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title: Minimizing Third-Party Tools in AP | Ascend Webinars
description: Find out how Ascend can help your AP team consolidate or automate tasks, streamline invoice processing workflows, and become more efficient.
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### Coffee Chat

# Cutting Costs + Complexity: Minimizing Third-Party Tools in AP

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#### OCR vs AP Automation

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### Panera's AP Automation Recipe

<https://test.ascendsoftware.com/ap-automation-best-practices-2?hsLang=en>

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### AP Automation Best Practices Pt. II

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