Invoice automation that eliminated errors entirely.
How Avonet eliminated manual invoice duplication for Think180 - a 100% reduction in invoicing errors and 50% less administrative effort through a real-time KeyedIn-to-Xero integration.
Think180 - SAP asset and work specialists - faced a compounding double-entry problem: every invoice created in their project management platform (KeyedIn) had to be manually recreated in their accounting system (Xero). The administrative burden was growing with the business, and so was the error risk. Avonet built a custom integration that made the duplication disappear - with a human verification step built in before anything reached the accounting ledger.
What we were solving
Think180's team was spending significant administrative time recreating invoice data between two systems that had no native integration - a workflow that was not scalable, introduced transcription error risk, and consumed capacity that should have been directed at higher-value work.
- Every invoice created in KeyedIn required full manual recreation in Xero, doubling the effort
- Manual duplication introduced transcription error risk with every invoice processed
- No scalability - administrative overhead grew linearly with invoice volume
- No native integration between KeyedIn and Xero available off-the-shelf
What Avonet built
Avonet built a custom web interface sitting between KeyedIn and Xero - a real-time synchronisation layer that transfers invoices automatically while preserving a human verification step before anything is committed to the accounting system.
- Custom web interface leveraging both KeyedIn and Xero APIs for real-time invoice transfer
- Invoices created in KeyedIn surface in the interface for verification before syncing to Xero in draft status
- Draft-status transfer to Xero preserves human oversight before invoices are finalised
- OAuth2.0 security layer implemented to handle authentication and authorisation safely
Results that speak for themselves.
The integration delivered immediate, measurable results - errors eliminated entirely, administrative time halved, and the interface identified as a resaleable product in its own right.
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