Our accounts payable process is taking forever and causing delays with vendor payments. Anyone have experience with automation solutions that actually work?

We implemented an AP automation system about 8 months ago and it completely transformed our finance department. The time savings alone justified the investment - what used to take our team 3-4 hours daily now takes maybe 30 minutes. Invoice approval workflows became so much smoother since everything routes automatically to the right people. The error reduction was probably the biggest benefit though, since manual data entry mistakes were costing us money in duplicate payments and late fees. We evaluated several options before choosing and their implementation process was surprisingly painless. Integration with our existing ERP system worked without major issues. Vendor relations improved too since payments became more predictable and timely