Document processing and workflow automation
From incoming reports to a controlled action queue.
Document intake / Extraction / Human review / Action routing
The situation
A field-services team received laboratory, inspection and assessment reports as PDFs. Each file had to be read, selected values captured into a spreadsheet and the same information entered into an operating system.
The useful signal was trapped inside documents, while decisions depended on consistent extraction, validation and follow-up.
What it was costing
Repeat capture created avoidable handling and made it difficult to see which reports were complete, uncertain or waiting for action.
Specialists spent their attention moving information between tools instead of reviewing exceptions and deciding what should happen next.
What we built
We created a controlled intake that classified each document, extracted agreed fields, preserved the source file and confidence state, and routed exceptions to a human review queue.
Approved information updated the working record and prepared the next action. Sensitive decisions and external communication remained with the team.
The result
- Incoming files entered one traceable queue with a visible status and owner.
- Low-confidence values moved to review instead of passing silently into the operating record.
- Approved information became reusable downstream without repeating the original capture step.
- Document intake
- Extraction
- Human review
- Action routing
Implementation details
- 01Context
- A field-services team processing recurring laboratory, inspection and assessment reports.
- 02Problem
- Repeated document reading, capture and routing with weak status visibility.
- 03Existing workflow
- PDF arrives → person reads → spreadsheet capture → second-system entry → manual follow-up.
- 04Solution
- Controlled intake, field extraction, validation, human review and action routing.
- 05Oversight
- Human review for low-confidence fields, exceptions, consequential decisions and outgoing communication.
- 06Validation approach
- Baseline workflow review, controlled document sample and post-workflow observation.
- 07Outcome
- A traceable document queue, visible exceptions and reusable approved data.
- 08Delivery artefacts
- Workflow map, field register and review-queue interface.