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Supply Chain Logistics - Extracting Data from Bills of Lading

by DocsRouter Team

Supply Chain Manifest

A single international shipment can generate up to 50 pages of documentation. If any of that data is entered incorrectly, a container sits in customs for weeks.

DocsRouter helps Freight Forwarders and 3PLs automate this data entry, reducing customs delays by 80%.

The Documents

We specialize in the "Big 3" of logistics documents:

  1. Bill of Lading (BOL): Extracting Shipper, Consignee, Weight, and Incoterms.
  2. Commercial Invoice: Line item extraction for duty calculation.
  3. Packing List: Verifying physical inventory against documentation.

Handling Dirty Documents

Logistics documents are rarely pristine. They are scanned by truck drivers in low light, faxed three times, and stamped by customs officials.

DocsRouter uses Computer Vision Pre-processing to clean these images before asking the LLM to read them.

API Integration

Integrate directly into your TMS (Transportation Management System).

curl -X POST https://api.docsrouter.com/v1/ocr \
  -d '{"document_type": "bill_of_lading", "url": "..."}'

Stop typing HS Codes manually. Let DocsRouter automate your trade compliance.