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Process Details

  • Inputs: Payment files
  • Outputs: duplicate alert reports, held payment lists, investigation worksheets
  • Systems: SAP ERP (FI-AP), Oracle Payables, NetSuite AP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance

Pre-Payment Duplicate Detection

Agnostic

Use Case Overview

AI agent that scans payment batches before processing to identify potential duplicate payments using multiple matching criteria

Challenges

  • High potential for costly errors from manual data handling.
  • Significant time and resources are spent on repetitive, low-value work.
  • The manual process is difficult to scale without increasing headcount.
  • Process bottlenecks lead to delays and missed deadlines.

Solution

This use case solution follows these general steps at a high level:

  1. Scan Payment BatchReview all payments scheduled for processing
  2. Check Vendor-Amount PairsLook for same vendor + same amount within date range
  3. Analyze Invoice ReferencesCompare invoice numbers and reference fields
  4. Examine Payment TimingFlag payments to same vendor within short timeframes
  5. Hold Suspicious PaymentsQuarantine high-probability duplicates for manual review

Primary Benefits

  • Increase EfficiencyDramatically reduce the time and manual effort required to complete the process.
  • Enhance AccuracyEliminate human error to ensure data integrity and reduce financial risk.
  • Empower EmployeesFree your team from monotonous tasks, allowing them to focus on strategic work that requires their expertise.
  • Improve ScalabilityHandle growing volumes of work without a proportional increase in operational costs.
  • Ensure TransparencyMaintain a complete, auditable trail of every action the AI agent takes, described in plain English.

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FAQ

When the agent identifies a potential duplicate, what exactly happens? Does it stop the entire payment batch? +

No, it does not stop the entire batch. This is a key design feature to avoid operational disruption. The agent quarantines only the individual suspicious payment line items while allowing the rest of the payment batch to proceed. It then immediately sends a notification with the specific details of the held payment and the reason it was flagged to the designated AP reviewer.

What systems can this agent scan? Does it only work with specific ERPs? +

The agent is designed to read standard payment file formats (such as CSV, XLSX, or XML) that can be exported from virtually any modern ERP or accounting system, including SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workday, and more. This makes it highly compatible with most IT environments.

What kind of audit trail is created for held and reviewed payments? +

The agent maintains a complete and detailed log for every action. When a payment is held, the audit trail records:
Which payment was held and why (e.g., “Duplicate suspected based on Vendor/Amount match with Invoice #ABC”).
Who was notified.
Timestamps for every step. This provides a clear and defensible record for auditors that the control is operating effectively.

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