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Notes on documents, data and automation.
Practical, no jargon. What we learn building LOCRAI and working with the people who process documents every day.
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Delivery note automation in logistics: from slip to warehouse system without retyping
Dozens of suppliers, shifting layouts, scanned packing slips: why warehouse data entry costs more than it looks — and how to extract quantities, codes and order refs ready for your warehouse management system.
Read the article- Automation
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Manual data entry: how to measure the real cost of your document workflow
A four-variable method to quantify hours, rework and downstream delay — before evaluating any automation tool.
- Automation
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Accounts payable automation: from invoice to ERP without data entry
Invoices, delivery notes and credit notes: how to automate accounts payable with AI extraction, data verification and ERP integration — without retyping every PDF by hand.
- Under the hood
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OCR, text layer, visual analysis: what really reads a document
A no-frills guide to the different ways of reading a document and when each one is worth it.
- Automation
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PO, delivery note and invoice don't match? Where three-way matching breaks
Three documents, three teams, one balance to reconcile. Why PO–receipt–invoice matching fails while data stays locked in PDFs — and how to get comparable fields without retyping everything.
- Automation
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Goodbye data entry: what changes when documents read themselves
The hidden cost of re-typing invoices by hand, and what happens to the work when extraction becomes automatic.
- Compliance
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Documents in the cloud and GDPR: a pragmatic checklist
Retention, data localization, access: what to look at when you entrust your documents to a service.
- Data quality
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Confidence isn't a promise: how to trust extracted data
A reliability score only makes sense if it comes from objective checks. Here's the difference between saying and proving.
- Automation
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Five signs documents are eating your margin
You do not need a glossy digital programme. Five operational symptoms — from month-end fire drills to new suppliers every week — show whether document data entry is already burning time and margin.
- Integrations
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How to connect document extraction to your business system
Export, webhook or API: three ways to get the data where it's needed, without copy-paste.
- Use cases
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One firm, a hundred clients: managing documents without losing your mind
How multi-organization management changes the day of those who work for many companies at once.
- Use cases
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Delivery notes in manufacturing and construction: when the dock becomes the bottleneck
Sites, production lines, suppliers that change every week: delivery notes are not only a courier topic. How to get quantities and codes into the system without retyping every slip.
- Automation
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Document extraction software: eight criteria for evaluating a vendor
EU hosting, data verification, API, pricing model: an operational checklist to compare document extraction solutions without trusting made-up statistics.
- Data quality
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OCR on scans: DPI, skew and the human review queue
Scans impose different constraints than digital PDFs. Image quality, stamps, skew: how to set up the workflow and when human review is needed.
- Automation
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Extracting data from invoice PDFs: methods, common errors and how to avoid them
Manual, template, OCR or AI: how invoice PDF data is extracted, where totals and line items fail, and what to ask before automating.
- Under the hood
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Intelligent Document Processing (IDP): what it is and when companies need it
IDP is not a synonym for OCR. What an IDP workflow includes, how it differs from simple OCR and RPA, and in which contexts it is worth investing.
- Under the hood
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OCR and artificial intelligence: what each layer does — and when you actually need it
OCR and AI are not the same thing. A guide to the two layers, when text recognition is enough, and when you need a engine that interprets layout and fields.