Invoice scanning is a crucial step in managing the accounts payable (AP) process for any business. You may think that invoice scanning is no longer required if invoices are received electronically. However, according to Bottomline’s The State of ePayables report, more than a staggering 48% of invoices are received in paper format. In other words, paper invoices are still very much a part of modern accounts payable, and so is invoice scanning.

Invoice management is an important task regardless of the size of your business, but it can quickly become overwhelming due to the sheer volume of invoices, varying formats, and the need for accurate tracking and timely payments. Manual processes with paper invoices are time-consuming, often leading to errors, delays, and difficulty in maintaining organized records. However, with the right invoice processing software, you can streamline invoice management, saving time and reducing errors.

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Invoice scanning software is a tool that helps businesses process invoices quickly and accurately by digitizing and extracting critical information from them. It uses technologies like optical character recognition (OCR) to read invoice details such as vendor names, dates, amounts, and line items. This software is especially useful for accounts payable teams and businesses that deal with a high volume of invoices, making their financial processes faster and more reliable.

Businesses send and receive several invoices and payment receipts in digital formats, such as scanned PDFs, text documents, or Excel files. While digital formats have allowed workplaces to transition to a paperless environment, they have introduced a new challenge for business analysts: extracting the data from invoices and using it to draw relevant insights.

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Remember when you had to stand in long lines at the store, waiting for a cashier to check out your items? Or think back to when factories relied entirely on human hands to assemble products, one piece at a time. Fast forward to today, and self-checkout machines have made waiting in line a thing of the past, while robots on assembly lines are handling repetitive tasks with speed and precision.

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Logistics industry has to deal with data from multiple sources including bills of lading, customs declaration forms, proofs of delivery, and others. Then they have to ensure the data is prepped, extracted, parsed, converted to the right format and then analyzed. Given how important logistics is in today’s market, it is no wonder that McKinsey Global Supply Chain Leader Survey 2024 reported 74% of respondents were interested in advanced digital and AI-based tools for planning and scheduling.

It’s 2025, and manual finance workflows are a thing of the past—or at least they should be. Enterprises and organizations in the healthcare, financial services, logistics, and retail sectors deal with thousands of invoices daily. Considering the high volume, automation is the obvious solution to ensure efficient and streamlined operations.