P R OCUR EMENT INSIGHTS
HISTORICALLY , 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
“ 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
42 May 2018