Everywhere you look technology is changing the way we live and work. We take pictures with our phones and talk to our bosses from the beach or the ski slopes. Soon enough a driverless car will take us to and from business meetings. Yet, many businesses are still processing their invoices and payments manually. Certainly there must be some technology that improves this very people-intensive and errorprone process. And there is. But before we discuss how and why invoice-to-pay automation helps, let’s take a look at some of the issues plaguing most accounts payable departments.