An AI operations desk for physical commodity trading

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Built for commodity merchants, importers, and distributors

Trades are won on price and lost on execution.
DemurrageDiscrepant documentsLate quality claimsMissed follow-upsUnreconciled stock

Follow-up

Most of the Day Is Chasing People

LeedAB’s AI operations agent follows up across every party and brings in your team only when judgement is needed.

  • Knows the next move. Links every open item to the required document, approval, or checkpoint.
  • Keeps work moving. Follows up across inboxes and WhatsApp, records replies, and acts when progress stalls.
  • Escalates with context. Brings in the right person only when silence or judgement requires it.
Follow-up queueChasing
Waiting onForAgeStatus
Shipper, Amsterdam3/3 B/L originals6 daysEscalated
Surveyor, AmsterdamWeight certificate4 days3rd chase
Port agent, AmsterdamStatement of facts, 12 SEP2 daysChased today
Terminal, AmsterdamStock variance query1 dayAwaiting reply
Trade finance, New YorkLC amendment approval12 hoursReminder sent
17 open items across 18 contracts1 escalated
Outlook Gmail WhatsApp Telegram Slack Teams Outlook Gmail WhatsApp Telegram Slack Teams

Lifecycle

Everything after the handshake.

The operational work of a physical trade, owned outright.

Contract capture

Turns contracts, inboxes, and operational messages into clean, structured data in your systems of record.

Addendum no. 3 . 9-2231

The parties hereby agree to amend the above referenced contract as follows.

Clause 4, shipment period, is deleted and replaced with: shipment 12 to 26 September 2026, both dates inclusive.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged and in full force.

Quality and analysis at discharge per clause 6 shall govern.

Signed for and on behalf of the sellers and the buyers.

Reading addendum 3

Addendum 3.pdfScanned . 2 pages
4 terms extractedEvery term linked to its clause
Shipment period12 to 26 SEP
Quality basisAt discharge

Logistics coordination

Tracks each checkpoint and its delay exposure, from release through loading and delivery.

Counting . MV Atlantic Crown

Amsterdam, berth 8Live
3.21of 6.88 days used
0.9 d excepted, rainWithin laytime
Demurrage exposureNil at today's rate

Inventory and quality

Finds the tonnes that went missing.

Warehouse reportThird party
Amsterdam terminal14,712 MT
Book position
Amsterdam terminal14,900 MT
Unaccounted188 MT

Document operations

Generates the document set, checks every field, and catches discrepancies before presentation.

Checking 5 documents against LC 8841-A

Letter of credit

Commercial invoice in triplicate

Full set 3/3 originals, clean on board

Consignee: Rhinemouth Feed Traders B.V.

Presented documents

Commercial invoice in triplicate

Full set 3/3 originals, clean on board

Consignee: Rhinemouth Feed Trading B.V.

1 discrepancy blocking presentation

Exception handling

Escalates with the file already built.

Quality claim, 9-2231Expires in 3 d
Analysis at discharge returns protein of 45.4 pct against a contractual minimum of 46.0 pct, per certificate Q4-0918.
Clause, evidence, and exposure attached

Settlement readiness

Every figure carries the document behind it.

Final invoice, 9-2231Draft
5 of 5lines evidenced
B/LWeight certQ4-0918 Charter partyController release
Outturn27,412 MT

Desk research

Combines cited market, freight, policy, and seasonal signals with internal history before the desk commits.

14 sourcesAmsterdam discharge, 9-2231
Berth congestion averaging 3.1 days over 90 daysAgent line-ups
Counterparty late on 2 of the last 4 nominationsInternal history

Data

One Connected Operation Across Every System

LeedAB’s AI agents work together across your systems and use software directly when integrations are not available.

Trading and ERP

  • CTRM systems
  • SAP and other ERPs
  • Treasury and accounting
  • Position spreadsheets

Counterparty

  • Operations mailboxes
  • WhatsApp threads
  • Broker correspondence
  • Scanned originals

Port and logistics

  • Agent portals and line-ups
  • Statements of facts
  • Vessel tracking
  • Warehouse reporting

Finance and control

  • Bank and LC portals
  • Surveyor reports
  • Insurance and certification
  • Government and customs portals

Security

Enterprise-grade security

Deploy in LeedAB’s enterprise cloud on AWS or GCP, inside your own cloud tenancy, or fully on-premise. Data is protected with AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit, and your data is never used to train LLM models.

Single sign-on (SSO / SAML)

Connect your existing identity provider through SAML SSO, with passwordless email codes available when preferred.

Global data residency

Keep operational data in either the European Union or the United States, based on your organization’s governance needs.

Complete audit logs

Every user and agent action leaves a reviewable record, creating a clear chain of accountability across the operation.

See it run the whole lifecycle.

See how one trade moves from contract through logistics, documents, exceptions, and settlement.