The AI platform for bill of lading processing

Extract any data from any bill of lading with unmatched accuracy. With Affinda's AI agents, you can build custom bill of lading automation models in minutes, not months. Automate your whole workflow to achieve straight-through bill of lading processing at scale.

How to automate bill of lading processing with Affinda's AI

Upload your bills of lading, your way

Email, drag and drop or connect via API.

Watch as it extracts your bill of lading data

Affinda's AI reads your bills of lading with impressive contextual understanding. It splits and classifies documents, extracts and validates data, then transforms the output to match your business needs.

Automatically route the data to your systems

No manual data entry required. Affinda integrates seamlessly into your existing tech stack.

Extract any information from any document, fast

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Create models in seconds

Upload a bill of lading and watch as Affinda instantly predicts the data fields you want to extract, helping you automate bill of lading processing in just a few clicks.

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Cleanse and transform data

Affinda automatically converts extracted bill of lading data into the format your downstream systems recognize, ensuring it's ready for customs, TMS or ERP integration. Need something custom? Use natural language to describe how you want the data structured.

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Apply business logic

Write validation rules in plain language and apply your business logic to extracted data. This ensures every bill of lading meets your compliance standards and enables straight-through processing.

Affinda's AI reads, understands and extracts data from any bill of lading or document

Pathway 1: Use our AI integrations agent

Create integrations with ease, even if you're not a developer. Choose from 400+ business systems and describe how you want your bill of lading processing integration to work, using natural language. Affinda's AI Integrations Agent will generate the code to make it happen.

Pathway 2: Write your own code

Easily connect Affinda with your systems using our client libraries. Automatically generate type-safe Pydantic models or TypeScript interfaces tailored to your bill of lading processing needs.

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Get AI agents to process your bills of lading

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Automate bill of lading processing with 99%+ accuracy

Extract data from any bill of lading, in any format or layout, with more than 99% accuracy. Complex tables? Grouped cargo items? Checkboxes? No problem. Our AI bill of lading data extraction software eliminates errors and costly rework.

See ROI in weeks, not months

Start processing bills of lading in days with quick onboarding and usage-based pricing that scales with you. Our AI agents learn from a handful of examples, delivering measurable ROI within weeks, not months.

AI that instantly learns from your bill of lading and adapts

Affinda's bill of lading processing platform is the only one with instant learning. It improves with every correction and interaction, combining human expertise with AI to adapt to your shipping lines, cargo structures, and data variations in real time.

Easy integration, zero disruption

Affinda connects directly to your TMS, ERP, customs platforms and supply chain management systems. No ripping out systems, no change-management headaches. Integrate it easily – with code or without.

Configure your bill of lading model, customize and maintain control

Build and manage your own intelligent bill of lading processing solution with the Affinda Platform, or leverage our team to set up and support. Maintain full control, make updates anytime without relying on us and scale effortlessly.

Enterprise-grade security

Bills of lading contain sensitive shipment and cargo data. Affinda is ISO 27001:2022 certified, and SOC 2 and GDPR compliant, giving shipping and logistics organizations the enterprise-grade security and peace of mind they need to operate with confidence.

Combine the best of artificial and human intelligence

99%+

accuracy in information extraction

10+

years of IP combined with the latest AI innovations

500M+

documents processed

50+

languages, supporting customers globally

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Experience Affinda’s full document processing capabilities from day one. With a free trial, discover how fast and easy it is to extract any data from any invoice.

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No sales calls, credit cards or gated features. Your free trial gives you full access to our AI document processing platform.

Upload your documents

Drag and drop, email or upload via API. Affinda's platform handles any document in any format and any layout.

See the magic

Watch as the platform predicts and extracts the data you need, letting you build document processing models in minutes.
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Affinda has removed the laborious workload from our accounts staff, who now focus on quality assurance and management of any outliers.

- Nathaniel Barrs, CTO, PSC Insurance

95%

reduction in manual work

10×

more invoices processed with no added staff

 

Enhanced auditability and tracking of invoice approvals

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Customer satisfaction is always our top priority, and Affinda has helped us achieve that by eliminating phone calls, manual handling, and delays.

- Jorg Both, Head of Business Systems, Northline

120,000

proof of delivery documents processed annually

82%

of documents straight-through processed in the first weeks

 

Automatic validation of documents against ERP system

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Affinda's ongoing improvements in its AI models demonstrate its innovative approach in Document AI.

– Michael Zhao, AI Product Manager, SEEK

  • High accuracy parsing across multiple languages
  • Improved customer experience thanks to better structured data
  • Stronger compliance with international data security and software standards
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Affinda’s support and expertise were invaluable… The experience working with Affinda was excellent.

- Nick Tran, Business Analyst, StateCover Mutual

300,000

documents processed annually

80

different document types

60%

Enhanced auditability and tracking of invoice approvals

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The results have spoken for themselves. I recommend Affinda to anyone looking to enhance their product or business with AI capability.

- Steve O’Keeffe, CTO, Felix

76%

reduction in manual data input

30%

reduction in compliance data errors

85,000

compliance documents processed annually

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