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Most businesses don’t realize just how much time they’re wasting on document processing—until they stop doing it manually.
Every week, teams across finance, HR, operations, and customer service spend hours opening files, scanning PDFs, copy-pasting information, and checking for errors. It’s slow, repetitive, and prone to mistakes. And it doesn’t scale.
That’s where Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) comes in.
IDP uses AI to extract and process information from documents—structured or unstructured—just like a human would, but faster, cheaper, and without fatigue. It understands invoices, contracts, forms, receipts, and even hand-written notes, and automatically routes the data to the right systems.
What can IDP actually automate?
Invoice Processing – Extracting key fields (like PO numbers, vendor info, amounts) and syncing with accounting platforms.
Form Intake – Digitizing forms from email, scans, or portals and turning them into structured records.
Contract Review – Parsing long documents to pull out key dates, terms, and obligations.
Claims and Applications – Scanning for required data, checking for completeness, and flagging exceptions.
HR Onboarding Docs – Reading resumes, IDs, W-4s, and tax forms to
pre-fill HR systems.
Why does it matter?
Because these small tasks—done thousands of times—add up fast.
A single team processing 100 documents a day at 3 minutes per document spends over 25 hours a
week on data entry. With IDP, those 100 documents are handled in minutes—with better accuracy, traceability,
and compliance.
That’s not just efficiency. That’s reclaimed time your team can spend on more valuable work.
IDP isn’t just a tool—it’s an unlock
IDP often acts as the gateway to more advanced automation. Once you’ve digitized your document flow, it’s easier to trigger workflows, kick off approvals, or feed insights into dashboards.
In other words, it’s not just saving time—it’s opening the door to smarter operations.
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