Understaffed AP Team Gets Back on Track

A 300-bed regional hospital in the Midwest was falling behind on vendor statements after losing staff. In 4 weeks, Auxtri helped their lean AP team go from reactive firefighting to proactive vendor management.

Organization

300-Bed Regional Hospital

Location

Midwest, USA

ERP System

Oracle Fusion

Deployment

4 Weeks

The Challenge

This 300-bed regional hospital was running Oracle Fusion and processing thousands of invoices per month. After staff vacancies, their small AP team found themselves underwater.

Challenge

Staff vacancies left the team stretched thin

After losing team members, invoices started backing up. The remaining AP staff didn't have time to respond to vendors or work statements, and the daily queue kept growing faster than the team could clear it.

Challenge

Invoice processing slipped behind too

With limited capacity, the team had to triage. Routine invoice processing slipped behind, exception handling stalled, and the work that did get done was reactive rather than planned.

Challenge

Credit holds and phone calls consumed the day

The team spent most of their time responding to credit hold notices and fielding phone calls from vendors asking about payment status. Proactive work became impossible.

Challenge

The backlog kept growing

Every day the team fell further behind. Vendor relationships were strained, and the AP department was in a constant state of catch-up with no path forward.

The Solution

Auxtri was deployed in 4 weeks with hands-on support throughout the entire process.

Week 1

ERP Connection and Vendor Mapping

Connected Auxtri to their Oracle Fusion environment with read-only access. Mapped their highest-volume vendors and introduced the platform to the AP team so they could see how it worked.

Week 2

Testing and Extraction Tuning

The team worked records in their test environment while we fine-tuned extraction for their specific vendor statement formats. Each adjustment was made based on real feedback from the AP team.

Week 3

Soft Go-Live with Gradual Rollout

Started routing select vendors into Auxtri in production. Each day, the team flagged any extraction issues, we resolved them, and more vendors were added to the flow. By the end of the week, the system was handling most of their vendor communication.

Week 4

Full Go-Live

All vendor emails flowed through Auxtri. The team transitioned from the gradual rollout to full production use, with Auxtri support standing by to address any issues in real time.

The Results

Measurable outcomes in the first 90 days after deployment.

4 weeks

To full deployment

From kickoff to full go-live with the entire AP team using the system daily.

80%

Reduction in statement reconciliation time

What used to take a full day per statement now takes about an hour of review.

Zero

Credit holds since deployment

Proactive vendor communication has eliminated credit hold situations entirely.

4+ hours

Saved per AP team member daily

Time previously spent on manual lookups and response drafting now goes back into the proactive work that had fallen off the calendar.

Auxtri was deployed in 4 weeks and has helped our team get back on track. Statement reconciliation has helped our team turn proactive instead of constantly playing catch-up.

Controller

Regional Hospital, Midwest

Why It Worked

Four factors that made this deployment successful.

1

We gave AP the tools to be successful

AP teams in healthcare are some of the most capable, resourceful people in finance, but they have been handed manual processes and forced to make them work. Auxtri gave this team the right tool for the job: live ERP data, structured extraction, and a review queue built around how AP actually works. Once they had it, they used every bit of it.

2

Human review stayed in the loop

Every response still went through AP team review before sending. That kept the team in control of vendor relationships, gave them confidence in the accuracy, and made it clear from day one that Auxtri was there to support their judgment, not replace it.

3

Statement reconciliation was the priority

Instead of trying to solve everything at once, the team focused on their biggest pain point first. Vendor statements were consuming most of their time, so that became the initial focus, and the wins compounded from there.

4

Hands-on support from day one

Auxtri support worked alongside the AP team throughout the entire deployment, not just during go-live. Questions got answered immediately, extraction issues were resolved same-day, and the system was continuously tuned based on real feedback from the people doing the work.

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