Read Gartner's recommendations to learn how to introduce or extend AP automation further into your invoice processing. Strongly consider integrating invoice management software with your purchase order system and ERP/accounting suite to drive valuable efficiencies and savings:

• quick and accurate financial coding
• reduced risk of duplicate and late payments
• limited manual intervention and process bottlenecks
• faster cycle times, introducing opportunities to negotiate supplier discounts and other strategic payment terms

Enabling paperless invoice submission is a must for dispersed office locations and remote work. But according to analyst research, while OCR is becoming widespread and more sophisticated, many are still just scratching the surface of automation. Even among companies using a procurement suite, half still haven't implemented a best-of-breed invoice solution, missing out on autonomous capabilities in matching, policy enforcement, and approval/exception routing.