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How does Purchase to Pay Automation  Benefit Businesses?

Organisations can streamline and control supplier selection, ordering and receipting, whilst setting and maintaining budgets. Ai powered automated invoice processing allows straight through processing and eliminates errors. Integration with any finance system allows fast order to cash and full visibility of processes.

 

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Benefits

  • Faster Process times

    Simplify the purchase process for the wider business and reduce administration time for the purchasing and accounts payable teams. By implementing a PO system, straight through processing becomes the norm with the exceptions handled by an Ai powered workflow.

  • Cost savings

    Reduce query handling, paper processing and manual coding by the AP team with self-service access to purchasing and invoices for internal users and suppliers. Avoid late payment penalties and reduce audit expenses with searchable online documents. Fast invoice processing opens opportunities for early payment discounts.

  • Compliance & Risk

    Increase compliance and reduce risk with embedded business rules from the purchase request to posting the invoice to the finance system. Improve risk management through digital storage of documents and data, allowing the provision of a ‘transparent’ process for the business to adhere to.

  • Fraud Protection

    Inbuilt approval matrix and delegation of authority removes the risk of rogue purchases. Using intelligent capture, invoices are verified before being processed.  Ai tools match and code invoices against purchase orders and goods receipt notes, resulting in a touchless process.  Exceptions are routed to a dedicated workflow.  Detailed reporting allows any anomalies to be flagged in real time.

  • Empowered P2P Team

    Upskill the P2P team to be more productive using tools provided by the P2P automation solution.  MS Power BI reporting gives real time analytics that the Team can use to identify trends for preferred vendors, troublesome vendors, employee performance, company spend, match rates and PO v Non PO invoice processing.

  • Sustainability

    Eliminate paper from the P2P process. Removing paper consumption and reducing space required for storage leads to lower energy consumption and emissions and reducing waste from paper and plastic printer supplies all lead to a reduced carbon footprint.

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  • yuusen logistics

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 Documation’s Purchase to Pay Automation Software

Empower the whole business and streamline the purchasing process by implementing Purchase to Pay automation.  Business users have easy access to a simple dashboard to create compliant purchase requests.  Embedded business rules and Ai ensure all purchases requests remain in budget with onboarded suppliers and are coded and approved at purchase order level.  With Documation’s mobile approver providing access for approvals, referrals and progress monitoring, once approved purchase orders can be automatically distributed.  When goods/services are received and receipted, the verified invoice will be submitted to the PO workflow for Ai powered auto matching, by line if required, coding and posting to the finance system for payment.  Invoices received without a purchase order are routed through the Non-PO workflow with embedded Ai for faster intelligent processing.  Anomalies will be sent to an exception workflow for review by the AP team. Real time reporting with Power BI and access to a full suite of finance processing automation products improve cash management and allow for better financial planning. Documation’s Purchase to Pay automation solution gives full visibility and control over all your purchase and invoice related data.

  • Raise requests simply and quickly

    Simplify purchasing with intelligent defaults, preferred suppliers, catalogues and more. Procurement teams will take advantage of the entire procurement process being streamlined allowing them to take complete control of the purchasing process.

  • Enforce purchasing policies, improve control

    Enforce approved suppliers, budget and contract values are checked before orders are raised to the procurement department. Configurable rule based workflows include multi-level approval, purchasing or AP reviews, issuing e-orders and risk based QA checking for nominated users, suppliers or spend categories.  Ai enabled data capture  ensures only verified invoices are posted to the finance system in a touchless process.

  • Full integration

    Integrates with all ERPs and finance systems and other software such as Salesforce and more. Connect with multiple different finance systems and multiple entities from one Documation solution instance. Using our webservices connector via API or using other methods means limited involvement from the IT team and fast and seamless integration for the team getting your automation project off the ground quickly and smoothly.

  • Capture, multiway matching and straight through processing

    Capture all forms of digital invoices and associated documents including images using embedded Ai. Line level matching against POs / GRNs and/or contracts across multiple entities, currencies and languages.  Ai assisted coding and matching means verified invoices are approved and posted to finance systems in a touchless process. Receive, process & archive e-invoices and connect with government hubs and any e-invoicing network for full CTC compliance with mandates in over 80 countries worldwide.

  • Award winning Solution Provider

    Winner of solution provider of the year, voted for by AP and P2P teams. Top rated on Capterra, the team at Documation are experts and pride themselves with decades of experience supporting customers worldwide.

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What Our Clients Say About Us...

  • “Documation provides a very, very good service with a very good system and I’ve always felt very supported.  The fact that they’ve got the same team that’s been there since we started this project is invaluable.”

    Andrea Hargate, General Ledger Manager

  • ‘’We reviewed a number of potential suppliers as we wanted to select a best-in-class product provided by committed supplier. Documation stood out from the start with an excellent P2P solution but also the confidence and experience to deliver what we needed. As such Documation were an excellent choice.’’

    Craig Tellwright, Head of Financial Services

  • “The Documation team provided fantastic support before, during and after deployment. They worked well with a range of stakeholders across the Council, including our IT team and Procure to Pay teams. They understood our challenges and the scale on which we operate and were able to implement a solution which met our needs effectively as well as providing support and problem-solving at crucial points. “

    Patrick Tipton, Senior P2P Projects Officer 

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Innovative P2P Solutions Built to Solve, Delivered to Last, Supported by a Team that Cares.

At Documation, we deliver powerful cloud based or on premise solutions to address challenges across the entire Purchase-to-Pay process. Seamlessly integrating with all finance systems, our P2P automation offers unrivalled features for complex challenges and ensures e-invoicing compliance in 80+ countries.

With decades of experience, we’re small enough to care deeply about every customer while providing the expertise and support of a lifelong partner. Backed by ISO27001 certified information security and a strong commitment to sustainability, our Ai solutions empower finance teams to drive efficiency and growth.

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How we work

“Listen, understand, respond. These three pillars underpin our belief that the best solutions come from getting to know you, your business and your pain points. Only then will we propose a solution that best fits your needs.” John Wallace

The Platform

Documation solutions are based on our flexible, robust software platform ‘Enable’ that hosts all our finance process automation solutions.  This makes scaling your automation from simple invoice processing to full P2P automation, e-invoicing, expense management, remittance delivery and statement reconciliation simple to implement and user friendly with Single Sign On and a simple dashboard allowing access to all solutions.

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P2P Automation FAQs

Documation’s finance process automation solutions are a perfect fit for a organisations that are looking to upgrade their purchase to pay processes. Our automated  solutions are great for:

Shared service organisations operating on a national and international scale, looking to automate and streamline their entire procurement process

✓ Businesses seeking to enhance their requisition, purchase order and supplier management

✓ Companies searching for a solution configured to cater to specific requirements with the capability to expand as needed

What is end to end P2P process

The end-to-end Purchase to Pay (P2P) process involves identifying purchasing needs, creating purchase requisitions, issuing purchase orders, verifying delivered goods or services, matching and approving invoices, and processing payments.

What does a purchase to pay software do?

Purchase-to-pay (P2P) software is designed to automate and streamline the entire purchase process, from requisition to payment. Some key functions are: requisition management, purchase order management, supplier management, intelligent data capture, invoice verification, touchless processing and real time reporting.

What is the difference between P2P and AP?

P2P and AP are two closely related, but distinct business processes, however P2P is a broader process that covers the entire purchasing process from requisition through to invoice payment, while AP is a more focused process that deals specifically with the processing of invoices.

Is purchase-to-pay part of the supply chain?

Yes, purchase-to-pay (P2P) is typically considered part of the supply chain process. Within the supply chain, the P2P process and procure to pay cycle typically falls under the procurement function, which is responsible for sourcing and acquiring the goods and services needed to support the organisation’s operations.

Does P2P mitigate fraud risk?

Purchase-to-pay (P2P) processes can help to mitigate fraud risk, but they do not eliminate it entirely. By introducing more rigorous controls and payment processes within supply chain management, P2P can help to reduce the likelihood of fraud occurring, as well as detecting it more quickly if it does occur.

How does P2P help with reporting KPIs?

P2P can help with KPIs such as: purchase order cycle time, invoice processing time, purchase order accuracy, invoice accuracy and spend analysis with an ERP system.

How do you implement purchase to pay?

Implementing a purchase-to-pay process typically involves several key steps including: 1) define requirements, 2) choose P2P software, 3) customise the solution, 4) train users, 5) test and deploy, 6) monitor and refine.

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Documation AP and AR solutions enable sales and accounts payable e-invoicing, integrating with your finance system to streamline e-invoice distribution and receipt. Connect to all your customers and suppliers, guarantee the exchange of accurate data and ensure full traceability of the entire invoice lifecycle and remain compliant.

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Documation’s added value solutions enhance automation to continuously improve current processes complimenting key finance solutions such as AP automation and Purchase to Pay by adding Statement reconciliation, Expense management and Remittance delivery.

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