Automatically extract technical information from PDF certificates into ERP systems

Extract complex material data from certificates and generate clean, structured entries in any ERP system – fully automated and audit – ready.

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Struggling with unstructured technical PDF files?

Material certificates, test reports, and mill sheets often contain dozens of essential values (such as material norms, dimensions, treatment specfifications)– but they're trapped in unstructured PDFs. Manually extracting this data is:

Error-prone

Manual data entry leads to mistakes that can impact quality control and compliance.

Time-consuming

Your skilled staff wastes hours on tedious data entry instead of value-adding tasks.

Not scalable

As your business grows, manual processes become bottlenecks in your workflow.

Expensive

High labor costs for skilled technicians and costly errors add up to significant financial burden.

You deserve better.

Our Solution: PDF Extractor

A configurable, AI-powered pipeline that reads material test certificates and transforms them into clean, structured Excel files – automatically.

Input

PDF documents (e.g. steel mill test certificates)

Processing

OpenAI-based natural language parsing + validation

Output

XLSX files, preformatted and ready for further use or integration

Supports over 50+ unique material properties, including:

NTI number
Heat treatment
Grain size
Tensile strength
Hardness
Chemical inclusions
Norm standards
Manufacturing origin and quality class

How It Works

Step 1

Receive

PDFs are delivered via email, file transfer, or any API based communication

Step 2

Process

Our automation flow (O2 Business Automation + various AI platforms + specification compliant checks) extracts, validates, and structures the data

Step 3

Deliver

An Excel, JSON, XML file is returned and delivered to your target system of choice

What We Extract

  • 56 clearly defined fields – from basic IDs to industry-specific quality metrics
  • Material norms, dimensions, treatment specs, ultrasonic class
  • Chemical and mechanical property parsing
  • Grain size, JOMINY curves, DIN/ISO references
  • Client-specific formatting in Excel (XLSX)

Quality Assurance

Automated Compliance

Our system performs rigorous validation against industry specifications, ensuring all extracted data meets compliance standards.

Human-in-the-Loop

While our system is highly automated, we incorporate strategic human oversight at critical verification points. This hybrid approach allows for expert intervention and correction when needed, ensuring the highest level of accuracy for complex or unusual documents.

Continuous Improvement

Our AI models continuously learn and improve through both supervised training with verified data and unsupervised pattern recognition. This dual approach ensures our extraction accuracy increases over time, especially for your specific document types and formats.

Implementation Steps

Share Documents

Share use case details and example documents with us

Define Requirements

Communicate special quality checks and requirements to us

Receive Estimate

Receive feasibility statement and cost estimate from us

Plan Project

Specify project milestones and integration steps with us

Quality Checks

Conduct quality checks and prepare go-live!

Operation

Have solution operated by us, or by yourselves

Why Work with Us

At Business Automatica GmbH, we specialize in:

Business process automation

We streamline your workflows to save time and reduce errors.

Applied AI and machine learning

We leverage cutting-edge technology to solve real business problems.

Cybersecurity-compliant cloud solutions

Your data security is our priority with enterprise-grade protection.

End-to-end project support

From design to training, we're with you every step of the way.

We understand your industry – from logistics and production to retail and insurance. We speak your language and design solutions that fit your actual process.

Get in Touch

Let's automate the boring stuff – and make your technical data work for you.