AP Document Management / Going Paperless

Hello,

We are looking to implement an AP paperless environment in JD Edwards 9.0 Tools Release 9.1.3

Currently the AP process is: paper invoices are received in accounting, sent to the respective people in other divisions who code the invoices and approve. They are returned back to the accountants who enter into AP. When checks are printed, the invoices are attached with the checks for the authorized check signer to review and sign. A copy of the check and the invoices are then filed in a cabinet.

 

We would be looking to have the invoices scanned/imported into JDE then go thru an approval process. Which leaves the issue of how invoices get coded.  When a Payment Group is created is there an approval process -- how would the authorized check signer know it’s okay to sign checks? Is there anything in JDE that would satisfy our requirements or do we need to go thru a third party vendor? How are other companies going paperless?