If, like most Australian organisations, you’ve moved most of your workforce to work from home during the COVID-19 outbreak, then you may have had to rethink your business processes, including Accounts Payable.

AP processes are often manual, tedious and paper based, but automating AP allows you to maintain operations and stay productive. Read about five benefits we’ve identified that you may not know about AP automation.

A digital invoice approval workflow streamlines the approvals process and lets you manage accurate approvals remotely. It also automates manual and repetitive tasks involved in the approval process, such as data entry and cross-referencing information.

Read about three key features of a digital invoice approval workflow that can benefit your business as it operates remotely.

A common misconception of Accounts Payable Automation is that automating data entry means you can reduce your head count in the AP department.

While data entry automation is a component of any successful AP implementation, the business outcomes and benefits go far beyond this.

Accounts payable processes are often characterised by manual data entry and inefficient workflows that can have a real and significant financial impact on a business. Do you know exactly how much traditional AP processing is costing your company? Whether it’s duplicate payments, late penalty fees or labour costs, AP Automation provides multiple opportunities for efficiency and savings.

Here’s some tips on what you should look for in an AP solution.

Small businesses need to manage cash flow carefully. Unfortunately, many are losing money every month due to inefficient invoice processing and manual accounts payable processes.

Find out how accounts payable automation software can provide the solution.

By Angelo Elias. With so many good accounts payable automation software products available, how do you find the right solution and the right partner for your business?

Here’s some things to consider when appraising different solutions and technology partners.

Upstream are excited to announce the immediate availability of our M-Files MYOB Connector.

With uploading of invoice data directly to MYOB from M-Files, Upstream can provide an Accounts Payable Automation Solution, encompassing automatic data extraction from invoices, electronic workflow approval on any device, and upload of invoice information to MYOB, including linking to jobs.

Find out more.

Invoice processing is an unavoidable part of doing business. Managing the accounts payable (AP) process can be time-consuming, resource-intensive, and costly. Manual data entry and convoluted approval workflows can create opportunities for errors to creep in and costs to spiral out of control.