OCR vs IDP: Which one solves your document chaos?

Traditional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) was once a breakthrough for digitizing paper documents. But today, many teams still spend time manually reviewing and interpreting incoming documents. The challenge isn’t just complexity; it’s the human effort required to extract and route data accurately. Scaling OCR necessitates more templates, increased IT involvement, and higher costs. It simply wasn’t designed for the dynamic realities businesses face today.

You’re not alone if your teams still depend on rigid templates and post-processing workarounds. But there’s a better way: Intelligent Document Processing, or IDP.

Real impact: What changes with IDP?

• Fewer errors → Data is validated automatically, no rework
• Faster cycles → From incoming document to your ERP environment in minutes
• Better classification → AI agents correctly process documents, even without a known layout
• Happier teams → Less time spent fixing errors, more time spent adding value
• Correct classification → Prevents sales orders or invoices from ending up in the wrong department

Still think OCR is “good enough”?

If your team spends time fixing data, maintaining templates, or compensating for OCR’s limitations with manual effort, you’re not automating; you’re patching. Routty replaces complexity with clarity. It’s not about moving documents but about ensuring that the correct data flows into the right systems, accurately, automatically, and without manual intervention. Just accurate, classified data, automatically sent to the right system.

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