The Finance Headaches Episode 7 | Why invoice processing still feels stuck in the 1990s

For most finance teams, accounts payable is one of those processes that has always been painful and has never quite made it to the top of the improvement list. Invoices arrive by email or PDF, someone keys them in, tries to match them to a purchase order, emails someone for approval, waits, and chases again. The problem usually isn't that teams don't care about the process. It's that the systems don't connect the dots, and finance ends up doing detective work to reconcile everything after the fact.

In this session, iplicit walks through how AP automation removes that friction, taking an invoice from arrival to approval without the manual effort, delays, or lack of visibility that slow most teams down.

You will see how iplicit handles this in practice:

• Automated capture: Forward an invoice to the AP automation inbox and iplicit's AI reads the document, extracts the supplier details, invoice lines, totals, and any PO reference, and registers it in the system without manual keying
• PO matching: Where a purchase order number is recognised, iplicit pulls through the corresponding PO lines and allows direct matching from the same screen, with all coding carried across automatically
• Approval workflow: Once matched and converted, the invoice moves straight into the configured approval route, with full visibility of status at every stage before it hits the ledger