Robotic process automation.
Accounts Payable Automation with RPA
In just a few clicks, you can an inbox full of invoices to data entered into QuickBooks Online (or any other accounting system) with SimpleIndex and Astro RPA.
The first step is to run our SimpleInvoice job to capture the data from your invoices. Then, with one more click, fire up the robot and grab a cup of coffee while it takes over the job of entering the vendor names, invoice numbers, dates, dollar amounts and expense categories into your QuickBooks Online company file.
Both processes require minimal configuration to get started, so an hour or two of configuration replaces endless time spent manually entering your bills into QuickBooks. End the tedium. It’s why we created robots, right?
Use SimpleInvoice and a Astro RPA robot to:
- Automatically process and capture the data from your invoices
- Enter the data into any accounting system (QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, NetSuite, etc.)
- Brew and drink instead of copy and paste
SimpleInvoice comes with any SimpleIndex license. Our Accounts Payable Automation Bot can be added and customized for your accounting software and workflow.
If your invoice workflow requires line item capture, GL coding, or other advanced features, check out these Enterprise Invoice Processing solutions.
Some initial setup is required, and we can help you out with that too. Our Professional Services department can have you up and running in just a couple of hours.
Please Contact Us to find out more about automating your data entry time thieves with robots made in Astro RPA!
Indexing from Applications with Screen OCR
Some documents are difficult or impossible to automate with OCR. For example, documents with non-standard layouts, unconstrained handwriting or very poor scan quality. In applications like invoice processing, fully automating the data entry can require expensive software and weeks of consulting. Even after all that expense, many users miss the interface and data validations that their accounting software entry screens provide.
In cases like this, SimpleIndex can help improve data entry efficiency while archiving your scanned originals at the same time. Here’s how it works:
- Scan a batch of documents for data entry
- Place the SimpleIndex window side-by-side with your data entry window
- Enter the data normally, reading from the scanned image in SimpleIndex
- Press the hotkey combo to transfer the data to SimpleIndex
- Save the image and repeat with the next one
In this configuration, SimpleIndex captures an image of the data entry window, then uses OCR to read the data and index the image. Since the data entry screen has a consistent layout and clear, readable fonts, it can be reliably recognized with OCR.
There are several advantages to this approach:
- Configuration and training takes hours not weeks
- Scanned images are indexed with no extra work
- All the advantages of digital docs–security, searching, sharing, etc.
- Use all the data validation features of your software
- No flipping through paper documents
- Operator keeps eyes on the screen and hands on the keyboard
- Data entry can be done remotely
- Data entry performance improves and files are archived at the same time