What is 3-way matching?
3-way matching compares the purchase order, the goods receipt, and the supplier invoice so a hotel only pays for what it ordered and actually received.
3-way matching is a control that checks three documents against each other before an invoice is paid: the purchase order (what was ordered), the goods receipt (what actually arrived), and the supplier invoice (what is being billed). When all three agree, the invoice is safe to pay.
In hotels the three rarely line up perfectly — a case is short-delivered, a unit price drifts up, or a substitute item ships. 3-way matching turns those gaps into exceptions a person can review before money leaves.
Atrium runs this check automatically as documents arrive. See pre-payment exception review and hotel procurement software.
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