AP Automation Is Broken. How Direct Commerce Turns AP Chaos into Clarity

Philip Rowley

Nov 12, 2025

1 min read

The AP Automation system is broken: for decades AP automation "solutions" relied on antiquated processes, misaligned incentives, and technology that automated dysfunction.

The result was AP chaos.

At Direct Commerce, we're not tweaking the system.

We're replacing it.

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