What problem does it solve? When a supplier invoice fails the automated three-way match on a price or quantity variance, it lands in an AP exception queue ahead of the payment run, forcing a fast decision: pay, short-pay, or dispute. Handled ad hoc, this either delays payment or pays out overbills that are hard to claw back. This Skill decomposes the gap into named variance terms, classifies the cause, and prices each disposition so the approval gate is a real decision. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Variance Decomposition: Splits the invoice gap into unit-price variance, quantity variance, and receipt-timing terms using the contract price, PO, and goods receipt as authoritative sources. - Cause Classification & Disposition: Distinguishes price overbill, short-ship, receiving error, and legitimate price changes, then recommends short-pay, hold-and-dispute, or pay-in-full with a recovery number attached. - Gated Execution: Stages dispositions in SAP (MIRO, GR/IR), SAP FI, or Coupa only after human approval, with a hold-not-release default when the payment-run clock beats the gate. - Use Case: An invoice for $14,300 blocks against a $13,200 PO at 5:10pm with a 6pm payment run. The Skill identifies a $1,100 unit-price overbill against the contract price and recommends short-paying to $13,200, recovering the full gap. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to reconcile the blocked supplier invoice against its PO, goods receipt, and contract price and recommend whether to pay, short-pay, or dispute before the payment run.
