AP Automation
Invoice in the inbox at 9:02am, GL-coded and three-way matched by 9:04, in the approver's queue by 9:05 — only the exceptions ever touch a human.
The problem
A typical SMB AP cycle runs 12-18 days from invoice receipt to payment because the work is sequenced through humans: open the email, OCR by hand, GL-code from memory, chase a PO, route for signature, key into Bill.com. Three-way match (PO + receipt + invoice) is skipped on 40-60% of invoices, which is exactly the gap duplicate-payment fraud and overbilling exploit. Approval routing has no real dual-control: one bookkeeper effectively owns intake, coding, and pay-run, which fails the segregation-of-duties test the moment an external auditor pulls a sample.
AP cycle time + touch-free approval rate
AP cycle 12-18 days → 4-6 days; 60-80% of invoices auto-approved without manual touch; duplicate-payment exposure cut 70-90%
APQC AP benchmarks; Bill.com Mid-Market AP Report 2024
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How it works
Agent · AP Automation
·Invoice received · ap@ inbox
ap@ · invoice attachment
From: billing@acmelogistics.com
Invoice INV-77241 · Acme Logistics
Qty
12
Rate
$320.60
Total
$3,847.20
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