Extracts and classifies incoming data from paper, PDF, email and e invoicing formats with strong first pass accuracy.
AI powered invoice capture, validation and approval designed to deliver accuracy, visibility and control across accounts payable.
Tungsten AP Essentials is a cloud based solution that streamlines every stage of invoice processing. It captures and classifies data with advanced AI, validates information against business rules and routes invoices through tailored approval workflows. The result is a more accurate and predictable accounts payable process that reduces manual effort and strengthens financial control.
As a Tungsten Automation titanium partner, Xcellerate IT configures and implements AP Essentials for organisations in Australia and New Zealand. Our team aligns the platform to your processes, data, controls and ERP landscape to ensure smooth adoption and long term operational performance.
AP Essentials brings together intelligent capture, governed workflows and reliable integration to give finance teams complete confidence in the accuracy and efficiency of invoice processing.
Extracts and classifies incoming data from paper, PDF, email and e invoicing formats with strong first pass accuracy.
Applies vendor checks, coding logic, tax rules, tolerance checks and duplicate detection to reduce exceptions.
Routes invoices to the correct team members with clear status tracking, notifications and audit visibility.
Integrates cleanly with TechnologyOne, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, Coupa and other enterprise platforms.
Delivers consistent uptime, real time enhancements and no upgrade or hardware overhead.
AP Essentials uses specialised AI capabilities designed for invoice capture, validation and matching. These tools work together to improve first pass accuracy, reduce manual touch and accelerate straight through processing.
AI powered OCR extracts structured, semi structured and unstructured invoice data with high accuracy, even across varied supplier formats.
Machine learning identifies and extracts header and line item data for more accurate two way and three way matching.
Models automatically classify document types, identify invoice variations and detect PO versus non PO invoices with high reliability.
Thousands of AI trained invoice templates accelerate deployment and improve accuracy from day one. Xcellerate IT refines and localises these for Australian suppliers.
AI assisted analytics reveal supplier trends, processing patterns, bottlenecks and cost saving opportunities.
The system adapts to supplier variations, correction patterns and layout changes over time to reduce exceptions and improve future accuracy.
Tungsten AP Essentials accepts invoices from email, paper, PDF, XML and supplier portals in one unified workflow. Each invoice is automatically captured, indexed and prepared for validation, regardless of format or channel.
This flexibility allows finance teams to process high volumes without enforcing strict supplier onboarding or channel requirements. AP Essentials streamlines the flow of incoming invoices and ensures documents arrive cleanly into the approval workflow with minimal effort from AP staff.
Xcellerate IT configures the capture process to match your existing channels, naming conventions and supplier behaviours, helping your team maintain accuracy and control from the moment an invoice enters your organisation.
AP Essentials centralises capture, routing, validation and approval in one platform. Every invoice follows a consistent and controlled workflow that reduces manual effort and improves financial accuracy.
Manages the full capture to approval cycle within a single governed workflow environment.
Configurable routing ensures invoices reach the right approvers with clear visibility of status and actions.
Identifies discrepancies early and provides guided prompts for quick and accurate resolution.
Enforces vendor rules, tax requirements, coding structures and compliance policies before approval.
Delivers real time insight into cycle times, exceptions, bottlenecks and supplier performance.
Supports XML and PDF based e invoicing for higher accuracy and faster invoice ingestion.
AP Essentials delivers strong results for teams that need accurate invoice capture, reliable approvals and seamless integration with their finance systems.
Perfect for finance teams handling large daily invoice loads that need faster capture, validation and routing without adding headcount.
Supports organisations that centralise processing across multiple councils, business units or subsidiaries while keeping rules and reporting independent.
Handles PO matched, non PO and mixed invoice types with AI assisted matching, coding support and structured approvals.
Fits sectors with strong audit obligations such as public sector, government, utilities and regulated industries.
Ideal for teams receiving invoices in different layouts, formats and from many channels, including PDF, email, XML and scanned documents.
Supports teams moving away from email approvals and manual keying toward consistent, automated, policy aligned invoice management.
As a Tungsten Automation Titanium Partner, Xcellerate IT delivers AP Essentials with the precision, integration quality and ongoing support needed for long term success.
We map your AP processes, approval pathways and data requirements to design a clear and scalable automation approach.
Structured project stages, milestone reviews and transparent communication ensure predictable outcomes from day one.
We integrate AP Essentials with TechnologyOne, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite and other ERP systems.
Implementations follow your governance model with role based access, audit trails and structured approval rules.
We equip AP teams, approvers and administrators with the knowledge needed for confident daily use and long term adoption.
Post go live guidance, monitoring and improvement help your AP automation stay stable, accurate and aligned with business needs.






AP Essentials delivers measurable improvements in accuracy, efficiency and financial control across the entire invoice process.
Shortens invoice cycle times and increases throughput across high volume workloads.
Improves data quality with AI enhanced extraction and validation.
Reduces manual work and supports scalable AP capacity without additional headcount.
Provides real time insight into invoice status, exceptions and approval progress.
Applies rules consistently and maintains complete audit trails for every invoice.
Adapts easily to new entities, suppliers and invoice types as your organisation grows.
AP Essentials connects to leading ERP, finance, CRM and content management systems to ensure invoice data flows accurately between capture, validation and posting.
Xcellerate IT has been our trusted partner for almost a decade. The team is very experienced, and the support has always been great, so we were excited to extend this relationship by implementing their cloud-based accounts payable automation solution.
Stuart Cardwell
Enterprise Systems Solutions Officer (Finance), Yarra Ranges Council
Xcellerate IT was very flexible and provided assistance to ensure the project implementation was achieved on time and below budget. It is still early to identify dollar savings. However, certainly the business goals of achieving a simple solution to resolve invoice queries promptly was obvious from the first day, due to the ease of accessing detailed information from the source documents electronically. We have been able to build processes that were once a manual task into an automated process, thereby saving up to 40hrs per week of staff-time reviewing and processing invoices.
Liz Bramich
Assistant Director Finance, South West Healthcare
The Xcellerate IT solution represents one of the best ‘value for money’ technology advancements undertaken in recent times by council. The solution has provided us with the opportunity to refine our processes and take advantage of complimentary TechnologyOne Financials functionality to produce an overall solution that provides faster, more efficient invoice processing at a reduced cost. We are very happy with the service delivered, the professionalism, the accounts payable and TechnologyOne knowledge of the consultants and all project plans.
Mark Taylor
Financial Accounting Manager, Sunshine Coast Regional Council
Our organisation has been with Xcellerate IT since 2009. From the beginning of our journey to now Xcellerate IT has proven to be a market leader, offering a great invoice scanning and OCR solution that integrates seamlessly with financial management information systems. The relationship is not just as another vendor, but of being a business partner invested in our ongoing efficiencies that in turn support a positive relationship with our suppliers, as well as the overall success of technologies in our organisation.
Cathy Gavin
Finance & Tax Accountant, Campbelltown City Council
Before automating AP, we would typically have over 500 unread emails and around 2700 invoices waiting to be processed. Today we have 12 unread emails and only 350 invoices waiting in the work queue. During this time, we have more than doubled our invoice volume yet only needed to add an additional 0.5 full time employee to the AP team, providing us massive productivity benefits.
Emily Luchetti
Financial Accountant at the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong
AP Essentials is a standalone solution for capturing, validating and approving paper, PDF and emailed invoices. For organisations that also need e-invoicing, supplier onboarding and global compliance, these capabilities are provided through Tungsten InvoiceAgility.
InvoiceAgility brings together the Tungsten e-invoice network, PEPPOL connectivity and AP Essentials to support every invoice format in one connected platform.
Find quick answers to the most common questions about AP Essentials.
Tungsten AP Essentials is a cloud based Accounts Payable automation solution that captures, validates and routes invoices using AI powered extraction, business rules and structured approval workflows.
Yes. AP Essentials supports PO matched, non PO and mixed invoice types with AI enhanced extraction, matching and coding support.
AP Essentials uses AI powered OCR, machine learning and pre trained invoice models to deliver strong first pass accuracy across paper, PDF and electronic invoices.
Yes. AP Essentials integrates with TechnologyOne, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, Coupa and other finance and business systems.
Yes. AP Essentials allows organisations to manage multiple business units or entities with independent rules, routing and reporting.
It accepts invoices from email, PDF, paper, XML, EDI and supplier portals, consolidating all incoming channels into one workflow.
Invoices are routed through configurable approval workflows based on your rules for value thresholds, business units, coding structures and policy requirements.
Yes. AP Essentials supports strict audit requirements, transparent approval trails and strong data validation, making it suitable for public sector and regulated organisations.
Yes. AI based extraction, validation rules and continuous learning help reduce errors, rework and exceptions over time.
We provide ongoing application support, optimisation, monitoring and guidance to ensure AP Essentials remains accurate, stable and aligned with your evolving business needs.
Speak with our team to see how AP Essentials can improve accuracy, speed and control across your invoice workflow.