# Accounts Payable Department

*/Departments/Accounts_Payable_Department*

## Neighborhood

### Related (delivered by)

- [Invoice Verification and Purchase](/Processes/Invoice_Verification_and_Purchase) — delivered by · Processes
- [Manage taxes paid](/Processes/Manage_taxes_paid) — delivered by · Processes

### Measured by

- [Days payable outstanding](/Metrics/Days_payable_outstanding) — measured by · Metrics
- [Duplicate Payment Rate](/Metrics/Duplicate_Payment_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Touchless Invoice Rate](/Metrics/Touchless_Invoice_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Invoice Processing Cost](/Metrics/Invoice_Processing_Cost) — measured by · Metrics

### Processes it runs

- [Approve payments](/Processes/Approve_payments) — runs · Processes
- [Reconcile purchase orders](/Processes/Reconcile_purchase_orders) — runs · Processes
- [Approved Payment File Execution](/Processes/Approved_Payment_File_Execution) — runs · Processes
- [Resolve Invoice Discrepancies](/Processes/Resolve_Invoice_Discrepancies) — runs · Processes
- [Receive and Code Invoices](/Processes/Receive_and_Code_Invoices) — runs · Processes

### Problems this exposes

- [touchless-rate gamed by auto-coding non-PO invoices clerks actually guessed, polluting cost-center accuracy to hit the metric](/Problems/touchless-rate_gamed_by_auto-coding_non-PO_invoices_clerks_actually_guessed,_polluting_cost-center_accuracy_to_hit_the_metric) — exposes problem · Problems
- [per-invoice cost ignores discrepancy ping-pong across AP/procurement/receiving, so cost looks low while exceptions burn cross-team time](/Problems/per-invoice_cost_ignores_discrepancy_ping-pong_across_AP%2Fprocurement%2Freceiving,_so_cost_looks_low_while_exceptions_burn_cross-team_time) — exposes problem · Problems
- [duplicate-rate detected only after the fact, so the metric records leakage already paid rather than preventing it](/Problems/duplicate-rate_detected_only_after_the_fact,_so_the_metric_records_leakage_already_paid_rather_than_preventing_it) — exposes problem · Problems
- [rate misses duplicates created when resolved-discrepancy holds re-enter the payment run un-deduped](/Problems/rate_misses_duplicates_created_when_resolved-discrepancy_holds_re-enter_the_payment_run_un-deduped) — exposes problem · Problems
- [DPO target fights early-pay-discount capture, so stretching payables to hit DPO forfeits the discounts AP is also measured on](/Problems/DPO_target_fights_early-pay-discount_capture,_so_stretching_payables_to_hit_DPO_forfeits_the_discounts_AP_is_also_measured_on) — exposes problem · Problems
- [resolved discrepancy holds not re-released into the next payment run's eligible set, so cleared invoices miss the cycle and lose the early-pay discount](/Problems/resolved_discrepancy_holds_not_re-released_into_the_next_payment_run's_eligible_set,_so_cleared_invoices_miss_the_cycle_and_lose_the_early-pay_discount) — exposes problem · Problems
- [payment run released before the discrepancy queue for those invoices is cleared, paying still-disputed amounts](/Problems/payment_run_released_before_the_discrepancy_queue_for_those_invoices_is_cleared,_paying_still-disputed_amounts) — exposes problem · Problems
- [discrepancy resolution ping-pongs between AP, procurement, and receiving with no shared exception queue](/Problems/discrepancy_resolution_ping-pongs_between_AP,_procurement,_and_receiving_with_no_shared_exception_queue) — exposes problem · Problems
- [payment-method routing (ACH/wire/check) in payment runs chosen without fee/float optimization](/Problems/payment-method_routing_(ACH%2Fwire%2Fcheck)_in_payment_runs_chosen_without_fee%2Ffloat_optimization) — exposes problem · Problems
- [GL-coding of non-PO invoices guessed by clerks, polluting cost-center accuracy](/Problems/GL-coding_of_non-PO_invoices_guessed_by_clerks,_polluting_cost-center_accuracy) — exposes problem · Problems
- [approval routing stalls on out-of-office approvers lacking a delegation-of-authority matrix](/Problems/approval_routing_stalls_on_out-of-office_approvers_lacking_a_delegation-of-authority_matrix) — exposes problem · Problems
- [duplicate-payment detection only after the fact](/Problems/duplicate-payment_detection_only_after_the_fact) — exposes problem · Problems
- [invoice-to-PO three-way match exceptions worked manually](/Problems/invoice-to-PO_three-way_match_exceptions_worked_manually) — exposes problem · Problems
- [early-pay discount capture missed on aging invoices](/Problems/early-pay_discount_capture_missed_on_aging_invoices) — exposes problem · Problems
- [vendor-master change-of-bank fraud verification](/Problems/vendor-master_change-of-bank_fraud_verification) — exposes problem · Problems

### Staff

- [Payment Operations Analyst](/JobTypes/Payment_Operations_Analyst) — staff · JobTypes
- [Accounts Payable Manager](/JobTypes/Accounts_Payable_Manager) — staff · JobTypes
- [Accounts Payable Team Lead](/JobTypes/Accounts_Payable_Team_Lead) — staff · JobTypes
- [Accounts Payable Specialist](/JobTypes/Accounts_Payable_Specialist) — staff · JobTypes
- [Accounts Payable Clerk](/JobTypes/Accounts_Payable_Clerk) — staff · JobTypes

### Part of

- [Manufacturing Company](/CompanyTypes/Manufacturing_Company) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [Large Enterprise](/CompanyTypes/Large_Enterprise) — part of · CompanyTypes