How to process supplier invoices automatically.

Every business processes supplier invoices. Most do it badly, expensively and repeatedly. Here's a way to think about doing it once, well, and never again.

The single-inbox rule

Every supplier invoice should land in one place. Not three. Not 'usually here, sometimes there'. One inbox.

Reading vs. understanding

OCR reads. Classification understands. Both are needed; only one is interesting.

Handoff to your accountant

The output of the process is not a file. It's a filed, classified, accountant-ready record.