accounts_payable · realestate · workflow
SAM Construction Group achieves procurement visibility and AP automation with Ramp while growing 10x
SAM Construction Group had no procurement platform; purchases were initiated verbally or by email with no purchase orders, no invoice tracking, and no audit trail, leaving the CFO with no visibility into spend or outstanding obligations.
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 · PO creation and delivery confirmation
Project managers create purchase orders and on-site equipment managers confirm delivery and document receipt.
Tools used
RampRamp ProcurementRamp Bill PayRamp Cards
Outcome
After consolidating onto Ramp, SAM reduced purchase review time from two weeks to a day and a half, caught more than $800K per year in potential overbilling through automated PO-to-invoice matching, routed more than 72% of AP spend through the platform, and earned early-payment vendor discounts of 1 to 2%.
Results
Time savedday and a half vs. two weeks before
Volume>72%
Cost replacedmore than $800K
Grounding & classification
Source type: vendor customer story
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