The accounts payable process is complex and has many moving parts. Advanced business software environments were meant to simplify this work, which has been the outcome in some ways. However, challenges, inefficiencies and bottlenecks often frustrate AP teams. For example, moving data into an ERP or ECM system is fraught with difficulty. Yoga Connect for AP Essentials aims to address those concerns.

Tungsten AP Essentials provides an advanced platform for the automation of many fundamental tasks in accounts payable. However, its best value comes from deeper integration with your other systems. Data should pass from AP Essentials seamlessly into those platforms but making that connection could require extensive custom development. With the Yoga Connect solution, that’s no longer necessary.

Let’s explore the root of the issue and examine how Yoga Connect helps.

Challenges That Exist in Today’s Software Environment

The large number of different enterprise software solutions means companies have many options, but that level of choice creates difficulties, too. Not everything interconnects right out of the box. API interactions between different business applications may be a source of trouble. These challenges often create a need for manual work to move data around. Sometimes, those steps might even interrupt an otherwise largely automated workflow.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is central to the daily management of business tasks for many companies today. Some activities within the ERP may also need corresponding actions inside other external software systems, such as an enterprise content management (ECM) platform. The AP process, for example, might include onboarding a new vendor and processing their invoices for the first time.

Without automated integration via APIs, users may need to manually generate CSV files and wait for a server to create a scheduled transfer. Failures in this process can cause delays, while file generation also creates opportunities for mistakes and confusion.

Yoga Connect addresses these concerns directly.

What is Yoga Connect?

Built by RPI Consultants, Yoga Connect is a robust connector for AP Essentials that fosters integration with many of today’s most popular and common ECM and ERP solutions. Available through a SaaS model and with cloud-based deployment options, it’s easy to set up and use. Maintenance is hassle-free, and interactions between AP Essentials and other systems are lightning-fast thanks to the optimized architecture that powers Yoga Connect.

Instead of requiring manual decisions and breaks in an automated process, Yoga Connect makes managing API interactions between applications more clear-cut. A new invoice created in AP Essentials can seamlessly map to a corresponding entry on the ERP platform in real time. Contrast that speed with the slow process of generating flat files and waiting for a scheduled task to execute on a server.

Features to Note

Yoga Connect is lightweight and built purposefully to accelerate data transfers across platforms. Configuring this connector to allow AP Essentials to interface with outside systems is straightforward. There’s no need for custom coding to go live, eliminating one of the common sources of additional expenses and delays when connecting systems.

Yoga Connect facilitates easy integration with common platforms such as:

• Infor APIA
• Cloudsuite Financials
• Oracle
• SAP
• Microsoft Dynamics and others.

Such integration allows for deeper insights into daily financials and a holistic view of the operation’s financial status. The real-time nature of data processing with Yoga Connect makes business operations more intelligent and informed, allowing decision-makers to make confident moves. Beyond that benefit, Yoga Connect also provides many advantages to AP teams.

Unlocking Benefits Using Yoga Connect

This connector’s primary benefit is a reduced need for manual decisions and tasks in the accounts payable workflow. AP automation is at its best when it achieves straight-through processing. In other words, once an invoice enters your system, it automatically proceeds through the entire process, including validation and approval, without human intervention.

Invoices that undergo straight-through processing are highly accurate and cost less to handle. Without manual intervention, there aren’t nearly as many ways for errors to creep into invoice data. That accuracy eliminates the need for time-consuming error correction and troubleshooting when numbers fail to line up later.

Ultimately, an accelerated process powered by fully connected AP software and ERP/ECM solutions delivers better results. Processing costs drop and vendors receive their payments on time and regularly. In some cases, faster processing can unlock early payment discounts or contribute to building stronger vendor relationships.

Make significant improvements in your workflow with behind-the-scenes support from Yoga Connect.

About the Developers, RPI Consultants

RPI Consultants is a Tungsten Platinum Partner with broad experience and understanding of platforms that include Tungsten TotalAgility, Capture, RPA, and AP Essentials. The team at RPI consistently works to advance with deeper integrations between today’s leading business software solutions and automation platforms. The company continues to develop new applications to fight process inefficiencies and close the gap between enterprise software.

Find Other Innovative Solutions in the Marketplace

Better interfacing between business software solutions leads to improved productivity, fewer errors and better process outcomes. With Yoga Connect, you can accelerate your timeline to a positive ROI on automation. At the same time, it’s possible to eliminate many hassles that frustrate accounts payable employees. Ultimately, implementing automation and integrating your systems can drive down invoice processing costs and create opportunities to strengthen vendor relationships.

Yoga Connect for AP Essentials is just one example of how the Marketplace can be a game-changer for automation investments. Instead of devoting intensive development efforts to making connections and integrations on your own, professional partners in the Marketplace may have what you need ready to go. Learn more about Yoga Connect today, or visit the Marketplace for more information on other exciting solutions.