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AI Automation / Logistics

AI automation for
logistics.

AI automation for logistics: quote requests, shipping documents, tracking updates and exception handling, so operations teams handle problems, not paperwork.

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In short

AI automation for logistics deals with the documents and messages around every shipment: reading quote requests, preparing paperwork, sending status updates and flagging exceptions. Operations staff spend their time on the shipments that need a person.

Why the work piles up

Where the hours
actually go.

The pattern we see in freight forwarders, hauliers and logistics operators.

  • Requests arrive by email in free text, in several languages.
  • Each shipment generates a stack of documents.
  • Customers ask for updates that someone has to look up.
Where to automate

Four places it
pays off.

We start with one, prove it, then move to the next.

  • 01

    Quotes

    • Reading request emails
    • Pulling rates
    • Drafting the quotation
  • 02

    Documents

    • Preparing bills of lading and invoices
    • Checking details match across documents
    • Filing for customs
  • 03

    Tracking

    • Collecting carrier updates
    • Notifying customers proactively
    • Answering status queries
  • 04

    Exceptions

    • Spotting delays early
    • Proposing alternatives
    • Recording what happened
Example workflow

Quote request handling,
automated.

An illustration of how one process changes. Every build is designed around your own systems.

Before

A coordinator reads each emailed request, looks up rates in several places and types a quote, often hours later.

After

  1. 01

    The request email is read and the route, cargo and dates extracted.

  2. 02

    Missing details are requested from the customer automatically.

  3. 03

    Rates are pulled and a quotation is drafted.

  4. 04

    The draft is queued for approval with the workings shown.

The person in the loop: The coordinator checks the price and sends it, or adjusts for a customer they know well.
Questions

AI automation for logistics,
answered.

Can it handle documents in different formats and languages?

Yes. Reading varied, unstructured documents is one of the things current AI does well. A person still checks anything unusual.

Does it connect to our transport management system?

In most cases. We establish what your system allows before designing the workflow.

What happens when the automation is unsure?

It stops and asks. Every workflow has a defined point where uncertain cases go to a person.

Other sectors

AI automation for
other businesses.

Have a problem worth solving?

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