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Automating supplier payments for outsourced services

Purpose

1.1. Automate end-to-end supplier payment workflows for outsourced activity tours, including invoice capture, approval routing, and payment execution.
1.2. Automating reconciliation with financial reports to reduce manual workloads, decrease errors, and ensure real-time tracking of all outgoing supplier payments.
1.3. Enable automated payment notifications and reminders for activity organisers, bookkeepers, and suppliers, ensuring full payment transparency and compliance with financial controls.
1.4. Integrate automated data feeds from supplier management and tour booking platforms into accounting tools for real-time budget compliance.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated trigger on receipt of new supplier invoice via email, upload, or billing API.
2.2. Automated triggers upon due-date approaches (configurable days in advance).
2.3. Automates upon approval by designated activity organiser or finance officer.
2.4. Trigger from tour management completion events or booking platform settlement.

Platform Variants

3.1. Xero
• API: /invoices, /payments — automates invoice posting, approval, and payment creation.
3.2. QuickBooks Online
• API: CreateBill, PayBill — automate bill creation and payment execution for suppliers.
3.3. FreshBooks
• Endpoint: POST /payments — automates supplier payment posting after invoice approval.
3.4. Zoho Books
• API: /vendorpayments — automate creation and dispatch of supplier payments.
3.5. SAP Concur
• API: PostVendorInvoice, PostPaymentBatch — fully automated invoice-to-payment flow.
3.6. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
• API: /vendors/payments — automates batch supplier payouts for booked activities.
3.7. Stripe
• Feature: Transfers API — automate supplier payouts after service confirmation.
3.8. PayPal
• Payouts API — automator triggers for automated mass payment to suppliers.
3.9. Wise (formerly TransferWise)
• API: /v1/payments — automate cross-border supplier transactions with automated reconciliation.
3.10. Bill.com
• API: Create/Pay Bill — automating payment workflows for recurring supplier invoices.
3.11. Oracle NetSuite
• API: Vendor Payment Record, Bill — automate supplier payout posting.
3.12. SAP Business One
• API: Payment Run Wizard — automates payment batches for outsourced partners.
3.13. Tipalti
• Endpoint: Payments API — automates global supplier payments for activity providers.
3.14. Plaid
• Feature: Auth/API — automate supplier bank account verification for secure payout automation.
3.15. Revolut Business
• API: /payment — automates supplier payment instruction creation.
3.16. Airwallex
• API: /payments/create — automation of global supplier payment flows.
3.17. Oracle Fusion Cloud
• API: Payables Payment request — automated AP orchestration for tours.
3.18. KashFlow
• API: /payments — automates supplier payment and ledger update.
3.19. Odoo
• REST API: /account.payment — automate multi-supplier payment creation and status sync.
3.20. SAP Ariba
• Feature: Payables API — automator integrates approval and payment for supplier settlements.
3.21. Square
• API: CreatePayment — automates outgoing payment transaction post-activity completion.
3.22. Brex
• API: /payments — automate scheduled supplier payment as part of AP automation.

Benefits

4.1. Automates repetitive payment tasks, reducing human error and boosting accuracy.
4.2. Automated approval chains accelerate supplier settlements and strengthen relations.
4.3. Automates compliance logging for audit-readiness and traceability.
4.4. Improves cash flow management via automated scheduling and forecasting.
4.5. Enables scalable, automatable financial operations for outdoor activity organisers.
4.6. Automated payment status notifications and reminders increase operational transparency.
4.7. Automator-enabled integrations mean instant adjustment of tour margins after supplier settlement.
4.8. Automates supplier onboarding and payment compliance, reducing onboarding friction.
4.9. Facilitate automatable, real-time reconciliation with bank feeds and accounting systems.
4.10. Automatedly processes and archives supplier payment documentation for streamlined reporting.

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