Traditional AP workflows are anything but smooth. Approvals stall, mismatches cause delays, and payment deadlines slip when teams have to chase down missing data. The result is a process full of bottlenecks, errors, and frustration for both finance teams and suppliers.
Touchless AP offers a better way. Instead of getting stuck with manual intervention, invoices are captured digitally, routed automatically for approval, and processed for payment without anyone having to key data or investigate invoice exceptions. The process becomes faster, more accurate, and infinitely more scalable. Touchless automation is the new gold standard—and with Transcepta, it’s no longer out of reach.
Touchless AP represents a complete shift in how invoices move through your system. In a truly touchless process, invoices are captured digitally without the need for review, validated automatically against purchase orders or business rules, routed through approval workflows, and released for payment without human touchpoints.
Most AP systems utilize OCR (optical character recognition) to “read” invoices, and require staff to review the capture process and resolve errors. That isn’t touchless; it’s simply manual work dressed up as automation. The real breakthrough is eliminating interventions altogether. With AI based capture, supplier collaboration, and intelligent routing, invoices flow cleanly through the process, giving finance teams more speed, control, and confidence.
Touchless automation begins with digital invoice capture. Every invoice is ingested across any format—PDF, spreadsheet, EDI, or even paper—and converted into clean data without manual keying or OCR “guesswork”. From there, automated matching takes over. Invoices automatically matched to POs and any exceptions can be resolved through business rules and supplier collaboration. Finally, once approvals are complete, invoices flow directly into the ERP ready for payment. There are no handoffs, duplicate entries, or gaps between approval and payment—just a seamless cycle from start to finish.
Touchless AP is about far more than saving time. It transforms accounts payable into a streamlined, proactive function instead of a reactive one. Finance teams gain speed because invoices move from capture to payment without intervention. They gain accuracy because automated validation eliminates typos, duplicates, and mismatches. They gain scalability because seasonal spikes or long-term growth can be handled without additional headcount. And they gain visibility because real-time insight into spend, approvals, and liabilities becomes part of the daily workflow.
True touchless AP starts with suppliers. Transcepta makes onboarding fast and easy, so suppliers of any size or technical level can connect quickly and easily. Once connected, compliance checks such as tax IDs, banking information, and W-9 validation are facilitated automatically. This not only reduces fraud risk but also prevents exceptions caused by bad data and ensures the AP process is audit-ready from the start. By combining clean supplier data with automated workflows, Transcepta delivers both speed and accuracy at every stage.
Choosing the right solution means separating marketing hype from true touchless automation. It’s worth asking whether invoices are captured through OCR. You should confirm whether the system truly supports straight-through processing or if manual checks are still required. It’s also important to know if approval rules can be configured by vendor, spend type, or threshold, and how the platform enables supplier collaboration. Finally, consider what supplier onboarding and compliance tools are included as part of the solution.
Touchless AP is the future of finance operations. By digitizing invoices, routing approvals automatically, and syncing directly with your ERP for payment, your team can finally move past bottlenecks and manual grind.
Transcepta sets the gold standard with direct supplier connections, built-in compliance, and true end-to-end automation. The result is a workflow that is faster, more accurate, and fully scalable.
If your AP team is still chasing invoices through email chains or fixing OCR errors, it’s time to move on. Transcepta delivers a truly touchless process—capture, approve, pay—without the manual work.