accounts_payable · saas · workflow
Tipalti end-to-end AP invoice workflow: OCR and machine learning automate invoice capture, approval routing, and ERP reconciliation
Finance teams processing invoices manually face excessive data entry burden, limited scalability, and weak auditability, with no vendor self-service and no automated reconciliation against bank portals or ERPs.
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 · Vendor self-service registration
Vendors are invited to register on the Supplier Hub to provide contact, billing details, and tax identification.
Tools used
TipaltiOCRSupplier Hub
Outcome
Customers using Tipalti's AP automation substantially reduced manual effort: Sensei saved 40 hours/month on AP tasks, Therabody cut 60 hours of AP work monthly, and ADU increased productivity by 88% while growing monthly invoice volume from 800 to 1,500.
Results
Time saved40 hours/month
Volume88%
Cost replacedsaved us a lot of money
Grounding & classification
Source type: generic use case
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