A viewpoint on why the bottleneck in accounts payable is not the language model.

Reading, coding and posting invoices back natively into the right company — including dimensions and vendors — instead of exporting and re-importing files.

OCR, DMS, approval and an ERP connector glued together, or one end-to-end AI agent? Neutral architecture criteria for DATEV users.

How AI takes the pressure off accounting

Get the most out of your Accounting with DATEV

Since when the receiving obligation applies, which EN 16931 formats qualify, and what validation, archiving and ERP integration actually require.

What GoBD-compliant retention means once AP runs on autopilot: audit trail, immutability, and who holds the archive of record.

How one workflow bundles every entity's invoices, routes approvals by context, and books each into the right client — without giving up client separation in accounting.

Slow approvals blow the discount deadline. See how automated capture, coding and routing keep invoices inside the Skonto window.

Automate invoice verification: duplicates, master-data match, plausibility checks and a confidence-based review queue.

How an AI agent fills general ledger account, cost center and cost object as a finished journal entry — not a suggestion you still have to check line by line.

When a switch pays off, which GoBD retention duties apply during migration, and how to move step by step without losing data.

Five criteria for CFOs: scalability across multiple entities, budget reality, deployment without an IT department, native ERP integration and GoBD compliance.

Good no-touch rate in AP: ~33% industry, ~49% Best-in-Class, up to 90% with an AI agent. Definition, formula, blockers.

How an AI agent reads, understands and codes an invoice into a finished journal entry — a result, not a suggestion someone still has to check.

Four automation stages, from manual entry to a posting AI agent, and how to tell which one you actually need.

What Germany's GoBD and the GDPR actually require for AI use, plus a neutral comparison of six vendors.

Four architectures for the same process: from specialized AP automation to a DATEV approval building block.

Six approaches from lean approval to a full AI agent: automation depth, DATEV connection and pricing compared fairly.

How automated invoice processing works end to end, from email intake to a posting-ready journal entry in your ERP.