Every business drowns in documents: contracts, invoices, customer feedback, research reports. The cost isn’t just in manual review time; it’s in delayed decisions, missed insights, and operational bottlenecks. Automated data extraction using LLM-powered applications can address this challenge, but only when it aligns with your AI strategy and targets genuine business problems. This guide covers how to evaluate whether this use case fits your organization, structure an effective pilot, scale successfully, address compliance requirements, and build monitoring systems that ensure continuous value delivery.