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BauGroup GmbH

82% time savings on invoice approvals through AI-powered extraction and automated multi-level workflows.

Challenge

BauGroup GmbH coordinates dozens of subcontractors per construction project. Over 600 invoices arrived monthly, each requiring manual review, cost-center allocation, and up to three approval tiers — a process so slow it routinely missed early-payment discounts.

  • Average 9 business days from invoice receipt to approval
  • 32% of early-payment discounts lost due to late processing
  • No consistent allocation to cost centers and projects
  • Manual approval emails with no audit trail

Our Solution

We automated the entire invoice approval pipeline: AI extracts invoice data, automatically assigns the correct construction project, and routes through up to three approval tiers based on amount — with a complete audit trail at every step.

Multi-Level Approval

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KI-DatenextraktionMehrstufige Freigabe
18 Nodes3 Entscheidungen2 KI-Agenten1 Parallele Pfade

AI-powered invoice processing with automatic data extraction and multi-level approval workflow.

Nodes
Start
Process
Decision
AI Agent
Data
Integration
Error
End
Technology Stack:
OCR + GPT-4ActivepiecesApproval EngineDATEV IntegrationDMS Archiving
Implementation Time: 6 weeks

Results

0%
Time Saved

Faster approval cycle

0
Manual Errors

Error-free AI extraction

0×
Faster Approvals

Approval speed increase

0 months
ROI

Return on investment

Before / After

MetricBeforeAfter
Approval time9 business days1.6 business days
Discount capture rate68%97%
Misallocations11%0%
Audit trailNoneComplete

Client Testimonial

Invoices used to sit in inboxes for days. Now approvals flow automatically — and the early-payment discounts alone save us over $100,000 a year.

Sandra Meier

CFO, BauGroup GmbH