Classify and Route Shipping Documents Automatically

How shipping document classification works in Lido

Lido reads mixed shipping packets, identifies each document type, and routes it automatically.

1. Packets arrive

Shipping document packets land in email or a shared drive as combined PDFs with mixed document types.

2. Split and classify

Each page is identified: bill of lading, packing list, commercial invoice, certificate of origin, or customs declaration.

3. Route automatically

BOLs go to operations, commercial invoices to customs, packing lists to warehouse. Each document arrives where needed.

4. Ready for extraction

Classified documents flow into Lido extraction workflows — pull shipment details, line items, or HS codes without opening a file.

What changes for your logistics team with Lido

The manual sorting problem

A 30-page shipment packet requires someone to scroll through, identify each document type, and save sections separately.
Multiply that sorting by 50 shipments a day and hours are lost before any actual processing begins.
Misfiled documents — a packing list saved as a BOL — cascade errors into downstream customs and receiving workflows.

The Lido approach

Every packet is automatically split, classified by document type, and routed to the correct workflow.
Your team works with organized, labeled documents from the start — no manual sorting step.
Processing time drops from hours to minutes per shipment batch.

Shipping document types Lido classifies

Bills of lading

Ocean BOLs, air waybills, truck BOLs — any carrier format.

Packing lists

Item-level details with quantities, weights, and dimensions.

Commercial invoices

Seller-to-buyer invoices with values and trade terms.

Certificates of origin

Country-of-origin declarations for customs compliance.

Logistics automation

Every document from every shipment, sorted and delivered in seconds.

Upload a shipping packet. See each document classified and routed automatically.

Common use cases

Freight forwarding

Inbound shipment document processing

Mixed carrier packets split and classified so the right team gets the right document instantly.

Customs brokerage

Pre-clearance document preparation

Commercial invoices and certificates of origin classified and extracted for customs declarations.

Warehousing

Receiving document organization

Packing lists and BOLs separated and routed to receiving for inventory verification on arrival.

3PL operations

Multi-client document sorting

Documents from multiple clients classified and routed to the correct folder or workflow.

Zero manual sorting

Every shipment documented, every document in the right hands.

Try Lido free. Upload a shipping packet and see it sorted in minutes.

Classify and route shipping documents automatically