AP AUTOMATION FOR CONSTRUCTION

AP automation for the businesses that keep construction moving

Construction suppliers operate across multiple locations, vendors, and high invoice volumes. When AP slows, invoice resolution slips, supplier relationships strain, and margin visibility comes too late. SoftCo keeps invoices moving across sites, with control and visibility built in.

90%

touchless processing of PO invoices

1M+

users worldwide

9.9/ 10

Mastercard RiskRecon security rating

Featured in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for AP Automation

THE CHALLENGE

Invoice volume scales. Your AP team doesn’t.

Construction supply chain businesses process high volumes across multiple sites, vendors, and tight margins. When AP can’t keep pace, the cost shows up in late payments, strained supplier terms, and month-end accruals based on estimates, not facts.

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Invoice volume grows with every site

Every new location adds vendors, invoices, and approvers. Multi-line invoices across multiple POs are standard. Without automation, each new site multiplies manual workload without increasing AP capacity.

Vendor pricingdrifts from agreement

Pricing agreements are only as strong as the process enforcing them. When contracts are tracked manually, pricing drifts go unnoticed until retrospective audit. Renewals get missed. Spend leaks.

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Resolution timedefines supplier trust

When invoice resolution takes 40 days, suppliers reprioritise. Late payments and unclear status erode negotiated terms. In a supply chain business, vendor relationships are margin, not overhead.

AP AUTOMATION FOR CONSTRUCTION

Automate AP across every location

SoftCo gives construction supply chain finance teams control over high-volume AP across multiple sites and vendors. Volume is automated. Exceptions surface. The audit trail is built in.

Capture every invoice format

Paper, PDF, EDI. Invoice data captured at the point of entry with no manual keying. No transcription errors. No re-entry across locations.

AI Matching for complex PO invoices

AI Matching handles multi-line invoices across multiple POs, delivery matching, incomplete data, and FX conversions. Built for the volume and complexity of building materials distribution, where one invoice can span multiple orders.

AI Coding for non-PO invoices

AI Coding learns your patterns and applies them to non-PO invoices: fleet, facilities, services, utilities. Processing time drops without adding manual review.

Contract compliance and spend control

Manage contract-based spend with alerts for renewals and expirations. Pre-approved spend controls drawdown against budgets. Purchase orders generated for preferred vendors without delay. No pricing drift without visibility.

WHAT YOU GAIN

What changes when AP keeps your supply chain moving

More locations, more vendors, tighter margins. These are the outcomes when AP keeps pace across your supply chain. Invoices move faster, suppliers stay aligned, and costs are visible before they impact margin.

YOUR PRIORITY
WHAT SOFTCO DELIVERS

Multi-site invoice volume

AI Matching and AI Coding absorb volume growth across locations without adding headcount.

Vendor pricing compliance

Automated tracking of contract terms, renewals, and expirations. Invoice matching validates pricing against what was agreed.

Supplier relationships

Your AP team sees where every invoice sits. Queries answered immediately, disputes resolved faster, payments within terms.

Spend visibility and accruals

Real-time view of spend across locations and vendors. Accruals accurate before month-end, not assembled after it.

Audit trail and documentation

Full audit trail on every transaction. Every approval logged. All contracts and supporting documentation stored in Compliant Archive.

YOUR SOFTCO EXPERIENCE
AP dashboard showing spend by location, cost category, location performance, and invoice status mix

See spend across every location, in one place

Invoice status by location, vendor, and exception type. Spend against budget visible as invoices are processed, not assembled after. Every branch accounted for, without manual consolidation. The numbers your operations team asks for, available before month-end.

CUSTOMER EVIDENCE

Tried, tested and trusted by 1M+ users worldwide

“SoftCo delivered everything we were looking for, and more. Our AP staff spend
less time on reconciliation and more time on value-adding activities.”

Brian Conneely
Finance Director, Grafton Ireland
100%

Productivity Gain

75%

Invoices AI Matched

75%

Lower Approval Times

HOW WE DELIVER

Automation that fits. Delivered by design.

You may have tried automation before. Or seen it fail elsewhere. Not this time. SoftCo starts with your financial architecture, then configures automation to fit it. Not the other way around. Every step is designed to deliver a result that works in your environment.

01

Understand the fit

Your ERP landscape, approval hierarchies, exception patterns, compliance requirements. We learn all of it before we touch a single configuration. No assumptions carried over from the last customer.

02

Engineer the fit

An automation blueprint shaped by your workflows and controls. Proven patterns from 35+ years of AP implementations, applied to your specific environment. Your processes shape the solution.

03

Build the fit

Matching rules, coding logic, approval chains, integration points. All configured across your ERPs and built to your specification. Everything works together as intended, not as improvised.

04

Test the fit

Your real invoice data, your real environment. We validate workflows, rules, and outcomes before go-live. Issues resolved before they reach your team. Results proved, not promised.

05

Scale the fit

New entities, new ERPs, acquisitions. The automation adapts with you. No rebuilds. Your CS team knows your configuration and evolves it alongside your business.

FAQ

Frequently askedquestions

SoftCo's contract compliance capability integrates across the full procure-to-pay process. It manages the request, purchase, and control of contract-based spend, with automated alerts when contracts approach renewal or expiration. Invoice matching validates pricing against contract terms, so pricing drift from agreed rates is flagged rather than paid. All contracts and supporting documentation are stored in Compliant Archive, indexed and retrievable for audit or review.

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SOFTCOAI+ IN ACTION

Because good enough never survived an audit

Tailored automation delivers visibility, control, and savings that you can actually measure.