Bill of lading
Passes through
Exporter, carrier, bank, consignee
Where it breaks
Endorsement chains get rebuilt from email threads when the original is questioned.
Documents
Six document types, one way of keeping them
These are the records that move between the most hands and get questioned the latest. Each one enters the same trail and leaves the same way.
01Coverage
What usually goes wrong, per document
Certificate of origin
Passes through
Chamber of commerce, exporter, customs
Where it breaks
The issuing body changes its stamp format and the old version cannot be validated.
Inspection report
Passes through
Surveyor, buyer, insurer
Where it breaks
Photos and the report itself are stored in different systems with different retention.
Customs declaration
Passes through
Broker, authority, importer
Where it breaks
Amendments overwrite the earlier filing, so the reason for the change disappears.
Letter of credit set
Passes through
Issuing bank, advising bank, exporter
Where it breaks
Discrepancy notices are decided in days and defended years later from memory.
Warehouse receipt
Passes through
Operator, financier, trader
Where it breaks
The same goods get pledged twice because nobody can see the current holder.
02Kept for every record
The same six things, whatever the document is
If one of these is missing when a record arrives, the readiness score says so on day one instead of during an audit.
- 01The file as issued, plus every later version
- 02Who handed it to whom, recorded on both sides
- 03Signature state at the moment of signing
- 04Amendments with the stated reason
- 05Every access window opened against it
- 06The retention rule and any legal hold
03Not covered
What Lumenpath does not do
Being clear about the edges saves everyone a discovery call.
We do not sign for you
Your signing and identity providers stay in place. We record what they produced.
We do not hold title
Lumenpath is an evidence layer, not a registry of ownership or a custodian.
We do not judge a dispute
We make the record readable. What it means is for your counsel and the parties.
Bring one file that failed a review. We will walk it back to its origin.
Send a document that an auditor, a bank or a counterparty questioned. We will show what Lumenpath would have kept, and what nobody can reconstruct any more.