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title: "North American Mining Company Case Study"
description: "Read how Hyland content services and AP automation saved North American Mining Co. $5 million."
url: "https://www.hyland.com/en/customers/north-american-mining-company"
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published: "2026-09-09T20:07:01.689Z"
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# North American Mining Company Case Study

## North American Mining Company

Natural resource mining company saves $5 million with AP automation.

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North America's largest iron ore pellet producer viewed [accounts payable (AP)](/en/solutions/departments/accounting-finance) operations as a standard cost of doing business. With a paper-based, decentralized operation, the mining and natural resources company had little visibility into invoice processing.

Relying on manual processes for nearly 360,000 invoices annually resulted in slow and labor-intensive AP operations, which led the organization to investigate how automation could transform its AP processes. North American Mining Company found the perfect solution in [Hyland OnBase](/en/solutions/products/onbase)™.

## Process highlights

- Staff created templates for each vendor, allowing OnBase to extract and upload invoice data automatically.
- Before OnBase, each site processed its own invoices. Now, each site routes all invoices to the company's headquarters in Ohio, eliminating duplicate effort and increasing efficiency.
- OnBase identifies and assigns a value to each type of invoice to ensure all early payment discounts are recognized.

## Impact

- **Significant savings:** With improved visibility, the organization is able to identify and leverage early-payment discounts, resulting in **annual savings of $5 million**.
- **Eliminated manual data entry:** Invoice information is automatically extracted and updated, eliminating the need for manual data entry and minimizing human error.
- **Increased capacity:** The AP department is able to process a higher volume of invoices with fewer resources, allowing **nearly 50% of the staff** to be relocated to higher-value, business-critical assignments.

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