Learn in how Kofax TotalAgility™ Accounts Payable Automation can improve your AP performance, irrespective of the ERP(s) your organization uses. See how you can raise levels of touchless processing by automating invoice receipt, entry, coding, approval and review, all while integrating to your ERP(s) automatically and efficiently.
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Transform 2014: Kofax TotalAgility™ Accounts Payable Automation – A Best-In-Class AP Solution
1. Art Sarno
Product Marketing Director
Kofax
Kofax TotalAgility® Accounts Payable Automation --
A Best in Class AP Solution
2. Kofax – Global Presence
Successful
Customers: 20,000+
Software seats: 150,000+
ERP, CRM, LOB integrations: Tens of thousands
NASDAQ & LSE: KFX
Headquarters: Irvine, CA
Employees: 1,200+ in 30 countries
Channel partners: 800+ in 70 countries
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3. Kofax Accounts Payable Solutions
AP Solutions Market Leader
Kofax TotalAgility® Accounts
Payable Automation
Multichannel capture
Best practice AP workflows
ERP integration
• Microsoft Dynamics AX OOTB
Analytics
Kofax MarkView®
MarkView for Oracle EBS
MarkView for SAP
MarkView Advisor - Analytics
MarkView Express - Supplier
Portal
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4. Best-in-Class (20%)
Industry Average (50%)
Laggards (30%)
AP Performance Issues: Well Known in the Market
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Cost to
process one invoice
Source: Aberdeen Group, AP Invoice Management in a Networked Economy. May 2012
$16.67
$6.29
$3.34
Early payment discount
capture rate
18%
47%
90%
Time to
process one invoice
16.3 days
6.1 days
4.1 days
6. Kofax Accounts Payable – Solutions for the Whole ERP Market
Source: Gartner: “Market Share Analysis: ERP Software, Worldwide, 2012”, May 7, 2013
ERP
Market
Share
Other
37% 63%
Kofax AP AutomationKofax MarkView
ERP users often seek a complementary AP solution and integrate it to their ERP
Kofax AP automation expands the Kofax value beyond SAP and Oracle E-Business
Suite (which are served by Kofax MarkView)
7. Accounts Payable – What’s Needed?
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Challenge What’s Needed? Common State
Speed 3 days from receipt to approval Ranges from 3 to 20+ days
Cost $2 or less per invoice $3 to $40+ per invoice
Paper Less! 70% of invoices still on paper
Visibility Transparency of AP status Low level of AP insight
Control Standardized processes,
enforced internal controls and
regulatory compliance
Weak process discipline,
imprecise audit trails, inadequate
traceability
Accuracy Reduced error rates Rekeying remains too common
Cash optimization Pay when you want Inability to take early discounts or
avoid late fees
Ease of change Escalate, expedite, improve Inflexibility mistaken for control
Ease of deployment Fast, simple implementation Adoption painful and slow
8. Common AP Practice – Too Costly, Slow and Error-prone
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Excessive
Paper
Handling
Manual Re-
Keying into
systems
Supplier Finance DirectorPeople -
intensive
Approval
Processe
s
AP Clerk
LOB Employee
AP Manager
LOB Manager
delay
cost
delaycost
delay
cost
ERP
LOB Systems
Ineffective
System
Integration
Lack of visibility to
processes
Performance Impact of Current Practice
• Excessive, Costly Manual Paper Handling
• High Error Rates in Extraction of Key Invoice Data
• Lost and Duplicate Invoice Issues
• Hazy Visibility of AP Status
• Workflows Fail to Manage Exceptions
• Weak Internal Controls
• Ineffective Integration to ERP and LOB Systems
9. The AP Automation Advantage
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Validation /
Entry
KTA7 Process
Approval Review
ERP
Exceptions
Wait for
Payment
Exception Processing
• Data Validation
(Business Rules)
• Header
• Lines
• Hierarchy
• Escalation
• Business Rules
• Route to group or
user
• Route to group or
user
Interface after invoice KTA ERP
approval and review
• Request comment, Return to Supplier,
Cancel, etc.
• Wait for the
invoice to be
paid in ERP
Capture
Represents source of invoice data as the workflow progresses
Extraction
Reports and Analysis
Kofax TotalAgility AP Automation
ERP integration occurs during validation, entry
and matching
Invoice is posted to ERP after the “review” step
On-premise
Cloud deployment options (planned)
ERP search for suppliers, POs, PO lines,
invoices available throughout
ERP users have access to AP processing status
Multichannel support
Mobile review, approval or escalation (planned)
10. Kofax AP Automation – Delivering Four Critical Capabilities
1. Multichannel Invoice Capture and Extraction
2. Best Practice AP Workflow – Productive, Controlled, Adaptable
3. Effective ERP Integration
4. Analytics
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3. Effective ERP Integration
Other ERP
MS Dynamics AX OOTB
Multichannel Invoice Capture & Extraction
Analytics
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Best Practice AP Workflow
AP Clerk
Invoice Entry
Line Item Matching
Invoice Approval
GL Coding
Invoice Review
Business Controls
AP ManagerLOB Staff
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4.
11. Critical Capability #1
Capture of invoice
Paper, email, fax, e-invoice,
mobile, any channel
High-quality digital image
Available in workflows
Extraction of invoice information
PO and non-PO
Preconfigured invoice recognition
and online learning
Supplier and header
Line items and amounts
Available in workflows
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Multichannel Invoice Capture and Extraction1.
Multichannel Invoice Capture & Extraction
Supplier
Header
Line Items
Amounts
12. Critical Capability #2
Best Practice Workflow: Productive, Auditable, Adaptable2
Productive
Standardized flows, high level of
automation
Low level of human touch
Efficient human touch, if needed
Auditable
Audit trail of every action
Documented AP processes
Reports and dashboards available
Adaptable
Easy to assign/re-assign work, escalate, etc.
Fast to expedite for discount capture, discrepancy resolution
Visual workflow redesign
Best Practice AP Workflow
AP Clerk
Invoice Entry
Line Item Matching
Invoice Approval
GL Coding
Invoice Review
Business Controls
AP ManagerLOB Staff
13. Critical Capability #3
Effective System Integration3
Multichannel Invoice Capture & Extraction
Close integration of invoice images and
information with workflow
Flexible exchange of AP information with
ERP and LOB systems
Modern system architecture
10,000+ ERP and LOB integrations
Effective System Integration
LOBERP
Best Practice AP Workflow
AP Clerk
Invoice Entry
Line Item Matching
Invoice Approval
GL Coding
Invoice Review
Business Controls
AP ManagerLOB Staff
14. Critical Capability #4
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4 Analytics
Historical – What happened
and why?
Data f/ invoices that have already
been paid and related processes
Actionable – What’s happening
now?
Real-time or near-real-time data
on invoices currently in workflow
Enable intervention to change
course of processing
Predictive – All data analyzed
to provide visibility into future
Determine next actions based on
historical trends, current process
states, resource availability, etc.
15. TotalAgility Accounts Payable Automation - Summary
Remove paper flow
Cut cost and errors in invoice receipt
Extend to electronic invoice receipt channels
Create process-ready information without rekeying
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Cut costs and proactively manage AP processing issues
Single, best practice AP workflow for all invoices
Visibility and control for audit, compliance
Alerts and flexible workflow resolve AP process issues
Implementation cost savings on ERP integration
Flexible, model-based integration: not hard-coded
>1,000 organization rely on Kofax for AP/IP solutions
>400 Kofax staff are AP experts
Effective ERP Integration
Any ERP
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Actionable insight that drives better AP performance
Extensible analytics, adaptable to requirements
Actionable Analytics
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16. Kofax: Proven Market Leader and Visionary
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Multichannel Invoice Capture & Extraction
• Any Supplier
• Any Invoice
• PO and Non-PO
• Structured or Unstructured
• Any Channel (Paper, Email, E-Invoice, etc.)
• Full Extraction of Invoice Information
Best Practice AP Workflow
• Automated Approvals
• Easy to Assign, Escalate, Expedite
• Visibility of Workflow & Invoice Status
• Automatic Audit Logging
• Reports & Dashboards
• Visual Workflow Design
25. Who Relies on Kofax for Accounts Payable Automation?
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>1,000 customers operating in 100+ countries
26. Case Study
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Challenges
Increase accountability and
transparency for all invoices
Reduce labor-intensive invoice and
AP handling
Cut paper flow
Enforce standardized process, but
add flexibility where needed
50% of staff is mobile
Results
Approval time cut to two days
Absorbed 50% workload increase
“without effort”
100% of invoices in standard
process
99.99% of invoices paid correctly,
the first time
Customer: Hyundai Motor Company Australia
Business: Subsidiary of Hyundai, the world’s most profitable car company
Application: Accounts payable automation
“With total accountability and transparency, our executives can see exactly where the money is going,
who is ordering what, and who is paying what.” –Hyundai Motor Co. Australia
27. Kofax Summary
AP solutions market leader
Trusted in AP by 1,000+ AP
departments
Global, financially strong
Comprehensive, end-to-end
solution from a single vendor
Best practice solution
Future-proof
Acclaimed by independent
analysts
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28. For further information, please contact:
Art Sarno
Product Marketing Director, Kofax
Phone: 1-(949) 783-1608
Email: art.sarno@kofax.com