TIO agents vs point AI tools
A tool that only extracts a field hands back fields. A tool that only drafts a quote hands back a quote. Either way, you file the output. TIO agents take the job through to a record in the TMS you already run, through an adapter built for your TMS.
| Extraction tool | TIO agent | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Fields from a document | A finished record |
| The next step | Your team enters them | Written to your TMS |
| An exception | Your team | Routed to a person |
Extraction is the easy half. Finishing the job is the point.
A point tool automates one step, so the rest of the workflow is left to your team to stitch together. A tool that reads a document hands back data that you still have to file somewhere. TIO agents carry the job from the inbox through to a record in the TMS, so the extraction does not become one more place work piles up.
The extract-only way and the agent way
Single-point AI tools
Solves one task: an extraction, a quote, a document read. Many are built for a single lane. A tool like this produces output you still have to key into the TMS yourself. That means another login, another copy-paste step, and a new place for work to collect.
With TIO agents
An agent takes the job from the inbox through to a record in the TMS you already run. It works on ocean, air, trucking and domestic freight, and warehousing paperwork. It writes through an adapter built for your TMS, so there is no rip-and-replace. Adapters are in production for two TMS platforms. Each action has its own setting: it runs on its own, goes to your team for review, or waits for a person’s reply.
Four places the difference shows up
Scope
A point tool solves one task. An agent carries the job from the inbox to the TMS.
Lanes
Many point tools are built for one lane. TIO agents work on ocean, air, trucking and domestic freight, and warehousing paperwork.
The record
A point tool hands you output to file. An agent drafts one job record into your TMS.
Integration
A point tool is another login and another copy-paste. TIO writes through an adapter built for your TMS, and your TMS stays the system of record. Adapters are in production for two TMS platforms.
A point tool can leave one more place for work to pile up. TIO agents remove the seams: they read the email, create one record in your TMS, and send anything outside your rules to a person.
Where the work happens.
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