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Data Extraction

Data extraction is pulling specific, structured information out of unstructured or semi-structured sources — reading a PDF, email, or scanned form and turning its contents into clean fields a system can use.

Why it matters for your business

So much business data arrives in formats software can't directly use: PDFs, images, free-text emails. Extraction turns that into usable data automatically, eliminating the single most common manual task in operations — someone reading a document and typing what it says into a system.

In practice

Scanned delivery receipts are read automatically, and the vendor, date, and total are extracted and matched to the right purchase order — no one squinting at paperwork and typing.

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