The project
Primagaz, goods and services supplier with complex professional specificity, opened bids to select an invoice dematerialization solution able first to process edited invoices for its big-box retaining and industry customers. billManager™, b-process’ ASP-based invoice dematerialization platform was chosen.
The first spec was a drop in accounts receivable processing costs. Another was to make a visible sales difference by providing a response that met the expectations of key account customers and lessen financial lead times by reducing invoice transmission costs and dispute resolution.
The solution
b-process’ billManager™ tax compliant invoice dematerialization platform is accessible in distance mode (ASP) via the internet thanks to a secured connection. It eliminates paper invoices and replaces them with entirely electronic flows by meeting fiscal and sales legislation requirements.
The following steps of the project will be to dematerialize supplier accounts receivable invoices by Primagaz suppliers, and the integration of an on line / distance payment solution to be analyzed at a later date (integration of ERP in incoming flows, workflows, etc.).
Results
1,200,000 invoices/year towards 200,000 customers of the group
Benefits
- Reduction in the cost of the customers invoices treatment
- Sales differentiation and key account customers’ expectations met
- Shorter financial lead times thanks to less spent transmitting invoices and resolving disputes
Customer profil
Activity
Subsidiary company of Dutch group SHV Gas, n°1 in the world of the distribution of LPG (Liquefied Petroleum gases)
Key figures
- 600,000 tons of butane and propane
- 200,000 customers
- turnover €uros 520 million
“The Carrefour project led us to set up the fiscal dematerialization of our invoices. b-process was chosen because it offered the best, most market mature and adapted solution to support Primagaz in its expectations and changes."
Antoine Grosse, Credit Manager chez Primagaz