Growth-Focused Supply-Chain Operators
Distributors, Manufacturers, 3PLs, and Supply Chain PE trust NineLights AI to make documents disappear and margins rise - FAST.
Distributors
Why manual docs hurt
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Thousands of vendor invoices & split POs every month
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Charge-backs and margin leaks from mismatched quantities
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Dock congestion while teams reconcile receiving paperwork
What changes with OpsFlow™
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70–90 % touchless invoice + PO matching in weeks
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2-day faster AP close; suppliers paid on time
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One FTE avoided for every ~2 500 docs/month
“OpsFlow eliminated 160 hours of key-punch a month and didn’t change a single screen.” - CFO, national promo-products distributor²
Manufacturers
Pain points
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Customer POs arrive in every format imaginable
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Supplier ASNs & quality docs keyed manually, delaying production bookings
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Overtime spikes at quarter-end to close the books
Impact
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Auto-capture customer POs & route to ERP - no re-typing
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Supplier paperwork validated before the truck leaves the dock
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Finance closes 3 days sooner, no overtime
3PL & Freight Providers
Pain points
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Bills of lading, PODs, accessorials scanned by hand
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Revenue held up while data is re-entered into TMS
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High dispute rate from keystroke errors
Impact
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BOLs & PODs parsed within minutes of receipt
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Clean data flows to TMS/ERP; invoices go out same day
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Margin protected; audit disputes cut by >60 %
Supply Chain Private Equity Portfolios
Pain points
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Fragmented AP processes across portfolio companies
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High diligence cost on every add-on acquisition
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Contract risks (auto-renew, rate escalators) buried in PDFs
Impact
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Portfolio-wide clause search & red-flag alerts 24 hrs after ingest
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90 % outside-counsel cost reduction per deal
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EBITDA lift sticks—clean processes transfer on exit