Formic software provides the most efficient way to automatically capture and process information from paper documents and electronic forms deployed to mobile devices and the web.

Invoice Processing

 

The intelligent document recognition capabilities of Formic Fusion can be applied to many different application areas and one such significant area of value is that of invoice processing.

Research by Byline in to Accounts Payable (A/P) processes found that:

  • 96% of A/P invoice processing involves keying data from paper
  • EDI and other document automation account for just 4% of A/P invoices
  • The average time it takes to process an A/P invoice is 12 days
  • 25% of all invoices are paid late

The desire for lower process costs is a permanent feature of organisations' business planning. Accounts Payable invoice processing is labour intensive and automation can reduce labour costs and/or allow resources to be re-deployed to more value-added areas.

Formic Fusion for Invoice Processing is a fully customisable invoice processing solution that scans supplier invoices and automatically extracts and validates the data they contain before exporting it to accounting systems for processing.

Formic Fusion for Invoice Processing identifies incoming documents as invoices and immediately begins extracting information such as purchase order number, invoice date, total amounts, line item data and more. Supplier ID is automatically determined and critical information is validated against existing data in accounting systems before being exported directly into Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Accounts Payable (AP) and other back office systems. The result is a faster, more efficient means of handling invoices, which results in: -

  • Increased staff productivity - the ability to do more work with fewer resources
  • Increased data accuracy – character recognition rate of 97% plus automatic data validation against business rules set by you
  • A more up-to-date picture of an organisations financial position

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