Document routing system

A method comprising:

• determining, by a computer-based system, document data from a sender of a business document and a receiver of the business document based on a business document format of a document type associated with a client, wherein the business document format includes a record that indicates a location in two-dimensional space on a physical embodiment of the business document where the document data is located on the business document;
• generating, by the computer-based system, a processed business document based on the document data and the business document format associated with a client;
• supplementing, by the computer-based system and using business rules, the processed business document with additional document data associated with the client, wherein the additional document data includes at least one of billing data, shipping data, pricing data, routing data, communications channel data, or filename data;
• applying, by the computer-based system, business document security to the processed business document;
• and
• communicating, by the computer-based system and to a vendor, the processed business document.