---
title: "How it is designed to work"
description: "The designed steps in Pathfinder for one delivery of waste and recycling invoices. Arrival, checking, comparison, exceptions and the report."
url: https://pathfindersustainability.com/docs/overview/how-it-works
tier: public
type: explanation
status: planned
launch_state: pre_launch
last_reviewed: 2026-11-14
index: https://pathfindersustainability.com/llms.txt
facts: [F-013, F-014, F-015, F-017, F-021, F-022]
---

# How it is designed to work

The steps one delivery of invoices is designed to go through in Pathfinder, from arrival to the report.

> **Status: planned.** Pathfinder is at design and specification stage. Nothing is live yet.

## At a glance

- Invoices arrive through a channel set up for each client.
- Each invoice is designed to be extracted and validated.
- Each delivery is designed to be compared with the services expected.
- Every missing or problem invoice is designed to become an exception.

## The answer

A client's invoices arrive through the channel set up for that client. Pathfinder is designed to extract and validate each one, compare the delivery with the services expected at each property, turn every missing or problem invoice into an exception with an owner, and report the results back to the client.

## The steps

1. **Arrive.** Invoices arrive through the channel set up for that client.
2. **Read and check.** Each invoice is designed to be extracted and validated.
3. **Compare.** Each delivery is designed to be compared with the services expected at each property, by vendor, property and month. An invoice that should have arrived and did not is listed as missing.
4. **Raise.** Every missing or problem invoice is designed to become an exception with an owner, a reason and a target for closing it.
5. **Report.** The results are designed to be reported back to the client.

## What this does not cover

No turnaround value has been set, so none is given here. The intake channel for each client is part of that client's set-up.

Last reviewed 2026-11-14.