Use Case

Accounts Payable That Runs Itself

From invoice receipt to payment approval — AI handles extraction, matching, exception routing, and analytics. Your team focuses on the exceptions that matter.

60–80%

Touchless Processing

90%

Faster Cycle Time

$2.6M

Avg Annual Recovery

<60s

Setup Time

The Problem

Why manual processes leak money and slow your business.

$12–$15 per invoice

Manual Processing Is Expensive

Manual data entry, physical routing for approvals, and spreadsheet tracking costs $12–15 per invoice. At 5,000 invoices/month, that's $60,000–$75,000 annually in processing costs alone.

1–5% of AP contains errors

Errors Cost More Than Labor

Duplicate payments, price overcharges, and quantity mismatches leak 1–5% of total AP spend. For a $50M AP operation, that's $500K–$2.5M in preventable leakage.

$500K–$3M/yr lost

Approval Bottlenecks Burn Discounts

Invoices sit waiting for approval while early payment discount windows close. 2/10 net 30 terms mean 36% annualized return on early payment — but only if you approve fast enough.

The Solution

How inferonIQ solves each pain point.

AI Extraction (Zero Templates)

Drop any invoice PDF. AI extracts vendor, line items, amounts, and dates — adapts to any format without configuration.

Line-Level 3-Way Matching

Every line compared against PO and receipt. Price variance, quantity gaps, and missing receipts flagged with dollar-value leakage.

Smart Approval Routing

Clean matches auto-approve. Exceptions route to the right person based on amount, vendor, category, and exception type.

Duplicate Prevention

Content fingerprinting catches duplicates even with different invoice numbers — before they enter the approval queue.

Spend Visibility

Real-time dashboards show vendor spend, aging, processing metrics, and leakage trends without building reports.

Multi-Language Support

Process invoices from global vendors in 90+ languages natively. No translation steps for EMEA or APAC operations.

Complete Workflow

Every step from receipt to payment — fully automated.

1

Invoice Receipt & Ingestion

Invoices arrive via email, upload, or API. inferonIQ auto-ingests PDFs, images, and electronic formats (EDI, XML, cXML) without templates.

2

AI Data Extraction

Multi-language OCR + AI extracts vendor name, invoice number, line items, quantities, unit prices, tax, totals, and payment terms. 90+ languages supported.

3

Duplicate Detection

Content fingerprinting identifies duplicates even with different invoice numbers. Catches re-submissions, partial duplicates, and split-invoice fraud.

4

PO Matching (Header Level)

Invoice matched against Purchase Order header — validates vendor, currency, total amount, and contract terms. Non-PO invoices flagged for review.

5

Line-Level 3-Way Match

Each line item compared across Invoice → PO → Goods Receipt. Price per unit, quantity received, and extended amount validated with configurable tolerances.

6

Price Variance Analysis

Unit price deviations flagged with dollar impact. Historical price trends compared. FOB and freight cost variances calculated.

7

Exception Classification

Mismatches auto-classified: price variance, quantity shortage, missing receipt, duplicate, over-delivery, wrong vendor. Each gets a severity score and dollar impact.

8

Smart Approval Routing

Clean matches auto-approve (STP). Exceptions route to the right approver based on amount threshold, vendor, category, and exception type. Multi-level approval chains.

9

AI Dispute Generation

For vendor overbilling, AI generates dispute emails with line-item detail, variance calculation, and supporting PO references. One-click send.

10

Early Payment Optimization

Approved invoices analyzed for early payment discount capture. 2/10 Net 30 terms identified and payment scheduled to maximize discount capture.

11

Payment Scheduling

Approved invoices queued for payment based on due date, discount availability, and cash flow priorities. ERP payment file generation.

12

Analytics & Reporting

Real-time dashboards: STP rate, processing time, leakage recovered, vendor scorecards, aging analysis, and AP KPIs. No report building needed.

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