Accounts payable · Production

Briggs Industrial Solutions improves AP visibility and efficiency with Medius

The problem

Briggs Industrial Solutions processed about 18,000 invoices per month from multiple locations and suppliers, with 2 to 3 manual touchpoints per invoice — including physically shuttling paper invoices across departments and locations — before approval could occur.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Invoice receipt from suppliers
trigger
“thousands of invoices coming in from multiple locations and suppliers on any given day, totaling about 18,000 invoices per month”
2
EDI channel processing
integration
“40% of their invoices being process through electronic data interchange (EDI)”
3
Automated invoice processing
ai_action
“we now process three quarters of our invoices without any human intervention”
4
Automatic approver routing
routing
“almost all of our invoices reach the correct approver instantly and automatically”
Reported outcome

With Medius, Briggs now processes three quarters of invoices without any human intervention, and almost all invoices reach the correct approver instantly and automatically.

Reported metrics
Monthly invoice volume18,000
invoices processed via EDI40%
manual touchpoints before approval (pre-Medius)2 to 3
Invoices processed without human interventionthree quarters
Show all 5 reported metrics
monthly invoice volume18,000
invoices processed via EDI40%
manual touchpoints before approval (pre-Medius)2 to 3
invoices processed without human interventionthree quarters
invoices reaching correct approver instantlyalmost all
Reported stack
MediusEDI
Source
https://www.medius.com/resources/case-studies/briggs-equipment-ap-automation
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

With Medius, Briggs now processes three quarters of invoices without any human intervention, and almost all invoices reach the correct approver instantly and automatically.

What tools did this team use?

Medius, EDI.

What results were reported?

Monthly invoice volume: 18,000; invoices processed via EDI: 40%; manual touchpoints before approval (pre-Medius): 2 to 3; Invoices processed without human intervention: three quarters (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this accounts payable AI workflow structured?

Invoice receipt from suppliers → EDI channel processing → Automated invoice processing → Automatic approver routing.

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