APay® Suite with Esker DeliveryWare

Complete Invoice Processing Automation

for SAP® ERP

Norikkon, LLC
phone 866-288-6939
www.norikkon.com
 Esker DeliveryWare ments without leaving the ERP system.
The Esker DeliveryWare solution lever-
Key Features Norikkon’s APay Suite used in con- ages SAP workflow to send a work item
junction with Esker’s DeliveryWare to the appropriate AP specialist for further
 Capturing of all OCR provides a one-stop-shop solution
relevant document processing.
for automated processing of incoming
formats, such as
images, faxes, invoices in SAP®.
emails,
e-invoices, etc.)
 Solution is fully
integrated in SAP
and use SAP work-
flow functionality.
 Fully integrated
with SAP
Content Server or
any SAP certified
third-party content
server Norikkon APay Suite
 Real-time reporting At that instance, APay Suite provides a
and analytics
powerful application environment for
 Automated proc- When a fax, email, paper or electronic an organization to process invoices in
essing of MM and invoice arrives, Esker DeliveryWare the most efficient way possible. It also
FI invoices captures data such as vendor number, serves as a management tool to monitor
 Unsurpassed flexi- purchase order number and due date for invoices and invoice workloads. Most
ble customization routing and indexing. No predefined important, APay Suite provides accurate
to meet your busi- templates are needed. Captured data is real-time analyses of invoice cycles,
validated against ERP master data, and status and cash flow.
then transferred to the ERP system for
accounts payable management.
APay Center
APay Center is a one-stop-shop auto-
mated invoice processing solution. Ad-
vanced workflow and data validation oc-
curs providing automation for 3-way
match, missing coding information, dupli-
cate check, price/quantity variances and
other criteria. APay Center automatically
routes exceptions to the appropriate user or
user group for further processing inside of
SAP or directly in APay Center.

The key to APay Center’s power is its

The original invoice is directly linked to dashboard. Through this central location,
the new business transaction in SAP, al- SAP work items can be processed directly
lowing AP specialists to view both docu-

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 rather than using the SAP Inbox. Analytics time wasted researching vendor inquir-
can be performed to better understand ies.
cash flow and process flows; archived
documents can be easily downloaded or APay Portal
printed to meet audit requirements; and APay Portal provides management with
services for object (GOS) is accessible an Internet monitoring and reporting
for late archiving of documents or add- tool. The same dashboard view allows
ing notes. management to monitor invoices and
In addition, Accounts Payable staff can productivity in real-time outside SAP R/3.
“Prior to implementing
intervene in the process flow to raise APay Portal provides a chart view or real-
Norikkon’s APay
exceptions or post directly to SAP stan- time business intelligence view. These
Center, our AP staff chart views are an overview of all active
dard transactions. Norikkon is continu-
wasted countless hours invoices within SAP and reflect status
ally enhancing the functionality within
processing invoices, analysis, processor productivity, daily
the APay Center dashboard. The latest
following up on excep-
version offers a graphic analysis tool
tions, and obtaining which allows the user to see results of
approval. Now, we’ve analysis directly on their computer
been able to reallocate screen.
staff, reduce research
time, overall signifi- APay Mail
cantly reducing the
APay Mail allows users to manage in-
processing time per
voice approvals and exception handling
invoice. For a low via email. By implementing this func-
co s t i nves t ment , tionality, approval users do not need to
we’re already seeing log on to SAP. The approval process can
great results to our be performed online or offline at their
bottom-line.”
volume, cycle times, and due date analysis.
convenience. All emails are archived Additional charts can be added to fulfill an
Manager,
and linked to the relevant accounting organization’s requirements.
Accounting Operations documents in SAP to provide a complete
Tastykake audit trail. Advantages for Management
 Real-time visibility of cash flow
Vendor Notification expenditures
 Reduced labor costs
Vendor Notification reduces vendor
 Real-time visibility of processing
inquiries by automatically sending
bottlenecks
status updates to each vendor. Through
 Reduced late payment fees
this process, an email is automatically
 Security access controls
generated notifying the vendor at key
 Automatic determination of due
process points. Through configuration,
date, Increases early payment dis-
a vendor can be sent a different notifi-
counts captured by over 75%.
cation depending on process point (i.e.,
 Faster internal and external audits
received, in process, approved and re-
 Improved vendor relations.
jected with reason.) Using this module
 Your in-house IT experts can cus-
not only improves vendor relations, but
tomize and incorporate SAP work-
also significantly reduces employee
flow as needs change.

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 Advantages for Processors Advantages for Management
 Automatic extraction of data into  Reduce purchase-to-payment costs
SAP - eliminates manual keying. by as much as 60%.
 Exceptions and approvals are auto-  Real-time visibility of cash flow
matically routed. expenditures.
 Ability to see image and supporting  Real-time analytics (status analysis,
documents during processing. processor productivity, daily vol-
 Ability to attach third-party sup- ume, cycle times, due date analysis,
porting documentation (i.e. spread- etc.)
sheets).  Automatic determination of due
 Elimination of vendor invoice date, increases early payment dis-
status inquiries. counts captured by over 75%.
 Ease of use. Extremely user  Reduced late payment fees.
friendly.  Security access controls.
 Allows users to see work items spe-  Faster internal and external audits.
cifically needing his/her attention. GRC requirements are met.
 Improved vendor relations.
 Your in-house IT experts can cus-
tomize and incorporate SAP work-
flow as needs change.

For additional information:

www.norikkon.com
info@norikkon.com

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