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Wholesale & distribution

AP automation for wholesalers and distributors

Thousands of invoice lines to match against POs and GRNs, contract prices to check on every line, and part-shipments, rebates and credit notes to reconcile. Each line is checked against your trade terms before the invoice posts to OrderWise, Sage or NetSuite.

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Customer story: Ariat
Ariat

Apparel and footwear brand · purchase to pay

Customer story
“My job within accounts payable is a lot easier and more streamlined.”

Jo Carter, Accounts Payable, Ariat

Read the Ariat story

Near paperless

AP department

Substantially reduced

Invoice cycle time

Complete

Audit trail

Built for distribution

AP automation that understands trade pricing and volume.

01

Contract price validation

Every invoice line is checked against your agreed trade price list. When a supplier bills above the contracted rate, the variance is flagged before payment.

02

Line-level PO matching

Bulk orders run to hundreds of lines across cases, pallets and mixed units. Each line is matched to the purchase order, with substitutions and unit conversions handled.

03

Rebates and settlement discounts

Volume rebates, retrospective discounts and early-settlement terms are checked against supplier agreements, and underclaims are flagged.

04

Part-shipments and backorders

Deliveries split across dates and depots. Invoices are matched against goods actually received, so a backorder or short delivery is paid for what arrived.

How it works

From trade invoice to price-checked, branch-coded and posted.

  1. 01

    Invoices arrive

    Trade invoices, credit notes and self-bills come in by EDI, email or post and land in one queue.

  2. 02

    AI reads and matches

    Every line is read, matched against the purchase order and GRN, and checked against your contracted trade terms, with variances flagged.

  3. 03

    Exceptions routed

    Clean invoices go straight through. Price and quantity exceptions go to the right buyer or branch manager under your approval rules.

  4. 04

    Posted to your ERP

    Approved invoices post to Sage, SAP, NetSuite, OrderWise or 100+ other platforms, and supplier accounts update as they go.

Works with your ERP

Stratas posts to the finance system you already run.

FAQ

Common questions from distribution finance teams.

Yes. Every invoice line is checked against your contracted price list. When a supplier bills above the agreed rate, the variance is flagged before the invoice reaches payment.

Every line is read and matched against your purchase order by product code, quantity and price. Cases, pallets, mixed units, part-shipments and substitutions are handled, and only true exceptions need review.

Yes. Volume rebates, retrospective discounts and early-settlement terms are reconciled against your supplier agreements. Underclaims are flagged so you recover what you are owed.

Invoices are three-way matched against the purchase order and goods received note. Quantity shortfalls are flagged before payment, so backorders and part-shipments are paid for what was received.

Yes. We integrate with Sage, SAP, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, OrderWise and 100+ other platforms, and connect to your stock and purchasing systems so PO and GRN data flows in.

Invoices are split and coded across branches, depots or trading entities under your allocation rules: by delivery location, order reference or custom logic. Each allocation posts to the correct entity in your ERP.

Ready to automate AP across your distribution operation?

Book a 30-minute call with our UK-based team. Bring a few real trade invoices and we'll run them through on the call.