The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry continues to grapple with decades of paper-based logbooks, procedures, and recipes that represent invaluable tribal knowledge but remain largely inaccessible for digital analysis and optimization. This presentation demonstrates how artificial intelligence can transform this challenge into a competitive advantage through intelligent document digitization. Our AI-powered approach combines advanced optical character recognition (OCR) with natural language processing and manufacturing domain expertise to convert paper-based manufacturing documentation into structured, searchable digital formats. Unlike traditional scanning approaches, our solution understands manufacturing context, automatically extracting critical process parameters, equipment settings, and procedural steps while maintaining data integrity and regulatory compliance.