PROCUREMENT INSIGHTS
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ISTORICALLY, COMPANIES HAVE always spent a lot of time and money moving paper around. And if any aspect of that business involves supply chain management, then the inevitable large amounts of paperwork can result in a supply chain that’s sluggish and inefficient. In efforts to streamline, companies are increasingly looking into implementing digital technologies in their supply chains, which enables them to vastly increase the speed of processing while also going paperless. It is actually possible to quit paper completely, which has numerous positive knock-on effects, according to cloud-based document process automation solutions provider Esker. Along with doing away with the need for paper, automating every phase and type of business information exchange enables companies to reap a host of benefits in a short space of time; Esker says its solution can deliver a measureable ROI in as little as three to six months. The company, which launched as a software vendor in 1985 in France 42
May 2018
“ We can get orders processed sometimes 80% to 90% faster than they could do manually, so they’re getting orders in and fulfilled quickly, keeping customers happier” – Steve Smith, COO, Esker