Forensic Document Intelligence

Your suppliers are overcharging you.
We find the proof.

Most business owners feel it for years before they have documentation. We built a forensic system that finds the overcharges, builds the proof package, and makes your supplier unable to argue with the numbers.

No obligation
Results in 3–5 business days
Flat rate — you keep every dollar recovered
Human-verified findings
$125,869 unquoted spend — one contractor
153 substitution patterns detected
29.23× highest per-unit overcharge ratio
Restaurant · Construction · Manufacturing · Healthcare
Human-verified. Every finding.
The Engine

Start with overcharge detection.
The engine can go anywhere.

GraphLedger translates any document corpus into a live knowledge graph — then runs deterministic Python models across every node and edge simultaneously. Most clients start with supplier accountability. Where you go next is up to you.

Flagship Service
Supplier Overcharge
Detection
Every invoice cross-referenced against every quote. Every discrepancy mapped, sourced, and documented. SKU substitutions, price manipulation, duplicate charges, scope drift — all surfaced with proof ready to present to your supplier.
  • 94–99% SKU similarity matching across all line items
  • Algorithmic price creep detection over months and years
  • Auto-generated supplier proof package
  • Flat rate — you keep every dollar recovered
  • Results in 3–5 business days
$125,869
Recovered — first engagement
Document Corpus Analysis
Legal briefs, contracts, internal files — translated to linked data at scale. Semantic pattern detection, clause analysis, and entity relationship mapping across any volume.
Internal File System Graph
Your server, your office files — translated into a queryable graph. Surface every relationship between documents, clients, dates, and projects instantly.
Price Index Intelligence
No quotes needed. A price index built from your invoice history alone — showing what you actually pay, which suppliers are outliers, and where the market sits.
Contract & Scope Intelligence
Scope drift identified before it compounds. Every deliverable cross-referenced against the original contract. Unquoted spend flagged at the line item level.
Most clients start with overcharge detection and grow from there.  Custom engagements available for any document problem.  Talk to us →
Real Case — Identity Protected Under NDA

A regional contractor. 14 job sites.
153 instances of the same pattern.

They knew something was off. The invoice volume was too high, the job pace too fast to check line by line. That is exactly the condition this pattern requires to survive.

74.9%
Items with no agreed price — supplier set prices unilaterally
153
Substitution patterns across all 14 job sites
29.23×
Highest per-unit price ratio in the dataset
$125,869
Total unquoted spend — no reference price existed

Here is what we found and why it matters. When we compared invoices to quotes, the same thing kept appearing. The item on the invoice looked almost identical to the item on the quote — same product, same manufacturer, same description. But the SKU was slightly different, and the price was dramatically higher.

Schedule 40 PVC quoted. Schedule 80 PVC invoiced. Description similarity: 99%. A human reviewer sees the same product. Our system saw a different SKU, a different grade, and a price multiplier that in one documented case reached 29.23× the quoted price — $0.87 quoted, $25.31 billed, on a commodity fitting ordered ten at a time.

What made this finding decisive was consistency. The same substitution logic appeared across 8 of 14 job sites. A fulfillment error appears once. A pattern that replicates across 153 instances is either a system or a policy. That distinction matters enormously in what comes next.

Finding 01
Single line item — 46 units
Quoted
Sch 40 PVC 45° Elbow 2 in. · $2.27/unit
Invoiced
Sch 80 PVC 45° Elbow 2 in. · $13.53/unit
5.97×

46 units. $518.10 uplift on a single line item. Description similarity: 99%. Nobody checked — each one was just a few dollars.

Finding 02 — Highest Ratio
Maximum per-unit ratio in dataset
Quoted
Sch 40 PVC Tee 1 in. · $0.87/unit
Invoiced
Sch 80 PVC Reducing Tee 3 in. × 1 in. · $25.31/unit
29.23×

Three characters different in the description. 29-fold price multiplier on 10 units. Similarity: 94%.

Finding 03 — Compound
Grade up + size up simultaneously
Quoted
Sch 40 PVC 45° Elbow 1½ in. · $1.73/unit
Invoiced
Sch 80 PVC 45° Elbow 2½ in. · $28.41/unit
16.41×

Both grade and size stepped up simultaneously. $266.83 uplift on 10 units. Repeated across multiple job sites.

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This is not a fulfillment error. Fulfillment errors appear once. This appeared 153 times across 8 job sites.

Every finding is documented with the source quote, the source invoice, the exact discrepancy, and the dollar amount. Everything the client needs to present to their supplier without dispute. The supplier knows the numbers are wrong. The client just never had the proof before.

Client identity protected under NDA. Supplier identity withheld pending engagement resolution. The forensic record has been delivered. What happens next belongs to the client.

The Process

How It Works

Three steps. No technical knowledge required. You run your business — we watch your documents.

1
Upload

Send us 30–60 days of supplier invoices and the quotes you received. We set up a private encrypted document channel on first contact. That is all we need to begin.

2
Analyze

Every document translated to linked data. Every node cross-referenced — prices, quantities, SKUs, patterns across time. The full history held simultaneously. No human review matches this depth or speed.

3
Recover

A findings report with complete documentation. Every discrepancy sourced and provable. Your supplier cannot argue with the numbers. Credits applied to your account.

Detection Coverage

Six Ways Suppliers Overcharge You

Most overcharges are quiet patterns compounding invisibly over months and years — impossible to catch without the right instrument.

Price vs. Quote Gaps

Invoiced price above what was quoted. Small per unit — massive in aggregate over 12 months.

SKU Substitution

99% description similarity, completely different SKU, 6× to 29× the quoted price. The exact pattern documented above.

Quantity Discrepancies

Billed for 120 units when you ordered 100. Manual verification cannot catch this across thousands of line items.

Duplicate Charges

Same item charged twice across different invoices. Hidden in volume, compounding silently every billing cycle.

Algorithmic Price Creep

Small incremental increases compounding over months. Your gut has felt it for years. The system finds and documents it.

Scope Drift

Items delivered with no agreed price — supplier sets it unilaterally. 74.9% of one contractor’s spend had no quoted reference.

The Reality Check

What Is Your Current Setup Costing You?

Select your situation and see the real numbers side by side.

⚠ Your Current In-House Setup
Monthly staff cost$3,000 – $5,000+
Annual cost$36,000 – $60,000+
Invoice capacityLimited by human hours
SKU substitution detectionNear impossible manually
Pattern detection across timeCannot hold full history
Supplier proof packageHours of manual work
Adding a new supplierMore headcount required
Error riskFatigue and cognitive limits
✓ GraphLedger
Monthly cost$500 – $2,000
Annual cost$6,000 – $24,000
Invoice capacityUnlimited — runs continuously
SKU substitution detectionAutomated — every invoice
Pattern detection across timeFull history, all suppliers, simultaneously
Supplier proof packageAuto-generated, ready to present
Adding a new supplierOne document upload
Error riskDeterministic — same result every time
Estimated monthly savings by switchingMid-range in-house vs. engagement rate
$2,500 – $4,000/mo
Annual savings potential
$30,000 – $48,000
Why It Works

The document knows.
We make it speak.

GraphLedger translates every document into linked data and runs deterministic Python models across every node and edge simultaneously. What takes an accountant days takes the system minutes.

What manual review misses across six months of invoices — like 153 instances of SKU substitution across 8 job sites — the system flags in a single pass. Not because the accountant isn't skilled. Because the volume and complexity is not humanly manageable at the precision required.

Every finding traces to a source document, a line item, and a timestamp. The supplier cannot argue with provenance.

$125KRecovered, first engagement
3–8%Avg. annual overcharge exposure
3–5Business days to first findings
100%Human-verified, every finding
How We Work

Every engagement starts
with a conversation.

No packages. No tiers. Your situation is yours — and the first conversation is always free.

1
Free Consultation

We talk. You tell us what you're feeling in the numbers, which supplier relationships feel off, how long it's been going on. No forms. No obligation.

2
Discovery

We map your situation together — suppliers, quotes, invoice history, what you have and what you don't. We tell you exactly what each scenario makes possible.

3
We Tell You What's Possible

Exactly what we can find, what we need, and what a realistic outcome looks like. If this isn't the right fit, we'll tell you that too.

4
We Go to Work

We scope it, open your secure document channel, and begin. First findings in 3–5 business days. Every discrepancy sourced, documented, and ready to present.

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The first call costs you nothing. The findings might change everything.

Most clients have felt something was off for months — sometimes years — before they had the documentation to act on it. That gap between the feeling and the proof is exactly what we close. Tell us what's happening and we'll tell you honestly what we can do about it.

No Risk. Just Proof.

The free audit costs you nothing. If we find overcharges you decide what to do. If we find nothing — you sleep better knowing your suppliers are clean.

Start Your Free Audit →

No contract required to start. Results in 3–5 business days.

Get Started

Start Your
Free Audit

Tell us about your business and your primary supplier. We respond within one business day, set up your secure document channel, and begin the analysis.

  • Results in 3–5 business days from document receipt
  • No payment until you choose a monthly plan
  • We handle the supplier conversation if you need us to
  • Encrypted reporting available for sensitive findings
  • Add suppliers anytime — same proven process
  • Historical analysis available going back 1–5 years

We respond within 1 business day. Your information is never shared or sold.

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