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Purchase Order Automation

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Introduction A purchase order (PO) is a commercial document that represents a formal request to a vendor or supplier to provide goods or services at a specified price and within a certain timeframe. It is a legal agreement between the buyer and the seller, outlining the details of the transaction and setting the terms of the purchase.

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Streamline Procurement with An Innovative New Feature for Processing Purchase Order Acknowledgements

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Part of this process involves listening to requests and suggestions from current clients, which is what led to a new feature we’re developing as part of our procurement and purchasing software. This new feature will help streamline procurement by making the process of verifying and acknowledging purchase orders (POs) more efficient.

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What is Invoice Processing?

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Invoice processing or bill processing is the whole gamut of operations associated with the business-end (pun unintended) of purchasing products/services from a vendor. It encompasses all the steps right from receiving a vendor’s invoice to recording the payment made after appropriate checks & approvals.

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The Guide to Invoice Audit in 2024

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In this blog, we'll delve into what invoice audits entail and why they are crucial for the financial integrity of businesses. What is an Accounts Payable Audit?    An Account Payable Audit is a process by which the financial records of the accounts payable department are examined by an auditor.

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What are invoice approval workflows and how can they be optimized?

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The typical progression of an invoice approval workflow would include the following steps: The process starts when the supplier invoice is received electronically or physically and routed to the appropriate department for processing. Only once these invoices are approved are they unblocked and released for payment.

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How Manual Invoice Processing Adds Hours and Headaches

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Businesses are still hiring dedicated AP specialists to open mailed invoices and manually enter invoice details into the accounting system. They’re still wasting time searching file cabinets to perform audits and requisitions. The Purchase Order is the First AP Priority Every day, the AP department reviews dozens of invoices.

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What is two-way matching and how does it work?

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All invoices received by a company for products or services that have been purchased from a vendor must be checked for accuracy before payment is initiated. This verification process is called 2-way matching. Now that the invoice have been obtained, the matching process is performed by the accounts payable team at ABC.