Still waters run deep.

On the surface, numbers might balance. But deep under, your Accounts Payable is probably leaking time, cash, and control. Invoices might be sitting idle, errors might be creeping in, and audits are probably like fire drills.

That's why we built the AP Health Checklist — a 10-minute self-audit that shows you where those leaks start before they cost you another cycle.

The Big Picture

At the organizational level, AP bottlenecks waste hours and slow down a business:

17 days vs. 3 days

The gap between average and best-in-class invoice cycles.

$12.88 vs. $2.78

The per-invoice cost difference that scales into six-figures annually.

22% exception rates

Each one creates rework across Finance, Procurement, and Receiving.

A Story From the Field

We thought our ERP had it covered. On paper, everything looked fine. In practice, our Finance team was drowning.

Seven hundred invoices pulled from inboxes every month
Three-way matches dragging on for days
Payment cycles slipping past 10 days
Every quarter, a week lost to audit prep

But when automation came in, the change was immediate:

Processing time:

12 minutes 1.5 minutes per invoice

Error rate:

7% nearly zero

Supplier payments:

10 days 2 days

Audit prep:

5 days less than 1

By year-end, their finance team had saved six figures. The bigger win here was time savings. Time to focus on cash flow, forecasting, and strategy instead of fighting invoices.

How do you benefit with this checklist?

These results didn't begin with a full system overhaul. They started with spotting the exact red flags the checklist uncovers:

Bottlenecks in approval routing

Approvals stall when managers are away, emails get missed, or backups are not assigned.

Each stalled approval extends cycle times, delays supplier payments, and pushes month-end close into chaos.

Exceptions quietly eating Finance capacity

A duplicate invoice, a missing PO, or a mismatched GRN triggers rework across Finance, Procurement, and Receiving.

These exceptions add up and drain hours that should be spent on cash flow and forecasting.

Blind spots that make audits painful

Manual updates and fragmented processes leave no single source of truth. Audit prep turns into a scramble to chase down records.

Suppliers lose confidence when payments are delayed or disputed.

This AP Health Checklist helps you see those gaps clearly

The same ones that, once fixed, have created six-figure savings and predictable closes for teams like yours.

Six-figure savings
Predictable closes
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