitalizes the full entry and exit process.
This is not only a difference of degree. It is a difference in the nature of the operation.
*The document becomes digital, but the real value is that the plant becomes smarter.*

#### Level 4 — Extra Service
Ask for pricing.
For companies that want HARDMAN to provide additional operational and administrative support in daily logistics operations.
- Operational/admin support
- Slot and booking management support
- KPI follow-up
- Communication with suppliers, carriers, and customers
- Digital documentation follow-up
- Daily operation assistance
Best for: companies that want HARDMAN to manage more of the daily operation.

Level 4 is an additional managed service for companies that want HARDMAN to support the daily operation more directly. It complements Level 3 by adding operational and administrative support around bookings, KPIs, communications, documentation, and daily coordination.

### Cost and Return

According to the HARDMAN model, the cost of implementation rises quickly to reach Level 1 and then flattens. From Level 1 to Level 3, cost grows only around 50%, while operational value grows much more strongly.

Level 3 impact:
- Waiting time per truck: from 3.5 hours to under 15 minutes
- Logistics team availability: +33%
- Reduction in unpunctuality: −90%
- Incremental cost over Level 2: around +50%
- Estimated return: more than €12 saved for every €1 invested at Level 3

*Every minute of waiting is a minute lost forever.*

### KPI Evolution

The change is not linear. Some KPIs may get worse at the beginning because the company starts registering and controlling more information. But when the company reaches Level 3, the operational value becomes much stronger.

| KPI | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truck stay time | May increase | May increase | Drops sharply |
| Punctuality | No major change | No major change | Improves strongly |
| Administrative task time | May increase | Decreases | Decreases further |
| Average waiting time | No major change | Partial reduction | 3.5h → under 15 min |
| Team availability | No major change | Slight improvement | +33% |

Level 4 is an optional managed service layer that complements any of the levels above — it is not measured as a separate technical or compliance level.

### Closing

The document is only the beginning.
The digitalization of the administrative control document is the small lever that can transform the whole organization. This is not only about complying with a law. It is about using the legal obligation as the starting point for a plant that works like a timed operation.
*Do not just digitalize the document. Digitalize the operation.*

Ready to turn the mandate into an advantage? Talk to HARDMAN.

*Disclaimer: This page provides general information and does not constitute legal advice. Each company should confirm how the requirement applies to its operations.*

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## Blog posts (https://hardman.app/blog/)

### Nueva pantalla de slots activos
https://hardman.app/blog/post-1-slots-activos.html — 1 de mayo de 2023
Tags: Actualización de producto, Gestión de Slots, Móvil

Slots activas en una pantalla especialmente para la operativa de las reservas. En contraposición a rutas activas esta se muestra sin la estructuración de ruta, fase, expedición.

Está especialmente diseñada para ser rápida y limpia y ser ejecutada en dispositivos pequeños. Así como para no abrumar a operadores y externos con todas las opciones de las que es capaz rutas activas.

Una de las principales novedades es que el menú queda integrado dentro de una barra con memoria por lo que siguientes ejecuciones usa los criterios anteriores.

El filtro escondido es especialmente útil en dispositivos móviles lo que evita que parte del filtro se lleve la mayor parte de la pantalla como hasta ahora. Además, el funcionamiento de la pantalla es distinto. Se ha prescindido de hamburguesas y frankfurts poniendo todas las opciones en la pantalla principal como textos sencillos de leer.

Cada una de las opciones adquiere un protagonismo total, eliminando los otros datos de la pantalla y permitiendo, una vez más en dispositivos móviles un trabajo simple y preciso.

(English title: "New active slots screen — HARDMAN")

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### Nuevos maestros de puertos y navieras
https://hardman.app/blog/post-2-puertos-navieras.html — 10 de noviembre de 2023
Tags: Actualización de producto, Puertos y navieras, Estándares de datos

Hola, a partir del próximo domingo 12 de noviembre de 2023 vamos a hacer un cambio en la forma de informar las direcciones de puertos y de las navieras en los bookings. Estos datos, actualmente libres, estarán sujetos a un conjunto de datos global y compartido entre todos los sistemas. Todos los datos ya existentes no se ven afectados por el cambio y seguirán teniendo los valores que ya tenían sin perjuicio de su funcionamiento.

El objetivo del cambio es facilitar el intercambio de información tabulada entre distintos operadores y poder extraer estadísticas fiables aun cuando la ruta es operada por un tercero.

**Puertos de origen y destino**
Los códigos de puerto se han normalizado a partir de UN/LOCODE (Code for Trade and Transport Locations), una base de datos de puntos de intercambio de mercancía entre los que se encuentran todos los puertos. Es una base de datos muy extensa con más de 116.000 entradas.

Los códigos se componen de dos partes. Una primera parte de país (notación ISO) y una segunda parte de tres dígitos que representa el código de ubicación. Más información en unece.org/trade/uncefact/unlocode.

Se ha incluido un sistema de identificación de los más usados. Eso significa que los códigos más utilizados salen los primeros de la lista al asignar un puerto. Esto mejorará el uso en futuras asignaciones, los puertos más habituales aparecen primero. En el caso de los puertos, además se ha distinguido entre puertos de origen y de destino, por lo que disminuirá los errores en la selección de los mismos.

Ejemplo: ES-VLC — Puerto de Valencia, España.

**Navieras**
Al no existir una normalización de nombres de naviera se ha optado por usar códigos propios. Para determinarlos se usan las contracciones propias de las marcas y para el resto una contracción tipo marca comercial clásica.

Como en los puertos, se ha incluido un sistema de más utilizados, por lo que la primera asignación será la más complicada, pero como el sistema recuerda y muestra las navieras según su uso, seleccionarlas en un futuro será más sencillo.

Ejemplo: MSC — Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.

(English title: "New port and carrier master data — HARDMAN")

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### HARDMAN: te llevamos a la logística 4.0
https://hardman.app/blog/post-3-logistica-4-0.html — 3 de junio de 2024
Tags: SIL Barcelona, Logística 4.0, Eventos

¡No te pierdas el Salón Internacional de la Logística 2024 en Barcelona!

¿Estás preparado para la logística 4.0? HARDMAN convierte plantas logísticas con operativa tradicional al futuro logístico.

Visita nuestro stand (C334) y únete a nosotros durante los tres días del evento. Participaremos en diversas actividades, desde demostraciones en el área de Digital Supply Chain y participaremos en mesas redondas de debate con el fin de compartir nuestra visión del futuro de la logística.

No te pierdas la oportunidad de descubrir cómo nuestra plataforma transforma las plantas consiguiendo mejoras considerables en KPI como ocupación, tiempos de espera, paralizaciones, imposibilidades.

Únete a HARDMAN y cambia a una logística digital, automatizada, inteligente, eficiente y sostenible.

Te esperamos. Regístrate gratuitamente.

**Stand de HARDMAN Innovation**
Lugar: Stand C334, en SIL Barcelona.
Dirección: Recinto Ferial Montjuïc-Plaça España de Fira de Barcelona, Avda. Reina Maria Cristina s/n, 08004, Barcelona.
Días: 5, 6 y 7 de junio. De 9:00 a 19:00h.

(English title: "HARDMAN: bringing you to logistics 4.0 — HARDMAN")

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### SIL Interview: Alberto Blanco García on October 2026 Digital Documentation
https://hardman.app/blog/post-4-sil-interview-october-2026.html — July 2, 2026
Tags: SIL Interview, October 2026, Digital Documentation

HARDMAN's CEO speaks with Alberto Blanco García from Carreras Grupo Logístico about why the digital control document is only the first step.

During SIL, HARDMAN's CEO interviewed Alberto Blanco García from Carreras Grupo Logístico about the digital control document and the upcoming October 2026 requirement.

The key point from the conversation was simple: digitalizing the administrative control document is necessary, but it does not automatically transform the operation. Today, a driver may still carry many other paper documents, such as delivery notes and related paperwork. If companies only digitalize the required control document, they may comply with the law but still keep most of the old manual process.

Alberto's point also helps explain why the change can create extra friction at first: companies may end up managing paper and digital processes at the same time. The real improvement starts when the full document flow becomes digital, not only the minimum legal document.

This is why HARDMAN frames October 2026 in three levels: comply with the legal requirement, save time by moving signatures and document access to mobile, and transform the operation by connecting documentation with slots, arrivals, access, docks, and changes.

**Key takeaway:** The document is only the beginning. Do not just digitalize the document. Digitalize the operation.

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### HARDMAN se suma a la conversación de Pimienta
https://hardman.app/blog/post-5-pimienta-hardman.html — 8 de julio de 2026
Tags: Pimienta, Digitalización, Operaciones

HARDMAN se suma a la conversación de Pimienta, un espacio donde la innovación, la logística y los problemas reales de la operación se explican de una forma más simple y práctica.

En la publicación de Pimienta, Òscar Calaf comparte una idea clave: digitalizar no es solo dejar el papel atrás. Es cambiar la forma en que se trabaja.

Ese mensaje conecta directamente con la visión de HARDMAN. El objetivo no es sustituir un documento en papel por una versión digital, sino ayudar a las empresas a repensar cómo se conectan camiones, conductores, documentos, muelles, clientes y equipos dentro de una misma operación.

Para HARDMAN, innovar no debería hacer la logística más compleja. Debería hacerla más clara, más coordinada y más fácil de controlar.

Por eso esta conversación importa: porque ayuda a poner sobre la mesa preguntas que muchas empresas ya se están haciendo. ¿Cómo reducimos el trabajo manual? ¿Cómo mejoramos la comunicación? ¿Cómo convertimos la digitalización en un cambio operativo real?

(English title: "HARDMAN joins the Pimienta conversation — HARDMAN")

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## Contact

- Email: oscar.calaf@hardman.app
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
- Trucking company login: https://desktop.hardman.app