Document AI Extractor

Document AI Extractor (Tesseract + LLM)

We built a document AI pipeline that turns unstructured PDFs and scans into clean, validated data ready for ERP and back-office systems. The engine handles invoices, IDs, forms, and contracts with mixed layouts and noisy scans.

The flow combines classical OCR with layout-aware parsing and LLM-based field extraction. Fields are validated, scored for confidence, and routed through a human-in-the-loop review when needed, keeping both throughput and accuracy high.

OCR & layout analysis LLM field parsing Validation & anomaly checks ERP sync & webhooks
Impact at a glance

70–90%

Automation per document type

↓ Manual entry

Less back-office workload

Minutes → Secs

Turnaround time

Traceable

Audit-ready history

Operators review only low-confidence or flagged documents, while the majority pass straight through to ERP with a full audit trail of what was extracted, when, and by which model.

Problem

Manual document processing was:

  • Slow, error-prone, and difficult to scale with volume spikes.
  • Dependent on fixed templates that broke when layouts changed.
  • Hard to audit, with limited visibility into who entered what and when.
Solution

We introduced a flexible document AI pipeline:

  • OCR via Tesseract and layout parsing for multi-column and table-heavy docs.
  • LLM-based field extraction for invoice headers, line items, IDs, and more.
  • Rule + model-based validation and anomaly detection on key fields.
  • Human-in-the-loop review UI for low-confidence or flagged records.
Outcome

The Document AI Extractor delivered:

  • Significant reduction in manual keying and copy-paste work.
  • Higher data quality for finance, operations, and compliance teams.
  • End-to-end traceability with stored raw text, extracted fields, and review actions.

Architecture overview

The extractor runs as a pipeline that ingests documents from uploads, S3 buckets, or email inboxes, processes them with OCR + LLM parsing, and pushes structured records into ERP/line-of-business systems via webhooks or APIs.

  • Ingestion – PDFs and images arrive via API, SFTP, or watched storage and are queued for processing.
  • OCR & layout – Tesseract + layout analysis detect text blocks, tables, and key regions, producing a structured text representation.
  • LLM extraction – Prompt-based parsers extract schema-specific fields (e.g., invoice number, totals, dates, vendor, line items, ID numbers).
  • Validation & scoring – Business rules, cross-field checks, and confidence scoring flag anomalies or low-trust values.
  • Review & export – High-confidence docs auto-export to ERP via webhooks; flagged ones go through human review with full audit logging.
Key features in production
Template-less extraction

Works across vendors and document variants without hard-coded coordinates, reducing configuration overhead as formats change.

Configurable schemas

Supports different field sets per document type (invoices, IDs, POs, delivery notes) with reusable parsing logic.

Human-in-the-loop UI

Reviewers can correct fields, accept suggestions, and add comments, feeding back into model and prompt tuning over time.

Audit trails & compliance

Every document keeps raw OCR text, extracted values, confidence scores, and user edits for downstream audits and investigations.

The pipeline is built to be extended with new document types and downstream systems, while keeping the core ingestion, extraction, and validation stages consistent.

AI & OCR capabilities
  • OCR with Tesseract and custom preprocessing for noisy scans.
  • Layout-aware parsing for tables, headers, and line items.
  • LLM-based field extraction and normalization across formats.
  • Confidence scoring and anomaly detection on critical fields.
Engineering & integrations
  • Python-based services orchestrating OCR, LLM calls, and validation.
  • Webhook and API integrations to ERP, accounting, and line-of-business apps.
  • Queue-based processing for batch and real-time workloads.
  • Structured logging, metrics, and retries for reliability at scale.
Typical use cases
  • Invoice and receipt processing into ERP or accounting systems.
  • ID and KYC document extraction for onboarding workflows.
  • Purchase orders, delivery notes, and shipping documents.
  • Any document-heavy workflow where structured data is needed from PDFs and scans.