Purple reduces invoice processing time by 63% and regains ~3 FTE days per week with Stampli
Purple's AP process relied on a single email inbox and manual Outlook searches, requiring nearly two full days per week for pay run preparation. Approver assignment depended on tribal knowledge, and only 25% of invoices were properly documented in Oracle NetSuite.
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 · Invoice submitted to AP inbox
Vendors send invoices to a Purple accounts payable email inbox managed by an AP clerk and AP supervisor.
Tools used
StampliBillyOracle NetSuite · partneroptical character recognition
Outcome
With Stampli, Purple regained approximately 3 FTE days per week, cut invoice processing time from eight days to three days (63% faster approvals), reduced invoice backlog by at least 50%, eliminated duplicate invoice payments, brought 100% of invoices into proper documentation (up from 25%), and made audits self-service.
What failed first
Purple first attempted to implement Concur Invoice but the team was reluctant and months passed without reducing the backlog. The functionality did not work well with their system, particularly for PO-based invoices, which represent 65% of their volume.