Imagine the scenario. You have researched the benefits of e-invoicing and are convinced of the cost-savings
and efficiencies to be gained. You want to implement it as soon as possible. Your Accounts department and
finance system are both ready to adopt such a solution straight way. But there is one problem. Your suppliers.
You deal with thousands of them daily and they all invoice you in different ways (mostly on paper), at different
times and using different finance packages. You wonder how on earth you will get them to adopt a new,
electronic system? Will they want to? Won’t it take forever and be very expensive to persuade them to make
the change to an electronic system?

If this situation sounds familiar to you, be comforted by the fact that you are not alone. Although the benefits
of adopting an electronic invoicing solution is proven and well documented, the perceived potential problems
surrounding supplier adoption can often prove to be a stumbling block for many EIPP project managers in the
early stages of planning.

However there is a simple solution available that can provide an easy route around this problem. At Accountis
we call it our Fully Managed Service, but it can also be referred to as AP automation, OCRing, scanning and data
extraction. It is a simple process whereby you, the buyer, make the straightforward switch to e-invoicing from
day one. Your AP department receives invoices electronically, regardless of what format they were sent in (e.g.
paper, fax, internet, EDI). This method does not impact your suppliers who continue to sending you invoices
in their usual way. You reap the benefits of using an automated system immediately whilst at the same time
enjoying the “breathing space” needed to migrate your supplier network over a longer period.