mely.ai AI Document Automation For Global Trade

process more documents, add zero headcount

AI agents that process, reason, enrich and clear every trade document in seconds, at 99%+ accuracy.

Customs Agent

Commercial Invoice · 14 Lines

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Processing customs document packs, enriches entry data, validates compliance, and prepares clean entries for broker systems.

Sub-grouping 4 document types across 14 pages.

Processing 56 part line items across 2 invoices.

Reviewing HS codes and enriching missing classifications.

Stat quantity missing, prorating values back to line level.

Cross-checking total invoice amount and shipment weight.

Entry validated, writing directly to Descartes for export.

Freight Agent

Bill of Lading · 6 Lanes

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Triage incoming requests, confirms true pickup/order instructions, coordinates shipment execution, and closes the loop against final POD.

Identifying true pickup orders from quotes, inquiries, updates, and other incoming requests.

Validating pickup, delivery, cargo details, schedule, contacts, and handling instructions.

Reconciling carrier execution and POD against the original shipment order.

Validating accessorials, rate changes, and shipment exceptions against actual execution.

Reconciling the final freight invoice against quoted rates, shipment details, and delivered services.

Shipment validated, reconciled, and ready to export to CargoWise.

Account Payable Agent

Supplier Invoice · 21 Lines

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Processing customs document packs, enriches entry data, validates compliance, and prepares clean entries for broker systems.

Identifying invoice, credit note, and supporting document types.

Matching supplier, PO, receipt, and invoice details.

Validating quantities, prices, taxes, and invoice totals.

Detecting duplicates, variances, and missing approvals.

Enriching GL, cost center, and payment coding.

Invoice validated and ready for ERP posting.

Port Agent

Vessel Manifest · 9 Lines

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Processing customs document packs, enriches entry data, validates compliance, and prepares clean entries for broker systems.

Grouping all manifest data by container number.

Matching B/L, vessel, voyage, routing, and cargo details.

Identifying DG by UN number, class, and packing group.

Checking required IMO Dangerous Goods forms for each UN item.

Flagging missing or inconsistent regulatory documentation.

Container validated and ready to export to Port Management Information System.

Award Winning Automation

“mely.ai shows its work on eery field, so our team review exceptions instead of re-checking everything. that trust is what made it stick.”

  • Why Mely.ai?

Generic AI wasn't built for your world. Mely.ai was.

Mely.ai was built alongside customs and freight teams and shows its reasoning on every field.

The Mely.ai Difference Speed Per File Verifiable Output Scalability
user-1-1-1-1.svg Manual Processing Hours / Days Prone to human error Requires hiring
user-1-1-1-1.svg Generic AI Seconds per page No evidence, purely based on generic model performance Human review needed, still not scalable
jet-1-1-1-1.svg Mely.ai Platform Under 15s per page Continous learning from current operations 98% touchless routing, aliging with client company SOPs
Field-level extraction accuracy with audit evidence attached to every single result.
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Reduction in manual document work, allowing you to scale volume on current headcount.
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Faster clearance execution. Mely.ai learns your specific rules, correcting exceptions instantly.
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  • How It Works

Automation you can confidently rely On.

Ingest Anything From Any Channel

from email inboxes, FTP/SFTP, EDI, SharePoint, APIs, portals, and more, in virtually any channel.

Process, Reason, Enrich, Scale

Mely.ai agents process every document, apply business logic, enrich missing data, and turn it into decision-ready intelligence at scale.

Greater Automation and Measurable ROI

Track touchless processing, exceptions, time saved, and cost impact with built-in performance scorecards and dashboards.
  • Built For Your Industry

Tailored to the way your industry actually works.

Customs Entries and Compliance

Accelerate Entry Preparation And Strengthen Compliance

Process Customs Document Packs, Enrich Missing Data, Validate Classifications And Values, And Prepare Cleaner Entries For Downstream Customs Systems.

Turn Freight Requests Into Executable Workflows

Identify true shipment orders, validate pickup and delivery details, reconcile execution against POD, and verify final freight charges.

Manage Containers, Manifests and DG Compliance

Consolidate carrier and terminal data by container, validate shipment movements, identify dangerous goods, and flag missing regulatory documentation.

Automate Invoice Validation and Financial Coding

Capture supplier invoices, match PO and receipt data, validate GL and sub-ledger coding, distribute costs across profit centers, and prepare clean transactions for approval and ERP posting.

The 90-Day Performance Promise

We align your team, process, and automation objectives from day one. Through structured onboarding, training, and a 90-day performance plan, we ensure management and operations share clear targets, responsibilities, and measurable outcomes.

  • FAQ

What buyers ask before they book

Mely.ai is built to understand complex operational documents, not just extract text. Our technology reads, classifies, and interprets document sets across customs, freight, maritime, logistics, and AP, including invoices, bills of lading, manifests, pickup requests, PODs, freight invoices, and supporting records.

Mely.ai combines advanced AI with your business rules, SOPs, and reference data to drive high-confidence processing. When data is uncertain, inconsistent, or outside defined tolerances, the platform routes it for review instead of pushing questionable information downstream.

You start seeing value during onboarding. We work directly with your documents, SOPs, systems, and operational teams to configure the workflow, validate results, train users, and establish measurable automation targets through a structured 90-day plan.

Yes. Mely.ai is designed to sit within your existing technology stack and connect with ERP, TMS, customs, freight, and financial systems through APIs, EDI, FTP/SFTP, and other enterprise integration methods.

Yes. Mely.ai is built for real operational document packs, including long PDFs, mixed document types, multiple shipments, containers, and line items. The platform separates, understands, and reconnects the information into the correct business context.

Mely.ai processes commercial invoices, bills of lading, packing lists, customs entries, manifests, proof of delivery, arrival notices, purchase orders, pickup requests, accounts payable documents, and more.

Adoption is part of the implementation, not an afterthought. We align management and operations around clear objectives, work within your SOPs, train users on the new workflow, and measure progress against agreed performance targets.

Yes. Your team defines the rules of automation. Confidence thresholds, critical fields, business rules, approvals, and exception conditions determine exactly what can move automatically and what requires human review
Yes. Mely.ai provides controlled access, processing history, validation records, approval tracking, and end-to-end auditability so teams can trace what was received, interpreted, changed, approved, and exported.
Yes. The platform continuously improves through corrections, business rules, reference libraries, and operational feedback. As it learns your documents and processes, recurring exceptions can be reduced and more work can move toward touchless automation.
Yes. Start with one workflow, customer, document type, or operational team, prove the results quickly, then scale across additional volumes, processes, and business units using the same platform.
You should see operational benefits early and measurable gains as automation scales. Mely.ai is designed to reduce manual touches, accelerate processing, improve data quality, increase touchless automation, and give management clear visibility into productivity, exceptions, and ROI.
  • Built For Your Industry

Trade moves fast.
Your paperwork should too.

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10,000 Pages
Monthly Volume of Document Pages Processed Manually
8 FTE
Number of Employees Involved in Manual Document Processing

Current Cost for Manual Document Processing

$480,000
Total Annual Labor Costs
120,000 pages
Total Annual Page Volume Processed Manually
$4.00 per page
Cost Per Page for Manual Processing

Switching to Mely.ai Intelligent Document Processing

$372,000
Projected Annual Savings with Mely.ai
344.44%
Return on Investment (ROI)
4.08 per months
Payback Period