transform 2014: kofax totalagility™ accounts payable automation – a best-in-class ap solution
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Learn in how Kofax TotalAgility™ Accounts Payable Automation can improve your AP performance, irrespective of the ERP(s) your organization uses. See how you can raise levels of touchless processing by automating invoice receipt, entry, coding, approval and review, all while integrating to your ERP(s) automatically and efficiently.TRANSCRIPT
Art Sarno Product Marketing Director Kofax
Kofax TotalAgility® Accounts Payable Automation -- A Best in Class AP Solution
Kofax – Global Presence
Successful Customers: 20,000+ Software seats: 150,000+ ERP, CRM, LOB integrations: Tens of thousands
NASDAQ & LSE: KFX Headquarters: Irvine, CA Employees: 1,200+ in 30 countries Channel partners: 800+ in 70 countries
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Kofax Accounts Payable Solutions
AP Solutions Market Leader
Kofax TotalAgility® Accounts Payable Automation
Multichannel capture
Best practice AP workflows
ERP integration • Microsoft Dynamics AX OOTB
Analytics
Kofax MarkView®
MarkView for Oracle EBS
MarkView for SAP
MarkView Advisor - Analytics
MarkView Express - Supplier Portal
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Best-in-Class (20%)
Industry Average (50%)
Laggards (30%)
AP Performance Issues: Well Known in the Market
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Cost to process one invoice
Source: Aberdeen Group, AP Invoice Management in a Networked Economy. May 2012
$16.67
$6.29
$3.34
Early payment discount capture rate
18%
47%
90%
Time to process one invoice
16.3 days
6.1 days
4.1 days
#1 Improvement Strategy: Automating Invoice Receipt and AP Workflow
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Kofax Accounts Payable – Solutions for the Whole ERP Market
Source: Gartner: “Market Share Analysis: ERP Software, Worldwide, 2012”, May 7, 2013
ERP Market Share Other
37% 63%
Kofax AP Automation Kofax MarkView
ERP users often seek a complementary AP solution and integrate it to their ERP
Kofax AP automation expands the Kofax value beyond SAP and Oracle E-Business Suite (which are served by Kofax MarkView)
Accounts Payable – What’s Needed?
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Challenge What’s Needed? Common State
Speed 3 days from receipt to approval Ranges from 3 to 20+ days
Cost $2 or less per invoice $3 to $40+ per invoice
Paper Less! 70% of invoices still on paper
Visibility Transparency of AP status Low level of AP insight
Control Standardized processes, enforced internal controls and regulatory compliance
Weak process discipline, imprecise audit trails, inadequate traceability
Accuracy Reduced error rates Rekeying remains too common
Cash optimization Pay when you want Inability to take early discounts or avoid late fees
Ease of change Escalate, expedite, improve Inflexibility mistaken for control
Ease of deployment Fast, simple implementation Adoption painful and slow
Common AP Practice – Too Costly, Slow and Error-prone
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Excessive Paper
Handling
Manual Re-Keying into
systems
Supplier Finance Director People -intensive Approval Processe
s
AP Clerk
LOB Employee
AP Manager
LOB Manager
delay
cost
delay cost
delay
cost
ERP
LOB Systems
Ineffective System
Integration Lack of visibility to processes
Performance Impact of Current Practice
• Excessive, Costly Manual Paper Handling
• High Error Rates in Extraction of Key Invoice Data
• Lost and Duplicate Invoice Issues
• Hazy Visibility of AP Status
• Workflows Fail to Manage Exceptions
• Weak Internal Controls
• Ineffective Integration to ERP and LOB Systems
The AP Automation Advantage
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Validation / Entry
KTA7 Process
Approval Review ERPExceptions
Wait forPayment
Exception Processing
• Data Validation(Business Rules)
• Header• Lines
• Hierarchy• Escalation
• Business Rules• Route to group or
user
• Route to group or user
Interface after invoice KTA ERPapproval and review
• Request comment, Return to Supplier, Cancel, etc.
• Wait for the invoice to be paid in ERP
Capture
Represents source of invoice data as the workflow progresses
Extraction
Reports and Analysis
Kofax TotalAgility AP Automation
ERP integration occurs during validation, entry and matching
Invoice is posted to ERP after the “review” step
On-premise
Cloud deployment options (planned)
ERP search for suppliers, POs, PO lines, invoices available throughout
ERP users have access to AP processing status
Multichannel support
Mobile review, approval or escalation (planned)
Kofax AP Automation – Delivering Four Critical Capabilities
1. Multichannel Invoice Capture and Extraction
2. Best Practice AP Workflow – Productive, Controlled, Adaptable
3. Effective ERP Integration
4. Analytics
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3. Effective ERP Integration
Other ERP
MS Dynamics AX OOTB
Multichannel Invoice Capture & Extraction
Analytics
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Best Practice AP Workflow
AP Clerk
Invoice Entry
Line Item Matching
Invoice Approval
GL Coding
Invoice Review
Business Controls
AP Manager LOB Staff
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4.
Critical Capability #1
Capture of invoice
Paper, email, fax, e-invoice, mobile, any channel
High-quality digital image
Available in workflows
Extraction of invoice information
PO and non-PO
Preconfigured invoice recognition and online learning
Supplier and header
Line items and amounts
Available in workflows 11
Multichannel Invoice Capture and Extraction 1.
Multichannel Invoice Capture & Extraction
Supplier
Header
Line Items
Amounts
Critical Capability #2
Best Practice Workflow: Productive, Auditable, Adaptable 2 Productive
Standardized flows, high level of automation
Low level of human touch
Efficient human touch, if needed
Auditable Audit trail of every action
Documented AP processes
Reports and dashboards available
Adaptable Easy to assign/re-assign work, escalate, etc.
Fast to expedite for discount capture, discrepancy resolution
Visual workflow redesign
Best Practice AP Workflow
AP Clerk
Invoice Entry
Line Item Matching
Invoice Approval
GL Coding
Invoice Review
Business Controls
AP Manager LOB Staff
Critical Capability #3
Effective System Integration 3 Multichannel Invoice Capture & Extraction
Close integration of invoice images and information with workflow
Flexible exchange of AP information with ERP and LOB systems
Modern system architecture
10,000+ ERP and LOB integrations
Effective System Integration
LOB ERP
Best Practice AP Workflow
AP Clerk
Invoice Entry
Line Item Matching
Invoice Approval
GL Coding
Invoice Review
Business Controls
AP Manager LOB Staff
Critical Capability #4
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4 Analytics Historical – What happened
and why?
Data f/ invoices that have already been paid and related processes
Actionable – What’s happening now?
Real-time or near-real-time data on invoices currently in workflow
Enable intervention to change course of processing
Predictive – All data analyzed to provide visibility into future
Determine next actions based on historical trends, current process states, resource availability, etc.
TotalAgility Accounts Payable Automation - Summary
Remove paper flow Cut cost and errors in invoice receipt Extend to electronic invoice receipt channels Create process-ready information without rekeying
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Cut costs and proactively manage AP processing issues Single, best practice AP workflow for all invoices Visibility and control for audit, compliance Alerts and flexible workflow resolve AP process issues
Implementation cost savings on ERP integration
Flexible, model-based integration: not hard-coded
>1,000 organization rely on Kofax for AP/IP solutions
>400 Kofax staff are AP experts
Effective ERP Integration
A n y E R P
4 Actionable insight that drives better AP performance
Extensible analytics, adaptable to requirements
Actionable Analytics
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Kofax: Proven Market Leader and Visionary
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Multichannel Invoice Capture & Extraction
• Any Supplier
• Any Invoice
• PO and Non-PO
• Structured or Unstructured
• Any Channel (Paper, Email, E-Invoice, etc.)
• Full Extraction of Invoice Information
Best Practice AP Workflow
• Automated Approvals
• Easy to Assign, Escalate, Expedite
• Visibility of Workflow & Invoice Status
• Automatic Audit Logging
• Reports & Dashboards
• Visual Workflow Design
TotalAgility Accounts Payable Automation 1.1 Benefits Summary
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Kofax Accounts Payable Delivers:
• Increased Employee Productivity
• Lower Processing Costs
• Faster Invoice Processing
• Strengthened Internal Controls
• Greater Process and Status Visibility
• Optimized Cash Management
• Reduced Error Rates
• Increased Operational Flexibility
• Lower Total Cost of Ownership
TotalAgility Accounts Payable Automation – Sample Screenshots
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Invoice Validation – Manual intervention after automatic information extraction
TotalAgility Accounts Payable Automation – Sample Screenshots
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GL Coding – ERP codes available in drop-down to ensure use of correct codes
TotalAgility Accounts Payable Automation – Sample Screenshots
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Invoice Approval – Second approval triggered by spend limitation and routed via approval hierarchy
TotalAgility Accounts Payable Automation – Sample Screenshots
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AP & ERP Search – Assisting AP staff to resolve issues, discrepancies and queries
TotalAgility Accounts Payable Automation – Sample Screenshots
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AP Work Queue – Key data and task status presented to the relevant user
Invoice Activity Analysis
Cash Management Insight
Who Relies on Kofax for Accounts Payable Automation?
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>1,000 customers operating in 100+ countries
Case Study
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Challenges
Increase accountability and transparency for all invoices
Reduce labor-intensive invoice and AP handling
Cut paper flow
Enforce standardized process, but add flexibility where needed
50% of staff is mobile
Results
Approval time cut to two days
Absorbed 50% workload increase “without effort”
100% of invoices in standard process
99.99% of invoices paid correctly, the first time
Customer: Hyundai Motor Company Australia
Business: Subsidiary of Hyundai, the world’s most profitable car company
Application: Accounts payable automation
“With total accountability and transparency, our executives can see exactly where the money is going, who is ordering what, and who is paying what.” –Hyundai Motor Co. Australia
Kofax Summary
AP solutions market leader
Trusted in AP by 1,000+ AP departments
Global, financially strong
Comprehensive, end-to-end solution from a single vendor
Best practice solution
Future-proof
Acclaimed by independent analysts
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For further information, please contact:
Art Sarno Product Marketing Director, Kofax Phone: 1-(949) 783-1608 Email: [email protected]