{"id":19544,"date":"2026-11-04T03:22:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T03:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afusion.ai\/?p=19544"},"modified":"2026-11-05T02:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T02:36:54","slug":"dian-xiao-er-automates-vendor-statement-soa-reconciliation-against-sap-business-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afusion.ai\/en\/dian-xiao-er-automates-vendor-statement-soa-reconciliation-against-sap-business-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Dian Xiao Er automates vendor statement (SOA) reconciliation against SAP Business One"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19544\" class=\"elementor elementor-19544\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3f336b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e3f336b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc4751f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc4751f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dian Xiao Er automates vendor statement (SOA) reconciliation against SAP Business One<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89f775d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89f775d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2305fe4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2305fe4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03b5a15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03b5a15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>After putting its accounts payable invoice entry on autopilot, Dian Xiao Er (DxR) moved to the next manual bottleneck: reconciling vendor statements of account (SOAs) against the SAP Business One aging report. With AFusion&#8217;s Phase 2 solution, an AI agent monitors the dedicated SOA mailbox, extracts each statement with Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), pulls the matching aging data from SAP through UI automation, and produces a line-by-line reconciliation file \u2014 matching on invoice number, date and amount with zero tolerance. The design target: each SOA reconciled in under 5 minutes, against a task that used to consume an accountant&#8217;s afternoon per vendor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b080898 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b080898\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a09590 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a09590\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-541a0f6 my-heading-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"541a0f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From invoice entry to statement checking: why Phase 2 came next<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-910a5b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"910a5b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Phase 1 of the DxR automation programme removed manual AP invoice entry into SAP Business One (see the <a href=\"\/dian-xiao-er-accounts-payable-invoice-automation-ai-agent-sap-business-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP invoice processing case study<\/a>). With invoices entering the ledger automatically, the next labor-intensive task stood out: the periodic vendor statement check.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bca54b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bca54b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afusion.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/AFusion-DxR-SOA-Reconciliation-Case-Study.png\" title=\"AFusion DxR SOA Reconciliation Case Study\" alt=\"AFusion DxR SOA Reconciliation Case Study\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dac5315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dac5315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEvery vendor sends a statement of account \u2014 a list of open invoices, payments, and the outstanding balance for the period. DxR&#8217;s accountants had to compare each statement, invoice by invoice, against the SAP aging report:\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong><b>Two systems, one truth.<\/b><\/strong> The vendor says the balance is X; SAP says Y. Finding which invoice explains the gap meant opening both documents and scanning line by line.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong><b>Every vendor, every month.<\/b><\/strong> Dozens of vendors send statements, each in its own template, each needing the same careful comparison.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong><b>Errors hide in plain sight.<\/b><\/strong> An invoice recorded in SAP but missing from the statement \u2014 or the reverse \u2014 silently distorts payables. Discovering it at payment time means disputes with suppliers and delayed payments.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong><b>Duplicate risk.<\/b><\/strong> The same statement can arrive twice (different email, same content), and processing it twice wastes review time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32bc140 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32bc140\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2aa52 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d2aa52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60309f my-heading-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b60309f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What DxR asked for<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a4ce72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a4ce72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An SOA reconciliation system that watches the mailbox, recognises genuine statements, extracts them regardless of vendor template, compares every line against the SAP aging report under exact-match rules, and hands each PIC a clear reconciliation file \u2014 with no data leaving DxR&#8217;s premises and no SAP B1 API required, consistent with the Phase 1 constraints.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd19b27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd19b27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a47cb9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a47cb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-417215d my-heading-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"417215d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How the SOA reconciliation works<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21bdd78 my-heading-3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21bdd78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. The mailbox becomes the intake desk<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97d25da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97d25da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A dedicated mailbox receives vendor statements. Each evening at 7 PM the AI agent reads the inbox: an email qualifies as an SOA when its subject or body contains &#8220;Statement of Account&#8221; or &#8220;SOA&#8221; and carries an Excel or PDF attachment. Qualifying emails move to the SOA folder, the rest to Non-SOA \u2014 nothing is deleted, everything is sorted. Duplicate statements are detected automatically by vendor, statement period, and file checksum, then logged without reprocessing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-682f8a8 my-heading-3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"682f8a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. IDP extracts statement data across vendor templates<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ee0b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19ee0b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The IDP engine parses each PDF or Excel statement, pulling the financial summary (previous balance, payments received, current balance, due date) and the invoice table line by line \u2014 invoice number, date, amount, payment, balance. Extraction failures retry up to three times; anything still failing is flagged for the PIC with the error logged.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a94a19e my-heading-3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a94a19e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. SAP aging data, pulled the same way a clerk pulls it<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8921f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8921f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Using the vendor code resolved from master data, the agent runs the SAP Business One aging report through screen automation \u2014 the same UI approach as Phase 1, no API. If SAP is unavailable, the SOA is queued and retried every 30 minutes for up to 4 hours before PICHQ is alerted, so an ERP outage never silently drops a reconciliation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b7cd8a my-heading-3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b7cd8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Exact matching, both summary and line level<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ea6bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81ea6bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe reconciliation engine compares two levels. At summary level: current balance and the four aging buckets (0\u201330, 31\u201360, 61\u201390, 90+ days). At line level: invoice number (exact, case-insensitive), invoice date, and amount \u2014 with zero tolerance for variance. Every mismatch gets a precise reason:\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong><b>Matched<\/b><\/strong> \u2014 all three fields agree; nothing to do.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong><b>Mismatched amount<\/b><\/strong> \u2014 invoice and date match but the amount differs; the difference is noted.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong><b>Not found in SAP<\/b><\/strong> \u2014 the vendor bills an invoice SAP has never seen; investigate before paying.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong><b>Not found in SOA<\/b><\/strong> \u2014 SAP carries an invoice the vendor&#8217;s statement omits.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong><b>Duplicate detected<\/b><\/strong> \u2014 the same invoice number appears multiple times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCredit notes are handled as negative amounts; cancelled invoices are noted; the tolerance policy is explicit: any discrepancy, however small, is flagged, and PICs review all mismatches without exception.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05274f4 my-heading-3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05274f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Each PIC gets their own reconciliation file and notification<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd7aea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd7aea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The output is one Excel file per vendor and period, with totals for SAP items, SOA items, and differences, plus a per-invoice status and remark. Files land in the PIC&#8217;s own Dropbox folder (statement, aging report, and result side by side for audit). The PIC receives an immediate email per processed SOA and a consolidated daily summary at 7:30 PM; PICHQ sees the full picture across all vendors. Vendor identification falls back from exact master-data match to fuzzy matching above 85% similarity, and unknown vendors route to PICHQ for assignment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae5e0b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae5e0b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06f63f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e06f63f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91bfcbb my-heading-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91bfcbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What the system is built to deliver<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f87179 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f87179\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Phase 2 requirements set the performance bar the solution is engineered to: reconciliation matching at 100% accuracy (exact match only, zero false positives), each SOA processed in under 5 minutes, SAP data retrieval under 3 minutes per vendor, and 100 invoices reconciled in under 15 minutes. User acceptance testing with DxR&#8217;s accountants follows the same approval-gated model as Phase 1: the robot proposes, the human decides \u2014 mismatches stay with people, routine matches close themselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-683847c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"683847c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afusion.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/AFusion-DxR-SOA-Reconciliation-System-Case-Study.png\" title=\"AFusion DxR SOA Reconciliation System Case Study\" alt=\"AFusion DxR SOA Reconciliation System Case Study\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54d3924 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54d3924\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef337f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ef337f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce1c902 my-heading-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce1c902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is vendor statement checking eating your month-end?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa368f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa368f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If your AP team still opens two windows and compares two tables by eye \u2014 vendor statement against aging report \u2014 the same pattern that pushed DxR to Phase 2 is at work: statements multiply with the supplier base, and every line checked by hand is a line that can still be wrong. AFusion&#8217;s workflow review maps your statement intake, matching rules, and review loop, then shows what automated SOA reconciliation would return in hours and in disputed payments avoided.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d47378 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d47378\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a69a549 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a69a549\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a42312c my-heading-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a42312c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab21615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab21615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>What is SOA reconciliation in accounts payable?<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>SOA (statement of account) reconciliation compares a vendor&#8217;s statement \u2014 open invoices, payments, outstanding balance \u2014 against the company&#8217;s own records, typically the ERP aging report, to confirm both sides agree invoice by invoice before balances are paid or adjusted.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><b>How does automated statement reconciliation handle different vendor templates?<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>Intelligent Document Processing reads each PDF or Excel statement by structure rather than fixed coordinates, extracting the summary figures and the invoice table. 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