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How does electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) and OCR improve AP processing?

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E-invoicing exchanges structured invoice data directly between systems, while OCR extracts data from PDFs/scans. Both reduce manual keying, speed up capture, cut errors, and enable straight-through processing where clean PO-matched invoices post automatically. This lowers cost per invoice and shortens cycle time, freeing staff for exceptions.
Real-world example After adopting OCR with auto-matching, a team's touchless invoice rate rises from 20% to 65%, cutting processing cost per invoice by half.

Common follow-ups: What is straight-through processing? | What invoices still need manual handling?

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