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Solutions/AP invoice automation

AI accounts payable automation for supplier invoices

Every supplier invoice is read on arrival, matched to the purchase order and goods receipt, checked against your finance rules and posted to Oracle Fusion, E‑Business Suite or SAP. Your AP team handles only the exceptions.

2 and 3-waymatching on every line
Fusion, EBS, SAPposting to your ERP
Your tenancydocuments never leave it

How an invoice is processed

Every invoice follows the same five steps. Rules settle most of them; people step in only where a decision is needed.

Step 1

Capture

Email, scanned post and supplier portal uploads arrive in one intake queue.

Step 2

Read

Generative AI extracts supplier, tax number, PO, lines and VAT, with a confidence score per field.

Step 3

Match

Two- or three-way match to the order and receipt, within your tolerances.

Step 4

Approve

Clean invoices approve by rule; exceptions route to the buyer or finance.

Step 5

Post

The invoice is created in Payables with its image and full history attached.

Matched, checked and ready to post

Each invoice shows what the AI read, how confident it is and the result of every check, so finance can trust what posts automatically.

  • Field-level confidence on supplier, PO, totals and VAT
  • Purchase order and goods receipt matched line by line
  • Price tolerance, duplicate and tax number checks
  • One action to post clean invoices to Payables
Illustrative example with fictional data

Built-in finance controls

Finance sets and tunes the rules. Each change can be tested against recent invoices before it is switched on.

Duplicate detection

Exact and near duplicates are stopped on supplier, invoice number, amount and image before anything is paid twice.

Tolerance rules

Price and quantity tolerances by supplier or category, with larger differences routed to the buyer with the reason.

Tax number and VAT checks

VAT is recovered only when the supplier tax number is valid and the tax on the invoice reconciles.

Approval routing

Approval limits sit on roles by amount and cost centre, and nobody approves their own invoice.

Confidence gate

Low-confidence fields are reviewed by a person and never post on their own.

Full audit trail

Each invoice keeps its image, AI reading, check results and approvals through to the Payables document.

Before and after for the AP function

StageTodayWith AP invoice automation
CaptureInvoices arrive by email, post and portal, then wait in a shared inboxOne intake for email, scans and portal uploads, read on arrival
Data entrySupplier, lines and VAT re-keyed into the ERPAI reads supplier, tax number, PO, lines and VAT with a confidence score per field
MatchingOrder and receipt checked manually when time allowsTwo- and three-way match on every invoice, line by line
ApprovalsSign-off chased by emailClean invoices approve by rule; exceptions reach the right approver with the reason
CloseAccruals and unposted invoices discovered at month-endLive view of what is received, matched, approved and posted

Targets agreed with finance and internal audit before the pilot starts

Results are reported weekly against these targets. Actual outcomes depend on invoice mix, supplier data quality and ERP configuration.

70%+of invoices posted with no manual touch
Under 15 sfrom invoice received to match result
Same dayfrom receipt to posted in Payables
100%of invoices with a complete audit trail

Security and supported platforms

The solution runs in your own cloud account on Oracle Cloud or AWS and is operated by a SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001 certified team.

  • AI reading runs inside your tenancy; invoice images never leave it
  • Encryption at rest and in transit, with keys in your own vault
  • Role-based access by company, site and cost centre
  • Posts to Oracle Fusion Payables, E‑Business Suite, SAP S/4HANA and ECC, or other ERPs by file or API

Eight-week pilot plan

A short, measured pilot on your own invoices, with a go or no-go decision at the end.

Weeks 1 to 2

Set up

Deploy in your tenancy, load suppliers, POs and receipts, and agree rules and limits.

Weeks 3 to 4

Integrate and test

Connect to Payables, benchmark AI reading on your invoices and run finance user testing.

Weeks 5 to 8

Live pilot

One business unit goes live with daily hypercare and weekly results against targets.

Week 9

Decide

Review with finance and audit, then plan the roll-out and managed run.

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See it on your own invoices

Share 40 sample invoices. We will show what the AI reads, what it matches and what it would have posted.