Daily manual work
Employees read and validated hundreds of freight documents by hand.
Freight documentsManufacturingTalis TMSGenAI
Freight documents with Nijsen
Automation that even understands handwritten CMRs
OCR and Machine Learning never made it past theory; ENTR made freight documents truly processable.
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CMRs per year
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About the client
Feed for the future
Nijsen is an innovative family business in manufacturing. They turn residual streams from the food industry into high-quality animal feed. A key part of their operation is processing freight documents (CMRs). These arrived handwritten daily and had to be entered and validated manually in Talis (TMS), time-consuming and frustrating.
- Industry
- Manufacturing / Animal feed
- TMS
- Talis
- Use case
- Freight documents (CMR)
- Volume
- 24,000 CMRs per year
“What OCR and Machine Learning couldn't crack, ENTR solves effortlessly. Our handwritten freight documents now flow through largely automatically.”
The challenge
Handwritten documents, unsuited for OCR
Traditional OCR and machine learning solutions couldn't reliably process Nijsen's handwritten CMRs.
Unrecognisable handwriting
OCR techniques produced poor results and required heavy correction.
No scalable approach
The process was too labour-intensive to keep up with growing volumes.
Validation required
Data from freight documents always had to be cross-checked against Talis (TMS).
The solution
Handwritten, yet fully automated
For Nijsen, ENTR built complete automation in just six weeks.
Automatic extraction
Handwritten CMRs are interpreted correctly with generative AI, where OCR failed.
Talis (TMS) integration
A smart API link automatically validates freight document data against the TMS.
Straight-through processing
70% of documents are processed fully automatically, without manual steps.
A nicer way of working
Staff find the ENTR platform far more pleasant than ticking and correcting in Talis itself.
Results
A breakthrough in freight document automation
Where others got stuck on handwritten documents, ENTR turns it into a smooth process.
≈ 850 hrs
Time saved
Thousands of freight documents are processed largely automatically, the supply chain team focuses on more important work.
70%
Straight-through processing
The vast majority of handwritten CMRs flow through without manual intervention.
Happier team
Less frustration
Thanks to the user-friendly interface, teams work faster with less frustration and more enjoyment.
Ready to grow
Scalable process
Nijsen can expand without freight document processing becoming a bottleneck.
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