AP responder Agent
Business challenge:
Vendors repeatedly ask for invoice and payment status updates. Each message lands in the shared AP mailbox and requires manual effort: open the email, look up the invoice in the ERP, assess status, and craft a reply. This work is repetitive, slows down during peak workload (e.g., month‑end), and can be inconsistent in tone and accuracy.
The result: delayed vendor replies, inconsistent communication quality, and valuable AP capacity consumed by work that is largely informational, predictable, and repeatable. Rather than the analytical work that genuinely requires human judgement.
Core Features:
- Monitors the shared AP mailbox and identifies vendor payment enquiries automatically
- Queries D365 F&O in real time to retrieve invoice status and expected payment date
- Sends an accurate, professional automated reply to the vendor about the invoice status.
- Routes invoices with exceptions to the AP team as a pre-drafted e-mail, ready for human review
Key benefits
- Eliminates the manual read‑lookup‑write cycle
- Consistent, professional responses regardless of workload or team availability.
- Human control retained — nothing sent for complex or disputed situations without AP review