en.Wedoany.com Reported - Craftable will showcase its AI-driven operations and procure-to-pay platform for the hospitality industry at HITEC 2026. Designed for hotels, restaurants, and multi-unit hospitality groups, the platform integrates procurement, inventory, invoicing, accounting, payments, and analytics into a single system, aiming to help operators reduce manual workloads, improve compliance, and accelerate decision-making processes.
David Cantu, CEO of Craftable, stated that operators need less software, not more, and a way to escape the complexity of running their businesses. He noted that procurement, invoicing, and payments have long existed in disconnected systems that fail to reflect how teams actually work. Craftable has built a system that brings procurement, accounts payable, and data together, serving both on-site operators and corporate finance teams. He believes that when combined with AI, the system not only speeds up processing but also helps teams make better decisions in the moment, reduce unnecessary spending, and improve daily operational efficiency.
At the core of the Craftable platform is a unified procure-to-pay workflow designed to eliminate friction between purchasing, receiving, and finance. Teams can gain visibility into spending, reduce manual reconciliation, and close the gap between operational activities and financial reporting.
Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, recently selected Craftable over multiple competing platforms, citing its practicality, modern approach to legacy systems, and U.S.-based support. Craftable will manage the property's procurement and accounts payable operations, covering Avendra purchase orders, theoretical inventory, invoice processing, general ledger mapping, and reporting, replacing multiple existing systems and reducing reliance on disconnected tools. Since adopting Craftable, the team processes approximately 1,800 invoices per month with just one supervisor, significantly reducing back-and-forth communication between receiving and accounts payable. In August 2026, Pier Sixty-Six plans to implement Craftable Pay, extending the platform to embedded payments, enabling the property to move away from manual check processes while maintaining visibility and control over the accounts payable workflow.
Frederic Nguyen, Executive Director of Finance at Pier Sixty-Six, stated that before using Craftable, there was extensive back-and-forth between receiving and accounts payable, requiring significant effort to stay aligned. Now, with just one supervisor handling approximately 1,800 invoices per month, everything from ordering to invoice processing and reporting is connected. The team no longer chases paper documents but actually manages operations.
At HITEC 2026, Craftable will showcase its expanding AI capabilities, including: Invoice AI, which automates invoice processing using hospitality-specific recognition technology for faster, more reliable data; Operator AI, which analyzes POS and labor data nightly to reveal priority opportunities and provide quantified impact and recommended next steps; and Crafty, an AI assistant within the Craftable application that allows teams to ask data questions, investigate performance, and generate operational outputs within their system environment.
Joe Eberhart, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Intelligence at Davidson Hospitality Group, stated that technology should help operators spend more time running their businesses and less time managing systems. By integrating procurement, inventory, and analytics into a single platform, much of the friction caused by disconnected tools and processes is eliminated. AI builds on this by automating administrative tasks behind the scenes, enabling teams to focus on understanding data, improving accuracy, and driving better operational outcomes.
Craftable will exhibit at HITEC 2026, showcasing its procure-to-pay platform, embedded payments, analytics, and AI-driven operational tools for hospitality organizations. Craftable is a hospitality back-office platform provider whose platform helps restaurants, hotels, bars, and multi-unit operators improve profitability and streamline operations, serving over 50,000 operators across more than 10,000 hospitality locations.
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