The project
To optimize its incoming invoice processing methods for accounts payable, overhead, intra-group invoicing, intra-entity legal transfer documents, and to reduce ancillary costs, Carrefour France initiated a strategic tax compliant e-invoicing project.
Supported by b-process, the retailer opted for the ASP solution, approved by 17 countries and usable by all types of suppliers.
The solution
The solution used the buyer portal functions of b-process’ tax compliant invoicing platform billManager™. Interoperable, favoring collaborative work and approved by 17 countries, a common input and output platform usable by all types of suppliers, thanks to its ASP operating mode.
This solution both got rid of printing, data entry, processing and archiving costs, while automating checks and matches. Thanks to the set-up of a collaborative workflow, it enables on line validation / correction and the automatic integration into an invoice data accounting system.
Results
12 million invoices dematerialized per year
400 suppliers in reception
Benefits
- Significant invoice processing cost reduction (up to 60%)
- Elimination of paper-related operations as often as possible
- Improvement of invoice quality when entered into accounting systems
- Optimization of validation / matching activities
- Simplification of dispute management
- Easier search and information access
Customer profil
Activity
Leader of the distribution in the world: N°2 in the world and N°1 of large distribution in Europe.
Key figures
- 15 000 stores
- 30 countries
- Turnovers in 2008: 102.442 billion €uros
- More than 490 000 employees
“Beyond the pure and simple elimination of paper, fiscal dematerialization has made internal invoice compliance verification more important, and makes supplier dispute processing easier. The gains we made are very important for us, but also for our suppliers."
Serge Cottan, Purchase and Commercial Administration Director, Carrefour