The manual version
A broker reads a message, identifies the useful fields and retypes them into a spreadsheet or internal list.
Example broker email: "Wheat 42k 10 pct Constanta / Alex laycan 22/28 July, owners invite supra ideas." In a manual workflow, someone still has to pull cargo, quantity, ports and laycan out of the message by hand.
The automated version
LaycanMatch imports selected folders, extracts the fields and stores a structured offer linked to the source email.
Extracted by LaycanMatch: Cargo: Wheat · Quantity: 42,000 MT · Tolerance: 10% · Load port: Constanta · Discharge port: Alexandria · Laycan: 22–28 July · Suggested vessel class: Supramax · Source email preserved.
What the desk gains
More time for comparisons, calls and follow-up instead of repeated data entry.
Proof point: the output is not just a cleaner spreadsheet. It becomes a searchable offer record that can later feed matching, broker review and export.
What still needs judgment
The broker still decides whether the extracted record is commercially useful and which counterparty deserves contact.
What LaycanMatch does not do: it does not approve the opportunity automatically or replace the broker's reading of the source message.
Who this is not for
If your desk already receives structured offers from another upstream system and manual retyping is not a real bottleneck, this use case matters less.