See how ARDEM helped a U.S.-based hospitality group centralize invoice processing across eight restaurants, support 450 to 500 weekly invoices, resolve EDI and manual exceptions, strengthen vendor price control, and increase daily throughput from 30 to 40 invoices to more than 100 within three weeks.
MULTI-LOCATION HOSPITALITY AP CASE STUDY
Increasing Daily Invoice Throughput to 100+ Within Three Weeks Through a Managed AP Workflow
100+ / day
Invoice throughput
3 weeks
Time to improvement
450-500 / week
Recurring invoice volume
8 locations
Centralized AP coverage
Multi-location restaurant AP processing becomes difficult to control when invoice volume, vendor pricing, system exceptions, and local accounting practices vary across locations.
The Challenge
Each restaurant had its own unit accountant, operating rhythm, inventory setup, vendor items, and invoice exceptions. During resort-area peak periods, sales could increase up to five times normal levels, putting additional pressure on teams already responsible for sales reconciliation, bank deposits, vendor coordination, and local finance support.
Restaurant365, Compeat, EDI, Fintech, and AI-supported tools were already in place, but invoices still required manual review. Mapping issues, technical errors, vendor price changes, packaging differences, unit-of-measure mismatches, and recurring data problems delayed processing and reduced visibility across locations.
The ARDEM Solution
ARDEM created a managed AP workflow across eight restaurant locations. The operating lane connected centralized invoice intake, daily queue management, EDI and manual exception review, PDF-to-Excel conversion when useful, line-item validation, Restaurant365 correction support, vendor price and unit-of-measure checks, weekly Compeat updates, shared Microsoft Teams issue tracking, daily reporting, and weekly KPI calls.
The workflow increased processing speed from 30 to 40 invoices per day to more than 100 per day within three weeks while supporting 450 to 500 invoices per week and preserving client control over vendors, approvals, pricing decisions, payments, and system ownership.
Managed Workflow Diagram
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Why ARDEM
One managed AP lane across eight restaurant locations and varied local practices.
Execution inside Restaurant365, Compeat, EDI, PDF, Excel, Fintech, and Teams workflows.
Structured review of prices, packaging, item names, and units of measure.
Defined handling for EDI failures, mapping issues, technical errors, and system discrepancies.
A workflow designed to absorb invoice spikes during resort-area peak periods.
Daily status reporting and weekly KPI reviews for throughput, blockers, and improvements.The Results
Within three weeks, ARDEM increased invoice processing from 30 to 40 invoices per day to more than 100 per day while supporting 450 to 500 invoices per week across eight restaurant locations. The managed workflow also improved visibility into processed and pending items, strengthened control over EDI and manual exceptions, created a more structured approach to vendor price and unit-of-measure validation, supported weekly Compeat updates, and established a scalable operating lane for seasonal volume spikes and a planned ninth location.
The Invoice Volume Was Only the Visible Problem
The Larger Risk Was Losing AP Control Across Locations, Systems, and Seasonal Spikes
The client already had Restaurant365, Compeat, EDI, Fintech, and AI-supported invoice tools. The missing layer was not another system. It was a dependable operating cadence for deciding what to process, what to validate, what to correct, and what required client attention.
Location-level accounting made the workflow fragile. Unit accountants were balancing invoice processing with sales reconciliation, bank deposits, vendor coordination, and operational support. Seasonal spikes increased volume while vendor prices, packaging, units of measure, and system data remained inconsistent.
Additional local headcount or basic invoice outsourcing would have addressed capacity without creating one method for queue control, exception handling, price validation, system updates, shared issue tracking, and recurring governance.
ARDEM created a managed AP operating model around the client’s existing technology environment. The result was one centralized processing lane for daily queue control, EDI and manual exceptions, document validation, Restaurant365 corrections, vendor price and unit-of-measure checks, Compeat updates, shared issue tracking, and recurring governance.
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Centralized Invoice Intake
Managed invoices across eight locations through Restaurant365, EDI, PDF, and approved channels.
2
Daily Queue Control
Organized work by status, pending items, and issue type.
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EDI and Manual Exceptions
Reviewed mapping, technical, and invoice-detail problems.
4
Document and Line-Item Validation
Converted PDFs when useful and checked line items, pricing, and product data.
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Restaurant365 and Price Control
Processed invoices, flagged system issues, and validated prices and units.
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Compeat Updates and Governance
Maintained weekly price updates and reviewed status through Teams, reports, and KPI calls.
What You’ll See in the Full PDF
The full case study explains:
- How AP invoice processing was centralized across eight restaurant locations
- How daily throughput increased from 30-40 invoices to more than 100 within three weeks
- Why EDI and AI-supported tools still required human exception handling
- How invoice PDFs were converted and line items were validated when needed
- How vendor prices, packaging, item names, and units of measure were reviewed
- How Restaurant365 corrections and weekly Compeat price updates were managed
- How shared Teams channels, daily reports, and weekly KPI calls improved issue visibility
- How the workflow supported seasonal spikes and readiness for a ninth restaurant location
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Download the full case study to see how ARDEM increased throughput, controlled invoice exceptions, strengthened vendor price governance, and created one recurring AP operating cadence across eight restaurants.