Inbound Paperwork

So I’ve been hanging out with a few warehouse managers lately, and I noticed something that seemed like a massive time-sink: Inbound Receiving.

Every time a container arrives, someone has to take a 10-page packing list and manually type every SKU, qty, and weight into their WMS. It takes forever, and one typo ruins their inventory count for the month.

I’m a dev, so I decided to see if I could automate the 'reconciliation' part. I built a pipeline that reads the PDF, matches it against the expected PO, and flags the discrepancies instantly.

My question for the ops folks here: Is this actually a top-3 pain point for you, or am I over-engineering something that isn't that big of a deal? Curious how you guys handle 'messy' inbound paperwork currently.