Esker DeliveryWare makes it easy to integrate best-practice accounts payable management with ERP solutions. With the Accounts Payable Module, AP Specialists benefit from end-to-end capabilities for receiving, entering and tracking inbound vendor invoices — encompassing automated capture, reconciliation, posting, work task routing for approvals and detailed reporting.
Esker DeliveryWare combines dynamic content capture with integrated workflow and process tracking to help AP Specialists address the challenges of manual data entry, manual paper routing, lack of coordination and lack of transparency within traditional vendor invoice processing as part of the purchase-to-pay cycle.
Vendor Invoice Process Tracking
How the Accounts Payable Automation Module works
When a fax, email, paper or electronic invoice arrives, Esker DeliveryWare captures data such as vendor number, purchase order number and due date for routing and indexing. No predefined templates are needed. Captured data is validated against ERP master data, and then transferred to the ERP system for accounts payable management.
The original invoice is directly linked to the new business transaction, allowing AP specialists to view both documents without leaving the ERP system. From ERP Content Server or other archive, process tracking with the Esker DeliveryWare solution leverages ERP workflow for process coordination and control.
Key features
Benefits
Automated invoice entry, work assignment and prioritization
Real-time tracking of invoices
Flexible, automated task routing
Consistent processing rules
Controlled exception handling for canceled transactions and blocked invoices
Duplicate invoice checking
Invoice approval, with side-by-side view of original and captured data
Process history and audit trail, with continuous tracking of process data and status
Central point of information for all vendor invoice management processes
Minimized number of keystrokes to complete accounts payable process
Dynamic work item descriptions and titles
Reports on process time and volume, queued invoices, exceptions and blocks, due dates, discounts, scheduled payments
By taking keystrokes out of the process and adding visibility, the Accounts Payable Module delivers immediate additional return on investment. AP Specialists benefit from a fully optimized process for effective financial planning, efficient supply chain management and strong vendor relationships.
Lower purchase-to-pay process costs by as much as 40–60%
Receive and enter vendor invoices up to 65% faster
Take full advantage of fast-payment discounts
Prevent late and duplicate payments
Improve response to vendor inquiries concerning invoice status
Improve cash-on-hand planning
Eliminate redundant ERS invoice processing
Benchmark metrics such as vendor cost and employee performance
Ready access to information for reporting and analysis to balance workloads and identify process bottlenecks
OCR
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Dynamic Document Capture
The Dynamic Document Capture (DDC) feature facilitates the automatic processing of electronic or scanned semi-structured documents, such as invoices, sales orders, shipping papers etc.
Business Rules Engine
The Esker DeliveryWare Rules Engine is at the heart of the Esker Document Process Automation solutions. Based on proven and patented technologies, it allows the automation of virtually any paper-based Business Process in any type of organization.
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Extracting business value from documents
This datasheet describes the technology provided by Esker DeliveryWare to intelligently extract data from non structured documents
