CASE STUDY 2022


OFFSHORE ACCOUNTING AND TAXATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED (OATS)

Accounting Sector

Accounts Payable Automation

Managing the accounts payable department is an overwhelming task. AP process shouldn’t be cumbersome, inefficient and costly. Instead, AP processes should be automated, interesting and rewarding.

AP automation allows organizations to eliminate paper, reduces the amount of manual work, costs and time it takes to process an invoice, and increases efficiency and employee satisfaction.

OATS, as one of the major player in the accounting outsourcing market, wanted to automate the accounts payable process with the objective of process improvement, increased efficiency and faster turnaround time.

Key Objectives

FASTER INVOICE PROCESSING
LESS MANUAL DATA ENTRY EFFORTS
BETTER UTILIZATION OF MANPOWER & RESOURCES
IMPROVED ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY

What We're Working On

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PROCESS

Under the Broad Requirement of Invoice Data Extraction and ERP integration. OATS would like to achieve the below -

  • Integration with ZOHO to receive Invoices using API
  • Invoice Data Extraction
  • Maker-Checker workflow
  • Curated Feedback sent to ZOHO

Our Proposed Solution

Goal
Goal

Streamline and automating the Accounts Payable Process

Solution
Solution

Customized solution as per requirements

Implementation
Implementation

Implemented the Accounts Payable Automation using Deepstract AI-Based Platform

API Integration
API Integration

Integrated with Zoho platform using Deepstract AI Engine

RPA Process Automation
RPA Process Automation

Posted the data entries into SAP using RPA

Key Achievements

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Improved Efficiency and accuracy

Improved the efficiency, earlier processing 40-50 invoices per day and nowupto 140 invoice per day

Faster turnaround-time

The new faster turn around time achieved -70 sec per invoice

Three way matching

Easily able to match the invoices with Good Receive Note (GRN) and Purchase Orders (POs)

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No manual data entry
errors

Reduced data entry errors and faster processing of invoices

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Process automation with less manual intevention

Able to capture the required data using OCR technology, backed with AI principles with very less manual intervention

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Proper utilization of manpower and resources

Earlier they need to recruit employees on contract for one of the business process requirement, which is now completely managed by in-house people only