Case Study
Groupe Châtel - Creating An Efficient, Reliable Invoicing Environment With Accounts Payable Automation
Groupe Châtel - Creating An Efficient, Reliable Invoicing Environment With Accounts Payable Automation
CASE STUDY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INDUSTRY • Transportation ERP • Cegid GROUPE CHÂTEL CREATING AN EFFICIENT , RELIABLE INVOICING ENVIRONMENT WITH ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AUTOMATION BACKGROUND As a French transportation and logistics company, Groupe CHÂTEL annually processes 20,000 supplier invoices which arrive from its 10 businesses across seven locations. Prior to Esker, this process was done manually, proving to be a difficult and often error-prone job for the company’s six-person accounting team based at company headquarters in Vire. The accounts payable (AP) staff faced multiple challenges, including: § Lack of control and security over invoice registration, including risk of duplicate payment § Lengthy invoice processing time due to the distance between sites and often laborious r