Document automation for freight forwarders
Stop re-keying shipping documents by hand.
FlowDocs reads your bills of lading, invoices and AWB data and turns them into clean, structured data, ready for your ERP or Excel. No manual entry. No errors.
| Carrier | MSC |
| Shipper | Acme Trading Co Ltd |
| Consignee | Northwind Imports |
| Port of loading | CNSHA (Shanghai) |
| Port of discharge | USLAX (Los Angeles) |
| Container # | MSCU 7431281 |
| Container type | 40 HC |
| Cargo | 1,240 ctns of furniture |
| HS code | 9403.60 |
| Gross weight | 18,420 kg |
| Freight terms | Prepaid · CIF |
| Freight amount | USD 3,840.00 |
The manual document work, gone.
Your team shouldn’t spend hours typing data off PDFs. FlowDocs does it in seconds, accurately, in whatever format your carriers send.
Bills of Lading
Pulls carrier details, ports, container and cargo data off any BoL format and maps it straight to your system.
Commercial Invoices
Extracts line items, values and totals, and flags mismatches before they turn into billing disputes.
AWB & Shipping Docs
Reads air waybills and customs paperwork from every carrier, no matter how inconsistent the layout.
How it works
Three steps. No setup.
Send us your document
Upload a bill of lading, invoice or AWB. Any format, any carrier.
We extract and validate
FlowDocs reads every field and checks each one, with a confidence score tied back to where it appears in the original document.
Get clean data back
Export structured, verified data straight to your ERP, TMS or Excel. No manual typing.
See it on your own paperwork.
The best way to judge FlowDocs is on a real document. Send us one of yours and we’ll send back clean, structured data. Free, no commitment.
Every field is validated
FlowDocs doesn’t just read your documents, it checks each field and ties it back to the source, with a confidence score. You see exactly what was extracted and how sure the system is.
Built for freight
Made for the documents freight forwarders actually handle: bills of lading, AWBs, commercial invoices. Not a generic one-size-fits-all extractor.
Any carrier format
Carriers and agents send paperwork every which way. FlowDocs handles the inconsistency so your team doesn’t have to.
Pricing
Managed plans based on your document volume. Tell us roughly how many documents you process a week and we’ll quote you. Most teams start with a free run on their own documents first.
FAQ
Common questions
What does FlowDocs do?
FlowDocs turns freight paperwork into clean, structured data. Upload a bill of lading, commercial invoice or air waybill and FlowDocs returns the fields (carrier, container numbers, weights, amounts, dates, and anything else you configure) as rows you can send to Excel or your ERP.
What documents can FlowDocs process?
Bills of lading (ocean and inland), commercial invoices, air waybills, and packing lists. As PDFs, including scanned documents.
How does FlowDocs extract data?
FlowDocs first pulls text directly from the PDF where possible, and falls back to OCR for image-only or scanned documents. It then applies your field template (the exact list of fields you want, in the order you want) using a language model, and stores a per-field confidence score alongside each value.
Who is FlowDocs for?
Freight forwarders, customs brokers and logistics teams that receive shipping documents in bulk from carriers, shippers and agents, and would rather not re-key them into their TMS or ERP by hand.
How accurate is FlowDocs?
Every extracted field carries a per-field confidence score, so low-confidence values can be flagged for review before they reach your ERP. We don't publish a single headline accuracy number because it depends on your document quality and the fields you're extracting. We'd rather show you the numbers on your own documents (send us one to see).
Can I export the data to my ERP or Excel?
Yes. Extracted rows can be exported as Excel or CSV files for direct import into your ERP, TMS or spreadsheet.
Send us a document.
See what comes back.
No signup, no call. Send one bill of lading or invoice and we’ll return clean, structured data within a day.
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