Shippio Evolves Trade Platform to Fully Cover "Logistics Cost Management"
Shippio, a company promoting trade DX with the vision of "Advancing International Logistics," has evolved its "Shippio Platform" to fully support logistics cost visualization, analysis, and reduction actions for companies. As a first step, its AI-OCR function now supports Arrival Notices and international logistics invoices, automating the digitization and structuring of cost-related document information previously locked in paper or PDF.
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"Advancing International Logistics" is the vision of Shippio Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takanori Sato; hereinafter "Shippio"), which promotes trade DX. We are evolving our trade platform "Shippio Platform" into a platform that provides end-to-end support for companies, from visualizing and analyzing logistics costs to implementing reduction actions. As the first step, we have expanded the scope of documents supported by our AI-OCR function to include Arrival Notices (*1) and invoices for international logistics. This expansion will automatically digitize and structure logistics cost-related document information that was previously locked in paper or PDF, establishing the data foundation necessary for cost management.
*1 Arrival Notice: A document sent by international logistics providers to shippers to inform them of the estimated arrival of imported cargo and expense details.
From data collection to logistics cost improvement, end-to-end with Shippio
The environment surrounding international logistics has been fluctuating on an unprecedented scale recently, due to events such as the Strait of Hormuz blockade caused by the Middle East situation and Trump tariffs. As the impact of logistics costs on corporate activities has expanded to an undeniable level, there is a rapidly growing need to "understand our logistics costs through data and reflect them in management decisions."
However, in reality, there are many cases where cost items such as freight charges and various fees remain locked in PDFs or paper, and data is not accumulated in a format that can be used for analysis, leading to a structural problem that makes it difficult to consider or prioritize cost reduction measures.
Shippio aims to provide a series of processes necessary for corporate logistics cost management end-to-end through the "Shippio Platform."
- Data Collection: Centralized aggregation of documents from shipping companies and international logistics providers
- Structuring: Digitization of document information into an analyzable format using AI-OCR
- Visualization: Visualization of logistics costs by expense item, transport case, and item unit
- Analysis & Action Proposal: Analysis of cost fluctuation factors and proposal of measures for reduction
The starting point for realizing this concept is the current expansion of AI-OCR supported documents.
AI-OCR expands support for cost-related documents as the first step towards realizing the concept
Shippio has been providing AI-OCR functions for Bills of Lading (B/L) since April 2025 and for invoices and packing lists since August 2025. This time, by expanding the supported documents to include Arrival Notices and international logistics invoices, we will fully initiate the structuring of cost-related data.
Features of this function
- AI-OCR reads PDF documents uploaded to Shippio Cloud (Arrival Notices, international logistics invoices, invoices summarizing multiple transport cases) to extract and structure information such as freight charges, various fees, amounts, and transport case units.
- Even for documents with different formats and notations depending on the shipping company or international logistics provider, Shippio leverages its accumulated knowledge of reading rules to structure them into a format that is easy to compare and analyze.
- Structured data can be output as CSV in a format usable for analysis, accounting submission, and integration into core systems (to be implemented in the future).
Expected Effects
- Reduction of manual input and aggregation man-hours
Automating transcription and aggregation tasks performed by looking at documents with AI-OCR + CSV output will reduce document-related man-hours across logistics, purchasing, and accounting departments, directly leading to optimization of personnel costs.
- Smooth realization of cost understanding through data structuring
By utilizing structured data, it is possible to efficiently link to logistics cost visualization and analysis. This enables centralized management of cost understanding, which was previously fragmented and reliant on individual experience.
Future Outlook: One-stop service from trade operations to logistics cost management
This expansion of supported documents is not just a simple addition of AI-OCR functionality. By structuring cost-related documents such as Arrival Notices and invoices, an environment will be established for logistics cost-related data, which is key to the supply chain, to be automatically accumulated on Shippio.
Shippio will evolve into a platform that provides one-stop support, from visualization and analysis of logistics costs to reduction actions, based on this structured data foundation. We will promote the development of a foundation that allows for data-backed decision-making, moving away from the previous situation where it was difficult to grasp the overall picture of logistics costs and consider countermeasures.
Shippio Inc.
About Shippio
Shippio's vision is "Advancing International Logistics," and it is building a trade platform. The Shippio Platform on the cloud enables cargo ship tracking, quotes and orders, centralized management of trade documents, information sharing among stakeholders, chat communication, and more.
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*1 Arrival Notice: A document sent by international logistics providers to shippers to inform them of the estimated arrival of imported cargo and expense details.
From data collection to logistics cost improvement, end-to-end with Shippio
The environment surrounding international logistics has been fluctuating on an unprecedented scale recently, due to events such as the Strait of Hormuz blockade caused by the Middle East situation and Trump tariffs. As the impact of logistics costs on corporate activities has expanded to an undeniable level, there is a rapidly growing need to "understand our logistics costs through data and reflect them in management decisions."
However, in reality, there are many cases where cost items such as freight charges and various fees remain locked in PDFs or paper, and data is not accumulated in a format that can be used for analysis, leading to a structural problem that makes it difficult to consider or prioritize cost reduction measures.
Shippio aims to provide a series of processes necessary for corporate logistics cost management end-to-end through the "Shippio Platform."
- Data Collection: Centralized aggregation of documents from shipping companies and international logistics providers
- Structuring: Digitization of document information into an analyzable format using AI-OCR
- Visualization: Visualization of logistics costs by expense item, transport case, and item unit
- Analysis & Action Proposal: Analysis of cost fluctuation factors and proposal of measures for reduction
The starting point for realizing this concept is the current expansion of AI-OCR supported documents.
AI-OCR expands support for cost-related documents as the first step towards realizing the concept
Shippio has been providing AI-OCR functions for Bills of Lading (B/L) since April 2025 and for invoices and packing lists since August 2025. This time, by expanding the supported documents to include Arrival Notices and international logistics invoices, we will fully initiate the structuring of cost-related data.
Features of this function
- AI-OCR reads PDF documents uploaded to Shippio Cloud (Arrival Notices, international logistics invoices, invoices summarizing multiple transport cases) to extract and structure information such as freight charges, various fees, amounts, and transport case units.
- Even for documents with different formats and notations depending on the shipping company or international logistics provider, Shippio leverages its accumulated knowledge of reading rules to structure them into a format that is easy to compare and analyze.
- Structured data can be output as CSV in a format usable for analysis, accounting submission, and integration into core systems (to be implemented in the future).
Expected Effects
- Reduction of manual input and aggregation man-hours
Automating transcription and aggregation tasks performed by looking at documents with AI-OCR + CSV output will reduce document-related man-hours across logistics, purchasing, and accounting departments, directly leading to optimization of personnel costs.
- Smooth realization of cost understanding through data structuring
By utilizing structured data, it is possible to efficiently link to logistics cost visualization and analysis. This enables centralized management of cost understanding, which was previously fragmented and reliant on individual experience.
Future Outlook: One-stop service from trade operations to logistics cost management
This expansion of supported documents is not just a simple addition of AI-OCR functionality. By structuring cost-related documents such as Arrival Notices and invoices, an environment will be established for logistics cost-related data, which is key to the supply chain, to be automatically accumulated on Shippio.
Shippio will evolve into a platform that provides one-stop support, from visualization and analysis of logistics costs to reduction actions, based on this structured data foundation. We will promote the development of a foundation that allows for data-backed decision-making, moving away from the previous situation where it was difficult to grasp the overall picture of logistics costs and consider countermeasures.
Shippio Inc.
About Shippio
Shippio's vision is "Advancing International Logistics," and it is building a trade platform. The Shippio Platform on the cloud enables cargo ship tracking, quotes and orders, centralized management of trade documents, information sharing among stakeholders, chat communication, and more.
Keywords: