Electronic Invoice Processing with AP Connect by Redfaire

Fully automate the processing of incoming invoices (purchase order invoices and expense invoices).

Processing incoming invoices often takes unnecessarily long. Data is still manually entered into JD Edwards, approvals happen through separate emails and Excel lists, and it is difficult to track where invoices get stuck.

With AP Connect for JD Edwards, developed by Redfaire International, you turn this fragmented process into one digital flow. You automate the intake, validation and approval of invoices, while your team continues working in the JD Edwards environment. This means less manual work, fewer errors and shorter lead times.

AP Connect is built using standard JD Edwards tools such as Orchestrator and CafeOne. For reading invoices, the solution uses ABBYY technology. ABBYY recognizes text from PDF invoices and scanned documents and automatically converts it into structured data, such as supplier, invoice number, amounts, VAT and order numbers. This information is immediately prepared for processing in JD Edwards, so your accounts payable team spends less time on manual entry and more time on validation and analysis.

What does AP Connect offer?

  • Receive incoming invoices digitally through one central channel
  • Automatically capture and register invoice data
  • Validation and matching with JD Edwards (including at purchase order level)
  • Support for both purchase invoices and expense invoices
  • Processing of multiple currencies and credit notes
  • Linking to purchase orders, cost centers and projects
  • Digital approval process on desktop and mobile
  • Dashboards with insight into open invoices, bottlenecks and processing times
  • Less manual work, fewer errors and faster processing towards payment


How does AP Connect work in practice?

Collect incoming invoices

Invoices usually arrive as PDF attachments via email, but they can also be scanned from paper. AP Connect retrieves invoices from designated mailboxes or folders and places them in a central overview. You can see in one place which invoices are new, which are being processed and which have already been completed.


Automatic recognition and validation

ABBYY technology reads invoices and automatically recognizes key fields such as supplier, invoice number, invoice date, amounts, VAT and order numbers or references. AP Connect immediately checks whether mandatory fields are present and whether the invoice appears to be a duplicate. Where needed, an employee can verify or correct the data, but most manual typing is eliminated.

Linking to purchase orders and cost centers

For purchase invoices, AP Connect links the invoice to the correct purchase order and goods receipt in JD Edwards. If quantities or amounts deviate, this becomes visible immediately so the buyer or budget holder can take action. For expense invoices, you assign the invoice to the correct general ledger account, cost center or project. Recurring invoices can largely be posted based on predefined rules, making this work faster and more consistent.

Digital validation and approval

For purchase invoices, AP Connect links the invoice to the correct purchase order and goods receipt in JD Edwards. If quantities or amounts deviate, this becomes visible immediately so the buyer or budget holder can take action. For expense invoices, you assign the invoice to the correct general ledger account, cost center or project. Recurring invoices can largely be posted based on predefined rules, making this work faster and more consistent.

Posting in JD Edwards

Once an invoice is approved, it is posted in JD Edwards. The accounts payable team remains in control within the ERP system: invoices are prepared for payment, and all overviews and reports continue to run on trusted JD Edwards data. This keeps all information up to date in one place and prevents duplicate data in other systems.

Insight and reporting

With the dashboards in AP Connect, you can track processing times per department, entity or approver, see where invoices get stuck, and monitor how many invoices still require content approval. This makes it easier to adjust processes, remove bottlenecks and be better prepared for internal and external audits and period close activities.

Ed Pieters Managing Partner

Ed Pieters

Managing Partner

Knowledge Center