Stop Wasting Time: 3 Business Workflows You Can Automate Today

Running a small business means wearing a dozen hats—but some of those tasks are slowing you down more than helping you grow. The good news? You don’t have to do it all manually anymore.

Workflow automation isn’t just for big companies with bloated tech stacks. It’s one of the fastest, easiest ways to get hours back in your week—without hiring or overcomplicating your process.

Here are 3 essential workflows you can (and should) automate right now.

1. Bill Pay and Vendor Approvals

Paying bills shouldn’t require a scavenger hunt. Manually tracking due dates, chasing down approvals, and logging into multiple systems to send payments not only eats up your time—it increases the risk of errors and late fees.

With automation, you can route vendor invoices through a custom approval process, schedule payments, and keep everything organized in one place. No more missed payments. No more spreadsheet chaos.

How Decimal helps:

We automate your bill pay workflow from intake to approval to payment, so vendors get paid on time—and you don’t have to lift a finger beyond a quick “approved.”

2. Expense Categorization and Bookkeeping Entries

Still spending hours manually sorting through transactions and coding them line by line? That’s time you could be spending on customers, strategy, or literally anything else.

Modern bookkeeping tools let you create rules that automatically categorize expenses by vendor, description, or payment method. Once set, these rules run behind the scenes, making your books more accurate and up to date with minimal effort.

How Decimal helps:

We set up and maintain smart rules in your accounting system, monitor exceptions, and ensure everything flows cleanly into your financial reports—no manual cleanup needed.

3. Month-End Reporting

If your reports are always late—or confusing—that’s a sign your process needs an upgrade. Gathering numbers at the end of each month should be smooth, not stressful.

Automated reporting pulls data directly from your accounting system, applies your custom formats, and delivers accurate, clear insights without manual work. You get fast visibility into how your business is doing, without waiting for someone to “finish the books.”

How Decimal helps:

We close your books every month and deliver the reports you actually need—on time, every time. You don’t have to chase numbers or wonder what they mean.

Automate What Slows You Down

If you’re spending too much time on bill pay, bookkeeping, or reporting—it’s time to automate. Not someday. Today.

Decimal helps small businesses build smarter workflows that save time, increase accuracy, and eliminate busywork from the back office.

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