For Accounts Payable (A/P) teams, automation promises to eliminate manual, boring tasks and free us all to focus on the things we really enjoy doing — the thorny problems that actually require your attention, rather than the repetitive, low-value grunt work. That’s a hugely exciting prospect.
But with so many ways of applying automation and so many unique use cases to explore, it’s not always easy to know where to start — or even to understand what’s practically involved in automating A/P processes, and in fact whether automation is even the right answer to the challenges facing the function.
In this blog, we’ll take you through the basics of automation in A/P — answering some commonly asked questions, exploring the technologies available, and helping you define an automation strategy that’s right for your organization.
Let’s get started.