Method, system and program product for identifying redundant invoices

A computer system for identifying redundant invoices, comprising:

• a central processing unit;
• first program instructions to input a plurality of invoices into an accounts payable electronic computer system, said first program instructions including instructions to group, as a group, invoices that have a similar vendor name;
• second program instructions to execute an algorithm on said accounts payable electronic computer system for identifying one or more redundant invoices among a current group of invoices chosen from said plurality of invoices inputted into said accounts payable electronic computer system, wherein said algorithm identifies said one or more redundant invoices among said plurality of invoices using each of six redundancy criteria searched by said algorithm;
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• third program instructions to output a perceptible report containing respective separate sections corresponding to each of said six redundancy criteria analyzed by said algorithm for identifying said one or more redundant invoices among said current group of invoices inputted into said accounts payable electronic computer system, wherein an invoice reported on a respective section is not reported on another respective section of said perceptible report and wherein said first, second and third program instructions are stored on said computer system for execution by said central processing unit.

A computer program product for identifying redundant invoices, said computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable medium;
• first program instructions to input data from a plurality of invoices into an invoice table residing within an accounts payable electronic computer system;
• second program instructions to execute an algorithm loaded onto said accounts payable electronic computer system for identifying one or more redundant invoices among a current group chosen from said plurality of invoices inputted into said accounts payable electronic computer system, wherein said algorithm identifies said redundant invoices among said current group of invoices chosen from said plurality of invoices using each of six redundancy criteria searched by said algorithm;
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• third program instructions to output a perceptible report containing a separate section corresponding to each of said six redundancy criteria analyzed by said algorithm for identifying said one or more redundant invoices among said current group of invoices inputted into said accounts payable electronic computer system, wherein a redundant invoice that is reported in one section of said perceptible report is not reported in another section of said perceptible report and wherein said first, second and third program instructions are recorded on said computer readable medium.

A method of identifying redundant invoices, said method comprising:

• providing an accounts payable electronic computer system that comprises an invoice table for inputting invoice data obtained from a plurality of invoices;
• inputting said plurality of invoices into said invoice table on said accounts payable electronic computer system;
• executing an algorithm on said accounts payable electronic computer system for identifying one or more redundant invoices among a current group chosen from said plurality of invoices inputted into said accounts payable electronic computer system, wherein said algorithm identifies said redundant invoices among said plurality of invoices using each of six redundancy criteria searched by said algorithm;
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• outputting a perceptible report containing a separate section for each of said six redundancy criteria searched by said algorithm for identifying said one or more redundant invoices among said current group of invoices inputted into said accounts payable electronic computer system, wherein a redundant invoice that is reported in one section of said perceptible report is not reported in another section of said perceptible report.

A process for deploying computing infrastructure comprising integrating computer-readable code into a computing system, wherein said code in combination with said computing system is capable of performing a process for identifying redundant invoices, said process comprising:

• providing an accounts payable electronic computer system;
• inputting, invoice data obtained from a plurality of invoices, into an invoice table residing on said accounts payable electronic computer system;
• executing an algorithm on said accounts payable electronic computer system for identifying one or more redundant invoices among a current group of invoices chosen from said plurality of invoices inputted into said accounts payable electronic computer system, wherein said algorithm identifies said redundant invoices among said current group of invoices chosen from said plurality of invoices using each of six redundancy criteria searched by said algorithm;
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• outputting a perceptible report containing a separate section corresponding to each of said six redundancy criteria analyzed by said algorithm for identifying said one or more redundant invoices inputted into said accounts payable electronic computer system, wherein a redundant invoice that is reported in one section of said perceptible report is not reported in another section of said perceptible report.