AI-Powered Grading & Document Automation

Case Study 1: AI-Powered Grading & Document Automation

Client: A growing education-focused organization

The Problem

The client's programs team was spending hours each week manually scanning, grading, and processing bubble sheet homework using a third-party tool (GradeCam) that cost $1,200/year and added significant friction to their workflow.

The Solution

Nematic replaced the off-the-shelf scanning solution with a fully custom in-house tool built on Google Cloud OCR, OpenAI, and AWS. The system automatically reads, processes, and grades bubble sheet submissions — no manual handling required.

In a second automation project for the same team, a previously manual PDF processing workflow (certificate linking) was replaced with an automated pipeline capable of handling large batches in seconds.

The Results

• 50–80% reduction in time spent on grading, scanning, and processing

• PDF processing speed increased by ~17x (from 2.25 min/file to 8 sec/file)

• Saved 2 hours 38 minutes per processing run

• Eliminated $1,200/year in third-party software costs