Freight Forwarding companies have to deal with numerous shipping documents such as Bill of Lading, Packing Lists, and Commercial Invoices. Entering vital data from these documents into a TMS or ERP is a daunting process which is both costly and riddled with errors. Using PaperEntry would help automate data entry into your system freeing up time and valuable resources which could then be diverted into business growth.

Documents in Freight Forwarding:

Customs Entry

When a shipment is imported into a country a customs entry form must be filed with the government for the shipment to enter the country. Without the clearance, the cargo or goods cannot be released to the importer.

Customs Entry is a procedure where the goods that are brought into the country is legally processed in accordance with the country’s rules and regulations.

The Customs Entry form consist information like:

• Country of origin
• Description of the goods
• Cost, insurance and freight (CIF) value or the goods
• Customs classification number, and
• Approximate number of duties you expect to pay on the goods.

Manual data entry is time consuming, stressful, and highly error prone. With PaperEntry you can easily enter Customs Declaration forms accurately and save precious time.

Shipment Creation

Shipment creation is a vital part of the process. Customers or Freight Forwarders send shipping details for a new shipment through emails.

There are 3 ways in which shipping information are collected:

1. All information to be mentioned in the email text
2. Sent as an email attachment BOL document which could be downloaded
3. Sending a shipping instruction document including all the information

PaperEntry can make your life easier by extracting information from all the above methods to automatically create the shipment.

Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable is a vital part of any business. On a daily basis, businesses have to deal with thousands of bills, receipts, and invoices.

By using PaperEntry you can easily extract data from documents and integrated it into any ERP/Accounting systems to keep track. This can help enter data more accurately and save time allowing the accounts team to focus on more revenue generating tasks.

Now you maintain strong connections with your stakeholders by paying vendors the correct amount on time.

Deep Cognition AI solution is the most accurate automated data entry platform on the market. By using our platform, Freight Forwarders and 3PLs can now have their data automatically entered into your TMS.

Our platform is capable of converting unstructured data into structured data and extracting data from multiple languages including English, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, and German.

Whether filling out a customs entry form or processing Accounts Payable, PaperEntry makes data entry easier, faster, and cost-effective.