accounts_payable · manufacturing · workflow
Basware AP Protect uses 800+ algorithms to prevent $5M in duplicate payments and recover overpayments at Huntsman Corporation
Finance teams face persistent risks of overpayments, duplicate payments, errors, and fraud in accounts payable, with existing ERP controls insufficient to catch anomalies before payment is released.
How it works
Common implementation structure
How this type of workflow is generally built, generalized across documented cases — not tied to any one vendor's stack. Click any stage to read what happens there. Specific products that implement these stages appear in “Tools commonly seen” below.
Stage 1 · AP data submitted for analysis
Specialized modules analyze AP data to uncover anomalies and improve data quality.
Tools used
AP Protect
Outcome
Huntsman Corporation prevented $5 million in duplicate payments and recouped $3.5 million, improving working capital and cash flow; across Basware's customer base, over $190M was identified and recovered in a year, with over five times the ROI.
Results
Volume$1M+
Cost replaced$5 million
Grounding & classification
Source type: platform led case
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