Supply chain operations and logistics companies face a challenging environment within the global economy. There is an ever-increasing demand for speed and reliability, even as complexity continues to increase. This shift drives many operations to explore the benefits of workflow automation using platforms such as Tungsten TotalAgility. To assist with and accelerate these efforts, you can find many helpful solutions in the Tungsten Marketplace, such as the Tungsten Transport & Logistics Framework.

A central concern facing operators in this space is the need to transform a wide range of documents into data that workflow automation systems can use. Unlike some other industries, the supply chain generates a large volume of particular paperwork related to goods, their origins and their movements. That’s not to mention the copious amounts of paperwork pertaining to invoicing and vendor relationships.

Let’s explore the challenges facing the transportation sector and highlight how this framework solves problems.

What Makes Processing Supply Chain Documentation a Challenge?

Unstructured and variable document forms aren’t uncommon, but they’re a particular issue in the shipping and logistics sectors. Several specific challenges make document processing more difficult. Many operations have relied on manual extraction and data entry in the past, but this is slow, prone to errors, and unreliable. Other hurdles include:

• Documents that arrive in a variety of formats and through multiple channels.
• The large number of transport document types, with potentially dozens of kinds of paperwork.
• Challenging and hard-to-read document formats that are very dense with information.

Bringing automation to this area can address these problems.

What Does the Transport & Logistics Framework Do?

This framework delivers automated processing capabilities for a large number of logistics documents across multiple channels. The framework can automatically recognize more than 40 different document types and extract the data they contain using advanced capabilities.

The framework can extract over 140 form field types from these documents and includes the capability to extract line items from financial documentation or bills of lading. It can then export the validated document data to your other business systems for additional action.

Alongside document automation, the framework also includes analytical capabilities. Use dashboards for real-time data analysis or run analyses on historical data. Notice where you haven’t been as efficient as possible and improve the way you work, all while capturing the data you need.

The Many Benefits of Better Document Automation

With the Transport and Logistics framework, the need for manual data entry from transport documents drops dramatically. In some cases, you may even be able to eliminate that work. In turn, that reduces operational costs while accelerating document processing. Ready-to-use connectors mean it’s easy to route extracted data to other software without the need for additional development. Meanwhile, audit trails and in-depth reporting capabilities keep you in control of your data for better compliance.

Enhance Your Operational Efficiency With Automation Today

Take greater control over your documentation and transform paperwork into data you can use and analyze. Reallocate resources away from time-consuming manual work and towards more valuable tasks while a secure and competent automated system extracts, classifies and validates your information. Enjoy the confidence of knowing you can tick every box when it comes to keeping customs and logistics paperwork in good order.

The Tungsten Transport & Logistics Framework also enables a shorter path to a positive ROI with easy implementation within TotalAgility. Improve operations and generate a clear return on automation at the same time—these are the hallmarks of Tungsten Marketplace solutions. With many other resources to accelerate and improve your automation journey, it’s an excellent resource across industries. Explore more information about this framework, or visit the Marketplace for additional solutions.