Automate order entry with AI
Hoshii is AI for order entry in wholesale. Its AI agent captures orders from email, PDF, Excel, fax and voicemail automatically, matches every line to the right product in your ERP and puts the order in front of your team to approve. Nobody has to type orders in any more.
- 20+ ERP systems live
- Runs in Outlook and Gmail
- Hosted in the EU
Inbox 4 new orders
- BI Berger Industrietechnik Order week 42 Email Order
- AR A. & B. Rinderknecht Order_45031.pdf PDF Order
- CS Café Sommer Voicemail 0:41 Audio Order
- MH Müller Haustechnik Photo: order slip Photo Order
- KA Keller AG Question about a delivery date Email
Inbox ReplyForward
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- BI Berger Industrietechnik P. Berger Mon 08:14
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- Order desk
- Subject
- Order week 42
Hello, as always please 20× short screws and 2 cartons of M8 washers. Delivery next Wednesday. Regards, P. Berger
Read by Hoshii
- Customer Berger Industrietechnik · 10482
- Line 1 20 pcs · 7720 Wood screw 4×30
- Line 2 200 pcs · 4480 Washer M8 from 2 cartons
- Delivery Wednesday, 14 Oct
ERP · Order entry
NewSavePrint Draft Posted
Order 45036
Customer 10482 · Berger Industrietechnik
Delivery date 14/10/2026
Order type Sales order
- LineItemDescriptionQtyUnit
- 1 7720 Wood screw 4×30 20 pcs
- 2 4480 Washer M8 200 pcs
LSFor approval: L. Sommer LSApproved by L. Sommer
Edit Approve Posted to the ERP
Every order lands in Hoshii.
Understood, step by step.
You approve. Hoshii posts it.
300+ B2B operations teams trust Hoshii
Try order entry yourself. Interactive, in 60 seconds.
The demo is in German.
- 80%
- reduced repetitive busywork
- 6h
- saved per employee per week
- 90%
- fewer errors processing requests
- 20
- ERP systems connected and live
- 25
- languages, typed, scanned or spoken
How automated order entry works
In manual order entry, your order desk reads every order, looks up the products in the ERP and types the lines in. Hoshii digitises incoming orders and automates order processing, from any format and in more than 25 languages. Your team only checks and approves.
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Incoming orders
Orders keep arriving by email, as a PDF, Excel file, fax, photo or voicemail. Hoshii recognises them in the inbox on its own, changes to open orders included.
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Reading with AI
Hoshii reads the customer, products, quantities, delivery date and references. Free text such as “the usual” or “next Wednesday” too.
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Matching your master data
Every line is matched to the right product in your ERP, even without an item number or when the customer uses their own name for it.
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Approval and posting
Your team checks the order and approves it in one click. Hoshii then creates the sales order in your ERP.
Capture orders in any format automatically
Your customers do not have to change how they order. Hoshii needs no template per customer and understands more than 25 languages.
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PDF orders into the ERP
PDFs and scans, even when every customer sends a different layout.
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Email orders into the ERP
Orders written in the email itself, even three replies deep in a thread.
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Excel and CSV
Spreadsheets in any column order.
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Fax orders
Faxes that arrive as a PDF by email are read like any other document.
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Voicemail and phone orders
Hoshii writes voice messages down, Swiss German included, and turns them into an order.
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Handwriting and photos
A photo of a handwritten order slip is enough.
Product matching, even without an item number
Customers rarely order with your item number. They write “20× short screws” or “as always”. Hoshii matches every line against your product master data and learns what each customer means. The same words can be two different products for two customers.
The same words, two customers
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A. & B. Rinderknecht
20× short screws Hex bolt M8×18#4471 -
Berger Industrietechnik
20× short screws Wood screw 4×30#7720
Human in the loop: your team stays in control
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Approval by default
By default, no order reaches your ERP before your team has approved it.
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Learning from every correction
A correction is stored with the customer, not with the person who made it.
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Right from the next order
Hoshii applies the correction from the next order on, for the whole team.
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Autopilot for single processes
Once you trust Hoshii, you put single processes on autopilot. Hoshii then posts those orders itself.
What Hoshii checks before your team approves
Before an order reaches your team for approval, Hoshii has checked it against your ERP. Your team sees what is right and where to look.
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Prices and conditions
Hoshii checks prices, discounts and conditions against your ERP through the connectors.
Customer price CHF 0.42 · 5% discount
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Stock and credit limit
Hoshii checks availability and the customer’s credit limit before your team approves.
200 pcs in stock · within limit
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Unit conversion
Piece, case or pallet: Hoshii converts to the unit your ERP expects.
2 cases = 200 pcs
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Variants and versions
Size, colour or version: Hoshii picks the right variant of the product.
Zinc plated · SKU 4471‑ZP
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No duplicate orders
Every order has one owner, so nobody enters the same order twice.
Owner: L. Sommer
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A source for every value
Hoshii shows which system each value came from, and every change is logged.
Price: ERP · date: email
Fits your ERP and your inbox
Hoshii is not a new ERP but order entry software that sits on top of yours. Your team keeps working in the inbox it already uses.
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Any ERP with an interface
Over REST API or SFTP. Systems without one, Hoshii operates the way a person would.
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Connected in days
A few days for an ERP we know, up to about six weeks for a new one. Hoshii already works in the inbox in the meantime.
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1,500+ connectors
For the systems around your ERP: CRM, accounting, spreadsheets and file storage.
Live with more than 20 ERP systems
In wholesale, manufacturing and distribution. Hoshii is a microtech partner.
Automated order entry, for example for
- SAP
- SAP Business One
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- microtech ERP
- proALPHA
- abas ERP
- Sage 100
- Sage 200
- weclapp
- enventa
- GWS
- Abacus
- Opacc
- Proffix
- bexio
- CSB System
- Fruchtmanager
Runs in Outlook and Gmail
Hoshii runs as an add-in for Outlook and Gmail. The finished order appears next to the email. No new tool, no second login, no migration. Also works with Exchange Server on your own servers.
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Gmail
Benefits of automated order entry
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Orders ready sooner
Orders are waiting in the ERP when your team starts the day.
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Fewer errors
Nobody types, so nobody mistypes a product or a quantity.
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More time for customers
Your order desk advises customers instead of copying lines.
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Less dependence on one person
What a customer means is in Hoshii, not only in your most experienced colleague’s head.
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Faster onboarding
New team members are productive much sooner.
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Peaks without overtime
More orders no longer mean more typing.
Automated order entry in practice
„The 2 to 3 hours we used to spend on order entry every day have been cut in half. New team members are also productive much sooner.“
Thomas LocherHead of Sales, Max Schwarz AG - Stutzer Service AG Over 100 orders a day, in German, French and Thai, typed and handwritten, prepared for Dynamics automatically. Microsoft Dynamics
- Egger Gemüsebau AG Orders arrive by voicemail and PDF, often out of hours. They reach CSB System without anyone listening and retyping. CSB System
- Max Schwarz AG A night of Swiss-German voicemails, transcribed and structured before the working day starts. Fruchtmanager
Common questions about order entry
What is automated order entry?
Automated order entry means software reads incoming orders and creates them as orders in the ERP, without anyone typing them in. Hoshii does it with AI. It captures orders from email, PDF, Excel, fax and voicemail, matches every line, and your team approves.
Which ERP systems does Hoshii work with?
Hoshii is live with more than 20 ERP systems, among them SAP, microtech ERP, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, proALPHA, abas, weclapp, Abacus, Proffix, CSB System and Fruchtmanager. Hoshii is a microtech partner. It connects over REST API or SFTP. Where a system has no interface, Hoshii operates it the way a person would. Your ERP stays the system of record.
Does Hoshii work with Exchange Server?
Yes. Besides Microsoft 365 and Gmail, Hoshii also works with mailboxes on your own Exchange Server (on‑premise). We set up the access together with your IT. After that your team works in its inbox as usual, and your customers notice nothing.
What happens if Hoshii is unsure or gets something wrong?
By default, nothing reaches your ERP before your team approves it. If a line is wrong, you correct it in the draft. Hoshii stores the correction with the customer, not with the person, and applies it from the next order on, for the whole team. Every change, by Hoshii or by your team, is logged.
How long does it take to get started?
Signing in takes minutes: single sign-on with Outlook or Gmail, no migration. The ERP connection is the longer part, often a few days for an ERP we know and up to about six weeks for a new one. The two run in parallel.
Which formats can Hoshii read?
PDFs, scans and faxes that arrive as PDFs, even when the layout changes. Email text and forwarded threads. Excel and CSV in any column order. Voicemails, Swiss German included, and photos of handwritten orders. In more than 25 languages.
Does Hoshii post orders into the ERP automatically?
Not by default: your team checks every order and approves it in one click. Once you trust Hoshii with a process, you put it on autopilot. Hoshii then posts those orders into the ERP itself, and everything else still goes to approval.
Where is our data stored?
Hoshii is built in Switzerland and hosted in the EU. Your data does not leave the EU and never trains third-party models. All AI models run through Amazon Bedrock. Hoshii is GDPR compliant, a data processing agreement is available on request, and the SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audits are under way.
How is this different from OCR or EDI?
OCR only reads text and needs fixed layouts. EDI only works when a customer sends a structured format. Hoshii understands unstructured orders from any channel, matches them to your products and prepares the finished order.
How does Hoshii find the right product without an item number?
Hoshii matches the description against the products in your ERP and remembers what each customer means. “Short screws” can be one product for one customer and a different one for the next. Hoshii knows the difference from the first confirmation.
Can Hoshii handle changes to existing orders?
Yes. When a customer changes the quantity, delivery date or lines of an open order, Hoshii recognises the change and matches it to the existing order. Your team sees what changes and approves it. Hoshii then updates the order in the ERP.
Can we test Hoshii with our own orders?
Yes. Book a demo and bring a real order, ideally your hardest one. We will show you in 30 minutes what Hoshii does with it. Or point Hoshii at a mailbox yourself and see within an hour what it does with real work.
What does automated order entry cost?
We price per workspace: how much lands in the inbox, how many mailboxes Hoshii covers and which systems it writes into. Order processing is metered in credits, on a monthly amount we set with you against an average month.
Does Hoshii need templates or training per customer?
No. Hoshii works without a template per customer and reads layouts it has never seen before. What it learns about a customer comes from your team’s confirmations and corrections, not from a setup project.
Do our team or our customers have to work differently?
No. Orders keep arriving in the mailbox your team already uses. Hoshii runs as an add-in for Outlook and Gmail, and the finished order appears right next to the email. Your customers change nothing about how they order.
Does Hoshii replace people on the order desk?
No. Hoshii takes over the typing and the matching, and your team keeps the decisions. That leaves more time for customers, queries and exceptions. At Max Schwarz AG, new team members are also productive much sooner.









