Dynamic code assignment for international shipment of an item

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

• receive a communication comprising a plurality of form fields;
• identify, in the communication, at least one form field corresponding to first item information for a first item based at least in part on at least one of (a) metadata corresponding to the at least one form field or (b) a translator key corresponding to the communication;
• extract, from the communication, at least a textual item description for the first item from the at least one form field corresponding to the first item information for the first item;
• access a code schedule stored in at least one memory accessible to the one or more processors;
• determine one or more codes for the first item based on the textual item description extracted from the communication and the code schedule stored in the at least one memory;
• determine one or more second items are relevant to the first item by:
• identifying at least a portion of the textual item description for the first item extracted from the at least one form field to be used as a query string;
• querying an item database stored in the at least one memory accessible to the one or more processors using the query string, wherein the item database comprises (a) an item description, (b) an assigned code, and (c) a success indicator for the assigned code for each of a plurality of items and wherein the plurality of items comprises the one or more second items;
• and
• responsive to the query of the item database, determining one or more second items are relevant to the first item when the query string identified from the textual item description for the first item extracted from the at least one form field (i) returns at least one of the assigned code or the success indicator for the assigned code for the one or more second items and (ii) matches at least a threshold number of terms in the item description for the one or more second items;
• determine a confidence level for each of the one or more codes for the first item based at least in part on (a) the textual item description for the first item and (b) the item description, assigned code, and the success indicator for the assigned code for the one or more second items determined to be relevant to the first item;
• determine that at least one confidence level corresponding to the one or more codes for the first item is greater than a configurable confidence level;
• select a first code from the one or more codes for the first item when a first confidence level corresponding to the first code is larger than a second confidence level corresponding to a second code of the one or more codes and when the first confidence level is greater than the configurable confidence level;
• update the item database to comprise at least a portion of the first item information and the first code selected based on the first confidence level being larger than the second confidence level and the configurable confidence level;
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• prior to tender of the first item to a carrier for shipping, providing the updated item database to the first entity.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions configured to:

• receive a communication comprising a plurality of form fields;
• identify, in the communication, at least one form field corresponding to first item information for a first item based at least in part on at least one of (a) metadata corresponding to the at least one form field or (b) a translator key corresponding to the communication;
• extract at least a textual item description for the first item from the at least one form field identified in the communication;
• access a code schedule stored in a memory accessible to the one or more processors;
• determine one or more codes for the first item based on the extracted textual item description and the code schedule;
• determine one or more second items are relevant to the first item by:
• identifying at least a portion of the textual item description for the first item extracted from the at least one form field to be used as a query string;
• querying an item database stored in the memory accessible to the one or more processors using the query string, wherein the item database comprises (a) an item description, (b) an assigned code, and (c) a success indicator for the assigned code for each of a plurality of items and wherein the plurality of items comprises the one or more second items;
• and
• responsive to the query of the item database, determining one or more second items are relevant to the first item when the query string identified from the textual item description for the first item extracted from the at least one form field (i) returns at least one of the assigned code or the success indicator for the assigned code for the one or more second items and (ii) matches at least a threshold number of terms in the item description for the one or more second items;
• determine a confidence level for each of the one or more codes for the first item based at least in part on (a) the textual item description for the first item and (b) the item description, assigned code, and the success indicator for the assigned code for the one or more second items determined to be relevant to the first item;
• determine that at least one confidence level corresponding to the one or more codes for the first item is greater than a configurable confidence level;
• select a first code from the one or more codes for the item when a first confidence level corresponding to the first code is larger than a second confidence level corresponding to a second code of the one or more codes and when the first code is greater than the configurable confidence level;
• update the item database to comprise at least a portion of the first item information and the first code;
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• prior to tender of the first item to a carrier for shipping, providing the updated item database to the first entity.