Email-to-EDI Automation: Save Hours Every Week

Email-to-EDI Automation: Save Hours Every Week

Unraveling the Digital Threads

Manual data entry is still the norm for many small and mid-sized suppliers. When a customer sends a purchase order (PO) via email—usually as a PDF or Excel attachment—it sparks a tedious, error-prone process. Someone has to open the email, download the file, re-enter every line into your ERP or accounting system, double-check for mistakes, and maybe even print it out for the warehouse team.

It’s not just frustrating—it’s a time trap.

The Real Cost of Email POs

Email-based purchase orders are everywhere. But here’s the problem: they’re not designed for efficiency. Processing each order manually can take 10–30 minutes. Multiply that by 20 to 50 orders per week, and you’re looking at 10–25 hours of lost time—every single week—spent on low-value admin tasks.

That’s time your team could be using to fulfill more orders, serve customers better, or improve operations.

A Smarter Way: Email-to-EDI Automation

With ActionEDI’s Email PO Automation, those same emailed orders are automatically transformed into structured, EDI-compliant documents—ready to flow directly into your internal systems.

No manual data entry

No logging into portals

No missed emails or inbox chaos

Instead, ActionEDI captures PO attachments directly from your inbox, parses the data using AI-powered extraction, and converts it into EDI documents—ready for downstream actions like generating invoices, updating inventory, or creating shipping labels.

It’s fast. It’s accurate. And it saves your team from repetitive grunt work.

Real Time-Savings. Real Results.

Customers using ActionEDI’s email-to-EDI automation report:

• 70–90% less time spent processing orders

• Significantly fewer errors from manual entry

• Faster fulfillment, leading to improved partner satisfaction

What once took hours every day is now handled automatically—with higher accuracy and full audit trails.

Built for Busy Teams, Not Just IT Departments

Traditional EDI solutions can be overwhelming: long setup times, hidden fees, complex portals, and support that’s either slow or nonexistent.

ActionEDI is different.

It was built with small and mid-sized teams in mind—those without dedicated IT staff or months to spare for onboarding.

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