Built for teams buried in manual processes
Property management
Vendor invoices, leases, work orders and owner statements arrive by email and PDF, and someone keys them into AppFolio, Yardi or Buildium by hand.
- AI Systems: Read vendor invoices and leases, extract amounts, GL codes, properties and lease dates, and flag anything that doesn't match. Ask questions across every lease and policy and get answers with the page cited.
- Automations: Route invoices for approval, chase missing documents from vendors and tenants, and push approved data into your property management software.
- Custom Software: Owner and portfolio dashboards, and internal tools for the workflows your property software doesn't cover.
Professional services
Accounting, legal and consulting firms lose hours to client intake, document collection and data entry spread across email, shared drives and QuickBooks.
- AI Systems: Extract data from client documents, receipts and contracts, and search past engagements, templates and policies with cited answers.
- Automations: Onboard clients and collect documents with automatic reminders, turn intake forms into records in your CRM and QuickBooks, and produce recurring reports.
- Custom Software: Client portals, internal dashboards and tools built around your firm's process.
Freight forwarding
Bills of lading, commercial invoices, packing lists, arrival notices and customs paperwork come from dozens of carriers and agents in dozens of formats, and your team keys them into CargoWise by hand.
- AI Systems: Extract shipment data from bills of lading, commercial invoices and packing lists, and cross-check them against each other before anything is filed.
- Automations: Push checked data into CargoWise or your TMS, chase agents for missing documents, and send customers shipment status updates.
- Custom Software: Customer portals, shipment dashboards, and tools that connect the systems that don't talk to each other.
Warehousing and 3PL
Receiving paperwork, proof of delivery, carrier invoices and client billing data sit across email, your WMS and spreadsheets, and month-end billing gets rebuilt by hand.
- AI Systems: Read packing lists, ASNs and proof-of-delivery documents, and check carrier invoices against agreed rates to flag overcharges and duplicates.
- Automations: Match proof of delivery to orders, turn storage and handling activity into client invoices, and update your WMS without re-keying.
- Custom Software: Client portals for inventory and order status, operations dashboards, and internal tools for your warehouse processes.
We automate the paperwork your team handles. We don't control the data carriers and customs systems send you, but we make it faster to catch and fix when it's wrong.
Got Questions? We've Got The Answers!
What does Makebit do?
Makebit builds AI systems, automations and custom software for property management, logistics and professional services firms. We focus on the document-heavy work your team still does by hand.
Do we have to replace our current software?
No. We build on top of what you use, like AppFolio, Yardi, Buildium, QuickBooks, CargoWise or your TMS and WMS, and connect to them rather than replace them.
How accurate is AI document extraction?
It depends on your documents' quality and variety. We measure accuracy on a sample of your real documents during the pilot, and send low-confidence fields to a person for review instead of guessing.
Can you automate vendor invoice entry into AppFolio or Yardi?
Yes. We extract invoice details from email and PDF, match them to the right property and GL code, route them for approval, and push approved invoices into your property management software.
Can AI search our leases and answer questions?
Yes. We build a private search system across your leases and policies, so your team can ask a question in plain English and get an answer with the source page cited.
Can AI read bills of lading and enter the data into CargoWise?
Yes. We extract shipment details from bills of lading, commercial invoices and packing lists, check them, and push them into CargoWise or your TMS.
Can you check carrier invoices against our rates?
Yes. We compare each carrier invoice line against your agreed rates and shipment records, and flag overcharges and duplicates for your team to dispute.
Can you automate client document collection for an accounting or law firm?
Yes. We build intake flows that request documents, send reminders, sort what arrives, and create records in your CRM and QuickBooks.
How long does a project take?
We start with a pilot on one workflow, scoped on the discovery call. Larger builds are quoted after the pilot, once we've seen your real documents.
Do you offer post-launch support?
Yes. We provide ongoing maintenance, fixes and improvements, as set out in the terms of your quotation.
Disclaimer: Terms, agreements and related details vary by project type, complexity and what Makebit and the client agree. Each quotation includes a formal agreement acknowledged by both sides.