Every month, CALL INC. receives orders and over 250 invoices from its
largest trading partner. And the company, which services the
pharmaceutical industry through three subsidiaries, would manually
validate and enter all of them into its accounting system. Not only was
the process time consuming, it was costly.
“Ensuring prompt invoicing of our customers for completed work was
difficult given that each invoice had to be compared against a master
purchase order (PO) record,” recalls Carol McMorris, CALL INC’s
controller. McMorris was convinced there had to be a way to streamline
things and get paid faster. And she found one through Ariba,
an SAP Company.
CALL INC. had been using the Ariba®
Network to manage purchase orders and invoices with a key customer.
Then McMorris found out that she could connect Intuit QuickBooks - the
company’s accounting system - to the network. And everything changed.
Using the Ariba Integration Connector, powered by Dell Boomi, CALL INC.
was able to completely integrate POs, invoices and order confirmations
between the Ariba Network and QuickBooks and drive game-changing
improvements in efficiency and overall business performance.
“We have been able to save time by eliminating at least three of the
steps currently required to submit invoices, speeding the internal
invoice processing cycle and helping us get paid faster,” McMorris said.
“We have also been able to achieve greater efficiencies through the
elimination of manual paperwork, reduction in errors, and by receiving
immediate notification of any discrepancies, which are more easily
resolved.”
And CALL, INC. was able to get the solution in place in less than 3
weeks with almost no internal IT resources.
“In the past, integration has been a complex and costly process
involving additional hardware, installed software and lengthy managed
service engagements,” said Joe Fox, Vice President, Marketing and
Strategy, Ariba. “Our integration connectors are specifically designed
to remove these barriers and make it easy for companies like CALL INC to
quickly connect to the Ariba Network and fully automate their customer
transactions and collaborations directly from their preferred ERP and
accounting systems.”
An out-of-the-box solution delivered as a service, the Ariba Integration
Connector, powered by Dell Boomi, provides a fast, easy and affordable
way for companies to connect to the Ariba Network – regardless of the
backend systems they use. The connector currently supports integration
with Intuit QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise for US, UK and CA
2009-2013; Sage Peachtree/Sage 50 Complete, Premium, Quantum and
Accountant 2009-2013; and Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 2007-2012
Editions.
To learn more about Ariba’s Connection solutions and the benefits they
can deliver to your organization, visit http://www.ariba.com/services/connection-solutions
About Ariba, an SAP Company
Ariba is the world’s business commerce network. Ariba combines
industry-leading cloud-based applications with the world's largest
web-based trading community to help companies discover and collaborate
with a global network of partners. Using the Ariba® Network,
businesses of all sizes can connect to their trading partners anywhere,
at any time from any application or device to buy, sell and manage their
cash more efficiently and effectively than ever before. Companies around
the world use the AribaNetwork to simplify inter-enterprise
commerce and enhance the results that they deliver. Join them at: www.ariba.com
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