Retarus Intelligent Document Processing Streamlines Complex Supply Chain Processes

The complexity of supply chains is constantly increasing: The number of suppliers and transactions is rising, while regulatory requirements and geopolitical risks are on the rise. Companies are therefore faced with the challenge of further automating and optimizing their processes. Structured communication via EDI, automated document exchange, and APIs are increasingly becoming a strategic priority.

This is exactly where Retarus Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) . This solution, based on European AI, understands complex business documents, automates their processing, and improves the quality, speed, and reliability of document processing workflows. Through semantic understanding, continuous learning, and integration with the Retarus Cloud EDI Gateway This reduces the number of manual steps and speeds up purchase-to-pay and order-to-cash processes.

Reliably Enter Even Complex Order Lines

Documents in which individual line items contain additional variants, subsets, sizes, or other sub-items pose a particular challenge. Traditional IDP systems often reach their limits when recognizing such sub-line items, which necessitates manual post-processing.

Retarus IDP can also recognize these complex structures, identify relationships within the document, and categorize the contained information based on context. Orders, order confirmations, delivery slips, and invoices can thus be automatically captured, their content understood, and the relevant information reliably extracted. This improves the quality of the extracted data while reducing errors and the need for manual intervention. Especially when dealing with large volumes of documents, this allows downstream processes to be organized much more efficiently.

Instant Learning Accelerates Automation

"Instant Learning" provides additional flexibility. Retarus IDP draws on insights from previously processed documents to immediately and more effectively classify and evaluate new incoming documents. This eliminates the need for separate training for each new document variant.

This is particularly beneficial in dynamic supply chains, where new suppliers, customers, or document variations are regularly added. Instead of having to go through time-consuming training cycles, the processing can be quickly adapted to new requirements. As a result, manual post-processing efforts are increasingly focused on actual exceptions.

From document capture to the ERP system

However, the benefits of intelligent document processing do not end with the extraction of information. It is crucial that the data obtained be integrated into subsequent business processes without any disruption. This is where Retarus IDP combines AI-based document processing with Retarus’s many years of EDI expertise.

Extracted information can be accessed via the Retarus Cloud EDI Gateway structured, converted into the required formats, and automatically transferred to ERP systems. This transforms an unstructured incoming business document into a seamless digital data flow. For example, companies can largely automate ordering and procurement processes, from the moment a document is received until it is processed in the ERP system.

Seamless integration into SAP processes

Especially in the context of current SAP transformations, document-based workflows must also be efficiently integrated into modern process and system landscapes. Retarus IDP integrates seamlessly with SAP and enables the direct processing of extracted information in downstream business processes. This results in end-to-end digital workflows with fewer media breaks and fewer manual steps.

More information: www.retarus.de

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