Turn Your AP Team into a Data Goldmine with Intelligent Automation
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Key Takeaways
⇨ Automation of accounts payable (AP) processes is crucial for enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and financial control, helping finance teams combat manual, outdated workflows during economic volatility.
⇨ The upcoming 2025 xSuite North America User Conference will provide SAP finance professionals with valuable insights and practical demonstrations on AP automation solutions, enabling businesses to learn different approaches to modernizing their finance workflows.
⇨ Implementing AP automation not only reduces costs but also empowers finance teams to focus on higher-value activities, transforming AP from a back-office function into a strategic enabler for better business intelligence.
With economic volatility showing no signs of slowing, finance teams working in SAP systems need every tool at their disposal to keep up. Yet all too often, they are bogged down by manual and outdated workflows. To combat this, many are leveraging advanced automation technologies in essential workflows like accounts payable (AP).
AP automation functions are crucial for improving efficiency, accuracy, and financial control. Manual AP processes are often slow, error-prone, and resource-intensive, involving paper invoices, manual data entry, and time-consuming approvals.
Automation eliminates these inefficiencies by streamlining invoice receipt, matching, approval workflows, and payment execution. Automation also enhances visibility and control over financial operations, enabling real-time tracking of invoices, better cash flow management, and accurate accruals.
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Understanding AP Automation
To help companies learn about innovative AP automation options, xSuite is hosting its upcoming 2025 xSuite North America User Conference. Beginning June 17, luminaries and learners in the SAP finance space will travel to Boston to attend live demonstrations of xSuite’s automation solutions, hear from expert speakers sharing the latest insights, hear from customers about their successes, and train on the latest tools.
Day 1 covers the “Journey to AP Automation” theme. It includes a keynote address and a customer success panel featuring customers Altenloh and Century Aluminum discussing their implementation and go-live experiences.
Sessions cover “AP Automation Intel” including the AI/Prediction Server, E-Invoice solutions, and the Invoice roadmap. Attendees can also learn about the free annual xSuite Health Check service and sign up on-site. Day 1 concludes with a networking opportunity: an included dinner boat cruise through the Boston Harbor on “The Odyssey”.
Day 2 focuses on administration and technical aspects. Sessions include “Invoice Cube Command Central” covering admin essentials, user/license management, workflows, and system monitoring; “Prism & Helix – Capture Crossing” detailing capture architecture and use cases; and “Basecamp Archive – Level 1 & 2” reviewing archive fundamentals, components, SAP Repository insights, and advanced Level 2 topics.
Learning Remotely
xSuite is also offering SAP finance professionals a chance to learn with its upcoming webinar focusing on how TDS simplified its Accounts Payable (AP) system architecture by implementing xSuite and consolidating four systems into one single solution.
On June 5, Matt Dolezel, TDS Senior Manager/AP Manager, and Sanjeev Gupta, xSuite Senior SAP Consultant, will explore “Clean Core” concepts designed to future-proof plans for TDS.
Attendees will also learn about integrating multiple business processes into one solution, leveraging intelligent automation for cost reduction and productivity, and the benefits of flexible, future-proof technology aligned with SAP best practices.
What This Means for SAPinsiders
Step into the future. Companies can no longer afford to rely on outdated manual methods, particularly when it comes to essential finance workflows like accounts payable. Leading businesses implement automated solutions that free up their experts to spend time on more important tasks, allowing them to better handle the volatility of the markets.
Learn your way. Companies may want to take different approaches to better understanding AP automation. Whether it is hearing about the latest products from subject matter experts, getting a roadmap to success from similar organizations, or getting hands on demonstrations, there is no wrong way to learn. This is why xSuite is offering a wide range of options at its upcoming 2025 xSuite North America User Conference.
Automation is a cornerstone of innovation. In today’s competitive landscape, automating AP is not just about cutting costs, it’s a strategic enabler for finance teams to focus on higher-value activities like forecasting, budgeting, and supplier strategy. It transforms AP from a back-office function into a source of business intelligence.
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