Order Entry
A customer's PO comes in as a PDF or an email. AI reads it, drafts the order in your system and flags anything that doesn't match your quote. A person approves it before it's confirmed.
Where it goes wrong
The cost of order entry isn't the typing. It's the mistakes that get through, and whoever types the PO in by hand has to catch every one, every day.
Sample PO
PartQtyPrice eachDue
Part A100$24.00Nov 20
Part B40$11.001Nov 20
Part C25$86.00Nov 62
Part D360$9.50Nov 20
NotesSupplier pays for shipping.4
The PO says $11.00 for Part B, and your quote says $12.50.
They want Part C by Nov 6, and your schedule can't ship it before Nov 20.
Part D isn't on your quote, so nobody has priced it.
The notes say you pay for shipping, and your quote doesn't include it.
How AI handles it
It does the reading and the checking. A person on your team still approves every order before it goes in.
PDFs, scans and emails, in whatever layout each customer uses.
Every part, quantity, price and date, plus anything extra hiding in the notes.
It fills in the order and flags anything that's off.
Case study
[Shop name], [what they make], [city and state]
[Number][What it measures]
[Number][What it measures]
“[What the owner said about it, in their own words]”
[Name], [title], [shop name]
Questions
No. Some ERPs now come with a tool that turns order emails into sales orders, so ask your vendor what yours includes and what it costs. If yours has one, we work with it. If it doesn't, we build the piece that's missing, along with the check against your quote.
See AI for Your ERPYes. If your drawings or customer files are under an NDA, we sign one before we see anything, and we only see what you choose to show us. For defense work, the AI can run on a computer in your building.
See Private AIThat's normal. Older tools needed a template for each customer's layout, so every new customer meant more setup. AI reads a PO the way a person on your team does, so a new layout needs no setup.
Who runs your project
I'm Christian Hostetler, the founder. I'll learn how your shop really works, build your system around it, and stay with you after it goes live.
in revenue I've driven across all the clients I've managed and consulted for over the last five years
We'll look at your current systems and show you what a custom system could look like for your business.
A shop or a plant that makes parts, products or equipment.
We'll look it over before we talk, so the call is about your shop.
You'll get a text with the link and a reminder before we talk.
Outside the US, start with your country code, like +44.
We'll go through your current systems and show you what a custom system could look like.
We build custom systems for manufacturers, so if you're not running a shop or a plant this wouldn't do much for you. If that changes, come back.