Linda Farrow
Luxury eyewear brand, London
- Size
- Not stated
- Where
- UK
- Tool
- PaperLess for Sage 200 (AI-OCR)
What the AI did
AI reads supplier invoices into Sage 200, splits lines across cost centres and routes them for approval.
The result
Accounts payable processing time fell by about 50%.
AP processing time cut by approximately 50%; complex invoice handling reduced from 5-10 minutes to under 2 minutes
Check before trusting
Check totals and VAT against the PDF for the first few weeks. Keep a person on approvals.
Prompt to try it
Test the job on your own material before buying anything. Replace the highlighted brackets.
Here is a supplier invoice from [SUPPLIER]. Pull out the date, invoice number, net, VAT and total. Split the lines across these cost centres: [COST_CENTRES]. Flag anything that doesn't match PO [PO_NUMBER].
Source
PaperLess ↗, 30 September 2026 · vendor story
This source was written or published by the supplier of the tool, so treat the claim as a sales story.
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