Accounts Payable Automation On-Premise

As an alternative to our SaaS solution, Esker DeliveryWare ensures the processing of vendor invoices. Esker DeliveryWare makes it easy to integrate best-practice accounts payable management with ERP solutions. With the Esker 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 document 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.

How does the solution work?

When a fax, email, paper or electronic invoice arrives, Esker DeliveryWare captures data such as vendor number, purchase order number, invoice total 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 immediate access to both documents as well as the audit trail without leaving the ERP system.

Key features The Esker AP solution regroups all the necessary features to automate Accounts Payable for large companies:
	Automated invoice entry, work assignment and prioritisation		Minimised number of keystrokes to complete vendor invoice entry
	Real-time tracking of vendor invoices		AP process history and audit trail
	Consistent processing rules		Reports on process time and volume, queued invoices, exceptions and blocks, and due date
	Invoice verification with side-by-side view of original and captured data		Controlled exception handling for canceled transactions and blocked payments
	Duplicate invoice checking		Central point of information for all vendor invoice management processes

Benefits

By taking keystrokes out of the process and bringing visibility to the process, the solution delivers immediate additional return on investment. AP specialists benefit from a fully optimised process for effective financial planning and reporting, efficient supply chain management and strong vendor relationships. Esker DeliveryWare more than satisfied our immediate needs and also demonstrated more functionalities we may need down the road."   Bob Moulesong - Mittal Steel

Technology highlights

	Image recognition technology Combining optical character recognition (OCR), optical mark recognition (OMR), barcode recognition and handwriting recognition (ICR) with intelligent data capture technology, the Esker DeliveryWare image recognition module extracts data from incoming faxes or scanned invoices.
	Intelligent data capture Coupled with the OCR technology, the Dynamic Document Capture (DDC) module extracts the relevant information from incoming vendor invoices, allowing complete AP processing automation. No need to maintain recognition templates for each vendor invoice layout.
	Business rules engine The Esker Business Rules Engine is at the heart of Esker Document Process Automation solutions. Based on proven patented technology, it allows the automation of virtually any AP process in any type of organisation.
	ERP integration Esker DeliveryWare includes a set of connectors that allows the solution to integrate with any enterprise system or applications.
	Archiving Esker DeliveryWare has its own data and document repository to keep processed document in a safe place and allow users to keep information on hand when necessary.
	Audit trail and reporting Esker DeliveryWare comes with a set of document processing reports and the audit trail module provides a view of data and document processing.