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AP automation by industry

Fund codes for charities, CIS for contractors, three-way matching for manufacturers, site coding for hospitality groups. We set up capture, coding and approvals around how your sector works, and post to Sage, Business Central, NetSuite and 100+ other ERPs.

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By industry

See how it works in your sector.

The AP process is the same everywhere: capture, match, approve, post. The coding rules, approval routes and ERP set-up change by sector.

Property Management

Multi-building cost allocation and service charge reconciliation

Supplier invoices across buildings, tenants and service charge schedules, split and coded to the right building and posted to your ERP.

See AP automation for property management

Logistics & Transport

Freight invoices, self-bills and multi-depot cost centres

Fuel, maintenance, subcontractor and carrier invoices matched to rate cards, depots and cost centres.

See AP automation for logistics

Manufacturing

PO matching at volume and raw material cost tracking

Three-way matching against purchase orders and goods receipts across production sites, with nominal coding on capture.

See AP automation for manufacturing

Retail

Peak-season volume and multi-store allocation

Supplier invoices coded to the right store, department and category, with rebates checked against agreed terms.

See AP automation for retail

Wholesale & Distribution

Trade price validation and bulk PO matching

Invoices checked against agreed trade prices, matched to POs and GRNs at line level, and coded across every branch.

See AP automation for wholesale

Healthcare

Clinical budgets and procurement controls

Clinical and non-clinical spend coded separately, with fund and subjective coding and approval chains that match your governance.

See AP automation for healthcare

Professional Services

Matter coding and client recharges

Invoices coded to matters, projects and client engagements. Approval chains that match your partnership structure.

See AP automation for professional services

Charity & Nonprofit

Restricted fund coding and donor accountability

Every invoice traced to the right fund, grant or restricted income source, with a full audit trail for trustees and regulators.

See AP automation for charities

Education

Department budgets and procurement compliance

Invoice approval routed by faculty, department and budget holder, and coded to the right cost centre on capture.

See AP automation for education

Hospitality

High supplier counts and multi-site operations

Food, beverage, linen and maintenance: dozens of suppliers per site, each invoice coded to the right site and cost category.

See AP automation for hospitality

Construction

Subcontractor invoices and project cost control

CIS deductions, retention tracking and cost allocation across projects, phases and cost codes.

See AP automation for construction

Energy & Utilities

Multi-entity structures and non-standard documents

SPVs, O&M contractor invoices and settlement statements coded to the right entity and posted to each ledger.

See AP automation for energy

Automotive & Dealerships

Daily parts volume and per-site franchise coding

Parts, vehicle and service invoices coded to the right site and department, alongside the DMS you already run.

See AP automation for dealer groups

Culture & Heritage

Restricted funds and charity-plus-trading structures

Invoices coded to the right fund, grant and entity, with charitable and trading spend kept separate.

See AP automation for culture and heritage
Works with your ERP

Stratas posts to the finance system you already run.

Other sectors

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Tell us your sector and ERP and we'll tell you whether it fits. If AP automation is the wrong answer for your invoices, we'll say so.

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