What confidence means
Confidence is an extraction reliability signal, not a guarantee that an offer is commercially correct. Abbreviations, forwarded threads, multiple offers in one message, approximate dates and ambiguous port names can lower confidence or produce a plausible but incorrect value.
Five-step review
Open source :: Read the email subject, sender and relevant body text. Check identity :: Confirm whether the record is cargo or vessel and whether multiple offers were separated correctly. Verify material fields :: Check quantity or DWT, ports, zones, laycan and vessel name against the original text. Correct :: Edit only values supported by the source and record the change. Complete :: Mark the record reviewed when the material fields are dependable enough for the next workflow step.
Prioritize material fields
Laycan boundaries, quantities, tolerance, DWT, loading and discharge locations and vessel identity can materially change a shortlist. Remarks and inferred zones still matter, but review effort should begin with fields that determine whether a match is operationally plausible.
Use the product transition
LaycanMatch places low-confidence offers in a visible review workflow and keeps the source email connected to the structured record. After correction, the reviewed data can be used in offer search and cargo-vessel matching.
