Manufacturing
AP Automation and Document Management That Keep Production Moving
Manufacturers run high invoice volumes against production schedules that cannot wait on a missing PO or a receipt stuck in email. MetaViewer captures invoices, matches them to POs and receipts, and keeps purchase orders, receiving documents, vendor contracts, and compliance records tied to the transactions they support, searchable across every plant and vendor.
Havtech · Customer story
Trusted by finance and operations teams at leading brands
The challenge
The AP challenges manufacturers know too well
Delayed invoices and manual matching
Invoices get lost in email, three-way matching is done by hand, and approvals stall when the right person is on the floor or at another plant. Production does not pause while AP catches up.
Missed discounts and stretched AP teams
When invoices sit outside the ERP, finance cannot see what is outstanding, early-pay windows close, and late fees show up. The AP team absorbs the volume until something slips.
Documents scattered across plants, vendors, and systems
Purchase orders, receiving documents, vendor contracts, and compliance records live in shared drives, email, and plant filing cabinets. When an auditor or buyer asks for backup, someone has to hunt.
How MetaViewer helps
Built for high-volume, fast-paced manufacturing environments
Touchless invoice capture
AI reads line-item data from any invoice format and validates it against Business Central master data, so clean invoices move without re-keying.
Automated 3-way matching
Match invoices to POs and goods receipts automatically. Only true exceptions go to a person, so receiving discrepancies do not sit in a pile.
Mobile approvals
Approvers can sign off from the plant, the warehouse, or the road, so invoices do not wait for someone to get back to a desk.
Deep Business Central integration
Invoices post directly to Business Central. Dimensions, entities, and PO structure stay native, so finance is not reconciling a second system against the ERP.
Document management, connected to every transaction
Purchase orders, receiving documents, vendor contracts, and compliance records stay tied to the transactions they support, searchable and audit-ready across every plant and vendor relationship. No separate system to search when an auditor asks for backup.
Full audit trail
Every capture, match, approval, and edit is logged automatically. When audit season arrives, the trail is already there.
$7M
reduction in received-not-invoiced balance
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FAQ
Questions from manufacturing teams
Straight answers on fit, timeline, and how MetaViewer works with your ERP.
Capture and matching scale with manufacturing throughput. Invoices line up to POs and receipts so the shop floor and finance stay synchronized without spreadsheet bridges.
Next step
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