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The invisible paper chain in today’s Customs document flow and how to break it using Artificial Intelligence

Bram Vanschoenwinkel Customaite
October 19, 2023
The invisible paper chain in today’s Customs document flow and how to break it using Artificial Intelligence

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As in other sectors, the logistics sector has benefited from digitization in recent years, allowing a smoother flow of goods across the globe. These advancements have promised, and to some extent also delivered, efficiency and convenience. However, a more ‘inconvenient truth’ today is that a considerable volume of critical information still circulates in the form of non-standardized documents sent via email. Today, new developments in Artificial Intelligence are proving promising in enabling the data extraction of these unstructured documents and scans to finally fully break the paper chain.

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