COMPANY INDEX Q4 2010
Intelligent invoicing: electronic invoicing that suits everybody NEWS IN BRIEF
Businesses can achieve savings of up to 90 percent by switching to electronic invoicing, but what about businesses that are not ready to go digital?
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icoh Europe, recently recognised as a leader in Managed Print Services by analysts Gartner, has launched a service to help businesses move from paper to electronic at their own pace. Ricoh’s intelligent invoicing (i-invoicing), an outsourcing service that forms part of its Managed Document Services, takes e-invoicing a step further by including both paper and digital invoices. The end result: businesses continue to invoice in a way that suits them – via email, the web, fax, PDF, or post – while Ricoh manages the entire invoicing process, allowing them to benefit from the significant savings electronic invoicing brings. “Because i-invoicing can include a mixture of hard copy and electronic invoicing, the service makes full use of Ricoh’s strengths, both in print and IT services,” says Martin Hurley, Vice President and General Manager, Outsourcing Services, Ricoh Europe. “With Ricoh’s unparalleled experience in knowledge management, our global footprint and security credentials, customers can have the peace of mind that they are working with a trusted business partner.” Ricoh Europe already processes millions of invoices a year for its customers, including for a leading global sportswear manufacturer. Sending out 4.5 million invoices on paper each year, the manufacturer’s annual invoicing process added up to €4 million. With Ricoh i-invoicing, the target is to migrate 80 percent of invoices away from paper, resulting in an expected annual saving of €3 million. An online calculator has been created to estimate savings a business could make by switching from paper to i-invoicing – visit www.ricoh-europe. com/i-invoicing form more information.
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