Third-Party AP Automation vs. Built-in Offerings in Infor Cloudsuite

1. Greater Functionality

MHC helps to automate and streamline procure-to-pay processing and other key AP functions such as document output, imaging, web forms, and data capture. That consolidates your operations into a single, easy-to-use dashboard and provides a single-integrated solution for all of your business’s document management needs.

Even better, MHC can take your ERP beyond the basics with helpful functions such as automated fraud detection, dynamic approval workflows, and intelligent optical character recognition (OCR). All of those functions can be customized to best meet your organization’s specific needs, creating an ERP solution tailor-made for your goals and processes.

2. Simplified Implementation

Integrating a new solution into your existing processes can be intimidating. That’s why MHC software is designed with a specific eye toward simple integration and implementation with Infor Cloudsuite and all other leading ERP systems. Our software is intended to complement and supercharge your existing ERP, not replace it. MHC offers pre-built connectors to Infor Cloudsuite, simplifying integration and reducing development effort for your team.

MHC solutions are also designed to grow and scale along with your business. Our software enables an easy ERP upgrade path by delivering unique functionality to Cloudsuite customers while keeping Infor standards. That allows you to future-proof your ERP with minimal interruption, ensuring that your systems stays up to any new challenge that might arise.

3. Employee Empowerment

Trying to manage an ERP system using outdated or inadequate tools can be a frustrating and time-consuming experience. MHC automation for accounts payable streamlines many of the most repetitive and tedious processes of your day-to-day AP functions, including data entry, routing documents for approval, internal auditing, and generating reports.

MHC NorthStar is also designed to configure to your organization’s specific business rules, allowing you to tailor functions to meet your needs rather than the other way around. And with intuitive, centralized controls that are easy to use even for less tech-savvy business users, our third-party AP automation solutions help to empower your employees while also reducing the workload for your IT team.

4. Enhanced Security

Data security is a bigger concern than ever in an era of increasingly sophisticated cybercrime. MHC offers pre-built interfaces to Infor CloudSuite that expedite timelines while keeping your solutions economical and your information more secure. Our AP automation solutions boost security for ERP systems by allowing greater visibility into your entire process, making it easier to identify potential fraud and security risks before they become problems.

MHC automation further increases security by giving you more control over business rules such as who approves invoices and which documents get routed to which department. When exceptions do arise, they are automatically flagged for review, making it easier to both correct the problem in the moment and prevent similar situations in the future.

5. Consistent Compliance

Accounts payable is a heavily regulated industry, and for good reason. Errors and failure to comply with rules and regulations can have serious financial impacts on your organization. Enhancing your compliance efforts by investing in a third-party AP automation solution is the surest way to ensure that your ERP processes remain compliant with all relevant regulations.

MHC NorthStar automates document workflows within Infor Cloudsuite, reducing manual tasks that can greatly increase the risk of human error. The visibility that comes with an automated system makes it far easier to identify and address exceptions, errors, and other problems with your AP process. That visibility is especially helpful as an easily accessible data trail in the event of an internal or external audit.