For many accounts payable teams, invoice processing remains one of the most manual, time-consuming processes in finance. Despite decades of automation efforts, a significant percentage of AP departments still rely on manual data entry, exception handling, and legacy capture technologies that struggle to keep pace with growing invoice volumes, supplier complexity, and business expectations. According to industry research, approximately two-thirds of AP organizations still manually key invoice data into ERP systems, creating unnecessary costs, delays, and risk.
Today, we're excited to announce the general availability of Hyland IDP for AP Invoices, a cloud-native, AI-powered invoice capture and validation solution built on the Hyland Content Innovation Cloud (CIC). Designed specifically for accounts payable teams, Hyland IDP for AP Invoices delivers intelligent invoice extraction, validation, and automation capabilities that help organizations reduce manual effort, improve processing accuracy, and accelerate invoice throughput.
Why We Built Hyland IDP for AP Invoices
Accounts payable organizations are under increasing pressure to process more invoices, reduce costs, improve compliance, and deliver better visibility into financial operations. Yet many teams are still constrained by legacy capture technologies that require extensive training, configuration, and ongoing maintenance.
Traditional OCR and machine learning-based invoice capture solutions often struggle when invoice formats change, new vendors are introduced, or document quality varies. As a result, AP teams spend a lot of time reviewing exceptions, correcting extracted data, and manually validating invoices before they move through the AP workflow.
Hyland built IDP for AP Invoices to address these challenges by providing:
- A modern replacement for legacy invoice capture technologies such as Brainware
- AI-powered, context-aware invoice extraction that requires significantly less training
- Automated vendor matching and invoice validation
- Cloud-native scalability and simplified administration
- A direct path to greater straight-through processing and future AI-driven AP automation
Most importantly, we wanted to help organizations modernize invoice capture without forcing them to abandon their existing investments in OnBase accounts payable workflows. Hyland IDP for AP Invoices was built to work seamlessly with existing AP automation environments while creating a foundation for the next generation of AI-based finance operations.
What Is Hyland IDP for AP Invoices?
Hyland IDP for AP Invoices is an AI-powered invoice capture and validation solution that automates the extraction of both header-level and line-item invoice data while validating information against vendors and purchase orders.
Built on the Hyland Content Innovation Cloud, the solution uses advanced AI to:
- Automatically classify and process invoices
- Extract invoice header and line-level data
- Validate invoice information
- Perform vendor matching
- Improve invoice data quality before it proceeds downstream
- Increase straight-through processing rates
- Reduce exception handling and manual intervention
Unlike traditional capture technologies that depend heavily on templates and invoice-specific configuration, Hyland IDP leverages modern AI capabilities to understand document context, enabling organizations to process new and unfamiliar invoice formats more effectively.
Reduce Manual Work
AP professionals spend a significant portion of their day entering invoice data, validating information, and resolving exceptions. Hyland IDP automates invoice classification, extraction, vendor matching, and validation, reducing repetitive manual tasks and allowing AP staff to focus on higher-value work.
Accelerate Invoice Processing
Industry studies indicate that intelligent document processing solutions can reduce invoice processing times by 50% to 70%. Faster processing means invoices move through approval workflows more quickly, helping organizations improve vendor relationships and capture more early-payment discounts.
Improve Accuracy
Manual invoice processing often results in error rates between 3% and 10%. Modern AI-powered automation can reduce those rates dramatically, improving first-pass accuracy and reducing downstream reconciliation effort.
Increase Straight-Through Processing
By improving extraction accuracy and reducing exceptions, organizations can significantly increase straight-through processing rates. More invoices reach the ERP and workflow systems without manual intervention, creating a more scalable AP operation.
Simplify Administration
Because Hyland IDP for AP Invoices is delivered as a cloud-native solution through the Content Innovation Cloud, organizations benefit from simplified administration, easier updates, and improved scalability, especially when compared to legacy capture systems.
Achieve Measurable ROI
The combination of reduced manual effort, improved accuracy, faster cycle times, and increased throughput contributes to a compelling business case for AP modernization.
One example is Rexel Canada, which achieved near-100% invoice indexing accuracy within days of deployment and significantly reduced manual validation requirements, demonstrating the transformative potential of AI-driven document processing.
Built for Current OnBase AP Customers
Many of our customers have standardized on OnBase for accounts payable workflow automation. Hyland IDP for AP Invoices extends and modernizes these environments by bringing advanced AI-powered invoice capture directly into existing AP processes.
Customers can improve invoice processing performance while preserving the investments they've already made in their workflow, content management, and ERP ecosystems. This approach minimizes disruption while delivering immediate operational improvements.
Looking Ahead: From Intelligent Capture to Agentic AP
While Hyland IDP for AP Invoices delivers immediate value today, it also represents an important step in Hyland's vision for the future of accounts payable.
Earlier this year, Hyland introduced Agentic GL Coding, an AI-assisted capability that predicts and recommends general ledger codes for non-PO invoices based on historical invoice, vendor, and approver behavior. Together, Agentic GL Coding and IDP for AP Invoices provide a powerful foundation for more autonomous AP processes.
Looking forward, Hyland's AP automation roadmap includes:
- Expanded ERP integrations beyond the initial Workday support
- AnyERP connectivity to support a broader range of customer environments
- Continued enhancement of intelligent invoice validation and processing
- Automated exception handling capabilities
- Agent-driven workflow orchestration
- Autonomous approval and decision support processes
- Broader agentic accounts payable capabilities that help organizations move toward touchless AP operations
The future of AP isn't simply faster invoice capture. It's intelligent systems that can understand documents, make informed decisions, resolve routine exceptions, and help finance teams focus on strategic work rather than administrative tasks. Hyland IDP for AP Invoices is a foundational step on that journey.
Modernize AP Today, Prepare for Smarter Finance Operations Tomorrow
Accounts payable teams need solutions that deliver value now while preparing them for what's next.
Hyland IDP for AP Invoices helps organizations reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, accelerate processing, and increase straight-through processing through cloud-native, AI-powered invoice capture and validation. At the same time, it establishes the foundation for the next generation of AP automation powered by AI and agentic technologies.
The result is a smarter, faster, and more scalable approach to invoice processing today, with a clear path toward the future of intelligent, autonomous finance operations.
For more information:
- View the product guide
- Watch the webinar recording
