basware invoice automation
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Basware Invoice AutomationProviding Control, Visibility and Cost Savings
A Basware Presentation
Delivering the financial agility you need to run your business more effectively
AgendaA Basware Presentation
Basware in Brief
Your Challenges
Our Solution
Your Benefits
Supporting Your Transition
History• Founded 1985• Consistently ranked #1/
#2 by analysts across P2P and e-Invoicing
• 11 offices around the world
Corporate performance• Net sales >EUR 107m
in 2011• 1000+ employees• Partners in 30+ countries• >1m users in over
60 countries
The Open Network• 1.9m suppliers listed• >20m e-invoices/POs
in 2011• €175bn total annual
spend across network
• >50 e-invoice formats
• 130+ partners
Basware in numbers
Your ChallengesOur SolutionYour Benefits
Typical Purchase-to-Pay Challenges
Supplier
Long sourcing cycles
Poor visibility to demand planning
Large inventory
Poor payment visibility
High working capital costs
Increased risk
Long DSO cycles
• Trading risk• Costly audits• Inflexible supply base• Poor DPO/DSO performance• Limited supply chain finance options• High internal process costs• Currency exposure• Compliance risks• Inaccurate cash flow forecasting
Procurement
Non-compliant spend
Too many suppliers
Uncontrolled contracting
No granularity of spend
No purchasing leverage
Inefficient paper based process
Procurement
High invoice processing cost
Manual processing of recurringInvoices
Data errors, double payments etc.
Late visibility into obligations
Slow book closing processes
AP discrepancies
Finance / AP
Pressures driving AP Improvement
Top AP Pressures according to Aberdeen Group
57%43%
29%23%
15%13%
Lack invoice and AP document visibility
Corporate directive to lower costs
Need for better cash management
Difficulty in finding/managing paper-based document archives
Need to reduce risk of fraud and abuse (improve control)
Inability to capitalize on early payment discounts
Efficiency & Savings
Common Accounts Payable Issues
Control & Compliance
Visibility & Insight
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Control & Compliance: Challenges
Challenges
•Approval policies inconsistent and/or not followed
•No records of invoice history, no audit trail, risk of fraud
•Overall process compliance with SOX, IFRS…
Control & Compliance
BenefitsCapabilities
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Control & Compliance: Our Solution
Challenges
•Organization management
•User rights and approval limits
•Full audit trail
•System alerts
•Post process audits
BenefitsCapabilities
Control & Compliance
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Control & Compliance: Benefits
Challenges
•Internal policy execution
•Invoice history supports transparency
•Avoid double payment or late paying invoices
•Re-claim overpay to suppliers
•Easily audits with full drill-down
•Satisfy SOXS, IFRS, etc
BenefitsCapabilities
Control & Compliance
Enforcing Control & Compliance
Master vendor validation
Pre-processing data validation
Invoice pre-booking
User rights determine access
Approval limits govern workflows
Auto approvals within tolerances
Additional Costs handling
Control, Compliance and More at NOMS
Challenges
Solutions
Results
• Achieve maximum control and transparency over the invoice process across 130 locations involving almost 6,000 users
• Increase efficiency of the invoice handling process• Increase speed of payments to suppliers and achieve early payment
discounts
• Basware Invoice Automation• Basware anyERP middleware
• Compliance objectives met with maximum control and trasparancy over the invoice handling process
• Reduced administrative burden – internal costs down• Invoice cycle time down from 45 days to 85% processed within 3 days
4 months after Go-Live
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Visibility & Insight: Challenges
Challenges
•No process visibility
•No real-time view on cash flow
•No consolidated view on spend data
BenefitsCapabilities
Visibility & Insight
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Visibility & Insight: Our Solution
Challenges
•AP Master overview
•Alerts and highlights
•Status Monitor
•Cash Management
•Supplier Spend
•Personal Archives
Visibility & Insight
BenefitsCapabilities
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Visibility & Insight: Benefits
Challenges
•Shorter cycle time
•Processes improve
•Faster exception handling
•Better use of cash
•Dynamic discounts
•Consolidate spend
BenefitsCapabilities
Visibility & Insight
• Early visibility to committed spend enables cost management across P2P process
• Improves cash flow forecasting• Enables active working capital management
Improved cash flow visibility
10 days 20 days
PURCHASE TO PAY CYCLE – 65 DAYS
50 days 60 days30 days
PO processstarts
Order confirmation
PO done
Goods received
Invoice arrived
Invoice sent
Time of payment
PURCHASE TO PAY CYCLE
40 days
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Visibility & Insight at Acco Brands
Challenges
Solutions
Results
• Rationalize and automate P2P processes in preparation for future growth• Achieve visibility and control of all spend• Enable a centralized and compliant European purchasing strategy
• Basware Invoice Automation• ERP integration and multi-language support
• Basware Purchase Management
• Real-time view of spend commitments• Boosted compliance and foundations for intelligent strategic purchasing• Cost and efficiency savings
“We now have a view of all spend commitments and a much tighter handle on accruals — all of which gives us a far more accurate finance snapshot of where we are at any given time.”
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Efficiency & Savings: Challenges
Challenges
• High costs
• Paper invoices
• Untapped cash discounts
• Non-value adding tasks
Efficiency & Savings
BenefitsCapabilities
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Efficiency & Savings: Our Solution
Challenges
•100% e-Invoices
•Match to Purchase Orders
•Match to Contracts
•Coding templates
•Fixed workflows
•iPhone / iPad / Android
BenefitsCapabilities
Efficiency & Savings
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Efficiency & Savings: Benefits
Challenges
•100% e-Invoicing from day 1
•Faster invoice cycle times
•Discount opportunities
•Fewer errors
•Lower AP costs
BenefitsCapabilities
Efficiency & Savings
Driving Efficiency & Savings
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Matching against PO’s1
Matching against contracts2
Automatic workflow3
Manually selected workflow4
Basware anyERP Adapter
ERP
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Enforcing Efficiency & Savings at Heineken
Basware database
Invoice processing &
Transfer to payment
anyERP
95% faster Invoice cycle times 40% less AP staff
93%automaticallymatched
75%automaticallymatched
to exception handling
to exception handling
7%
25%
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
Proost
Supporting Your Transition
Step 1 – Mix and match automation ~5000 invoices/FTE
Step 2 – Basic matching and workflow ~15 000 invoices/FTE
Step 3 – Full PO matching ~30 000 invoices/FTE
Step 4 – End-to-end AP automation ~100 000 invoices/FTE
Invoices / AP FTE
10%
33%
75%
100%
Paper-based handling
Paperless workflow
Invoice automation
Touchless invoicing
4 steps to full AP automation
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Intelligent Processes
Automaticallymatch invoice
and PO, or invoice
and contractpayment schedule.
Scan and capture data
using the latest OCR-technology
or receive invoice in
electronic form.
Code invoicewith the help
of posting templates and”favorites” lists.
Review invoice to check that invoice is
justified and correct.
Approve invoice
(controlled byapproval limits
and rules).
Transfer invoice datato the ERP or financialsystem for payment.
Matching Invoices to Purchase Orders
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Invoice matches with approved purchase order (PO)
Invoice does notmatch with PO(discrepancy)
Personal Archive Updated
Auto-coding/workflow
18/04/2023
Author
‘Orderless’ or Recurring Invoice Matching
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Invoices match with approved payment schedule or budget (contract)Invoices do notmatch with contract(exceptions)
Personal Archive Updated
Auto-coding/workflow
18/04/2023
Author
Matching Benefits
Process• Full automation
(STP)
• Partial automation
– Auto-coding
– Auto-workflow
• Fewer human errors
• More time for value adding tasks
Control• Enforce
Purchase Policy
• Audit trail maintained
• Line level matching
• 3-way matching
• Goods Receipt based matching
Savings• Automate routine
tasks
– Invoice to PO association
– Coding
– Approvals
– Workflow
• Early payment discount opportunities
Savings
Control
Process
Basware’s Solution for 100% Purchase Invoices
Supplier
Supplier
Supplier
Buyer
PortalInvoices
E-Invoices
Paper & Email Invoices
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Supplier Activation Service
• Cut invoice processing time by 5-30 days• Enable discounts on 50% of invoices• Reduce spend by 1.3%-5.5% (average)• 10% increase in e-invoicing reduces DSO by 3 days• Cut collection costs by 10%• Reduce carbon footprint by 90%
Benefits of E-invoicing
B2B Transactions Services
The Open Network: enabling global commerce
1.9 million
potential suppliers
Over 1700 global customers
550,000Active buyers/ suppliers in Open Network
Up
53%20.8me-invoices in 2011
>50formats supported
$175 billion
annual spend on our network130
interoperability partners
VAT compliance in
>50 countries
Scan & Capture Global Coverage
US, EMEA, APAC Scan Centers
• PO Boxes/customer
• Incoming mail handling
• Scan batches
• Invoice scanning
• QA
• Destroying/archiving/sending originals
Invoice delivery & SLAs
• Delivery to customer’s invoice processing solution via Basware’s e-Invoice network
Offshore validation Centres
• Extracting header and line data
• Data validation and QA
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Basware Mobile
18.04.2023
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Basware Mobile Client delivers control of the financial value chain to smart-phones and mobile devices
Secure connection from mobile device provides real-time access 24/7
Timely handling of purchase invoices to capture early payment discounts and avoid late payments
Key people can use their time out of office more productively
Why Companies Choose Basware Invoice Automation
100% visibility of spend
Full PO coverage
360◦ view across multiple ERPs
Accurate cash forecasting
Early pay discount opportunities
Full visibility to any invoice in the system
Bottlenecks can be identified and removed
Visibility
Regulator compliance
Controlled automation according to your policies
Process transparency
Personal accountability
Easy audit ability
Easy accruals reporting
Faster period closing
Reduced human errors
Control
100% e-Invoicing
Faster invoice cycle times
Straight-Through-Processing
Reduced AP overhead
Lower cost per invoice
Take early pay discounts
Higher invoice volumes per FTE
Efficiency
And finally…
Learn from the leaders..
Reduced invoicing costs by
75%
Cut 3rd party spend by
10%Receive
97%of invoices as electronic invoices
Reduce costs of Accounts Payable function by
60%
Process over
90%of invoices without any manual intervention
Pay over
85%Of suppliers within 7-10 days to capture discount
Reduce costs of processing expense claims by over
50%
The B2B Cloud and Alusta
Introducing the B2B Cloud:our three advantages
1. The Open Network•Millions of transactions, thousands of suppliers and buyers
2. Best-in-class B2B processes• Easily deployable process
templates for all company sizes
3. Intelligent Cloud Collaboration• Connecting buyers and suppliers
The Open Network
Best-in-Class B2B processes
Intelligent Cloud Collaboration
1. The Open Network: enabling global commerce
1.9 million
potential suppliers
Over 1700 global customers
550,000Active buyers/ suppliers in Open Network
Up
53%20.8me-invoices in 2011
>50formats supported
$175 billion
annual spend on our network130
interoperability partners
VAT compliance in
>50 countries
2. Best-in-class B2B process expertise
Process templates
Advisory services
Connectivity solutions for buyers and sellers making it easy to get onto the B2B Cloud
Liberated data layer allowing buyers and sellers to do business regardless of legacy back end systems or formats
Value added transaction services
3. Intelligent cloud collaboration
Multi-tenant cloud-based packages
Process-as-a-service
Liberated data structure
Configurable workflow automation
Unified, roles-based user interface
B2B document and data exchange in any format
Social media collaboration layer
Mobile access
Complete data transparency
Neutral connectivity
ERP agnostic
Assured security
Basware Alusta:enabling the B2B Cloud
Why companies choose Basware Alusta
Full spend visibility and PO coverage
Accurate cash forecasting and working capital management
Full supplier and contract visibility
Travel & expense behaviour profiles
Visibility
100% e-invoicing
Intelligent matching everywhere
More spend managed, cash flow accuracy, faster period closing
Controlled travel & expense
Control
Straight through processing
Federated accountability
Exception-based intelligentworkflows
Proactive contract compliance
Regulatory/VAT compliance regardless of jurisdiction
Compliance
Supplier discount capture
Cash flow, working capital and currency forecasting
Open, interoperable global trading network
Rapid on-boarding and off-boarding
Hybrid deployment options
Agility
Simplicity
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