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Logistics & freight forwarding

Draft bills of lading checked before issue

Reads each draft bill of lading from the carrier, checks it against your shipping instructions, invoice and packing list and drafts the reply. Your coordinator approves.

A container ship at port
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When
When a carrier sends a draft B/L
Systems
OutlookCargoWiseExcel
Mode
Checks and drafts the reply. Your coordinator approves every draft
Problem

Before the vessel sails, the carrier sends a draft bill of lading built from your shipping instructions. Someone checks parties, container and seal numbers, packages, weights, goods description and freight terms against the instructions, invoice and packing list. Corrections after the carrier’s deadline can be charged.

What it does

YP reads each draft as it arrives and compares every field with your shipping instructions, the shipment in CargoWise, the invoice and the packing list. It lists each difference and drafts the approval or correction request for your coordinator.

How it works

See exactly how the work gets done.

The work starts when a draft bill of lading arrives. A draft from the carrier, by email or from the carrier portal, starts the run.

The draft is compared field by field with your instructions. Parties, container and seal numbers, packages, weights, goods description and freight terms are checked against your instructions and documents.

Every difference is listed and never adjusted to fit. A wrong consignee or a weight that differs is shown with both values.

The reply to the carrier is drafted for your coordinator. That reply is either an approval of the draft or a correction request.

Your coordinator decides and sends the reply. No draft bill of lading is approved to a carrier without your coordinator.

The outcome

Your coordinators approve checked drafts instead of comparing them by eye. Differences surface before the carrier’s deadline.

01
Every draft B/L checked

Against your instructions, invoice and packing list

02
6 fields compared

Parties, containers and seals, packages, weights, description, freight terms

03
Coordinator approves

Every reply to the carrier, approval or correction

For your numbers

YP checks every draft B/L against your shipping instructions, so your coordinators get errors corrected before the carrier’s deadline and avoid amendment fees.

How it runs

Designed for enterprise.

Private

Runs on your infrastructure. Drawings, prices, client and claims data never train a model.

Explainable

Not a black box. An AI auditor checks that every task was done as intended and proposes improvements.

Traceable

Every value links to the document, rule or record it came from. Every step is logged. A named person approves anything that leaves the building.

Your systems

Works in your ERP, CargoWise, policy system, GIS and file shares. Nothing is replaced.

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