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Solution Example · Industrial Distribution

Stop re-typing purchase orders. Review only the exceptions.

Purchase order & order exception automation

Orders arrive as PDFs, emails, and spreadsheets that staff key in by hand. An agent extracts purchase order information, matches product identifiers, checks approved catalog and inventory data, and flags discrepancies for review.

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Warehouse worker scanning inventory on tall shelves in an industrial distribution center

The business challenge

Orders arrive through email, spreadsheets, and PDF purchase orders. Staff manually match SKUs, pricing, inventory availability, and customer information before entering orders.

  • Customer part numbers that don't match your SKUs
  • Pricing mismatches found after the order ships
  • Order entry backlogs at peak times
  • Errors caused by re-keying

How the AI agent works

An agent extracts purchase order information, matches product identifiers, checks approved catalog and inventory data, and flags discrepancies for review.

  1. 01

    PO received

    A purchase order arrives by email as PDF or spreadsheet.

  2. 02

    Lines extracted

    Customer, ship-to, part numbers, quantities, and prices are read.

  3. 03

    Matched and validated

    SKUs, contract pricing, and inventory are checked; mismatches are flagged.

  4. 04

    Staff review exceptions

    An employee resolves flagged lines and approves the order.

    Human approval

  5. 05

    Draft order in ERP

    The approved order is created as an ERP draft.

What AgentSpring delivers

  • Purchase order document extraction
  • SKU matching
  • Pricing and inventory validation
  • Exception handling
  • Order approval workflow
  • ERP integration

Potential business impact

Reduce repetitive order entry and catch discrepancies earlier.

50–75% reduction in manual order-entry effort for eligible orders

Illustrative pilot target. Actual results depend on your workflow and will be established during discovery.

How we would measure it

During discovery we'd record your current baseline for each measure, then track it through the pilot.

  • Minutes per order entered
  • Order errors caught before posting
  • Share of orders needing manual exception handling

Systems & integrations

Typical categories of systems this kind of agent connects to. Which specific products can be connected is confirmed during discovery, based on what you use and what access it allows.

  • Email
  • ERP
  • Product catalog
  • Inventory systems
How we connect systems

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