How’re CFO’s automating invoice processing and approval processes?

CFO’s, Accountants, Bookkeepers and many other finance professionals are streamlining the document approval process within companies while, at the same time, ensuring that they have the complete audit trail of the approval process directly linked to transactions both in Sage 50 and Sage 200.

But how can they have the audit trail of the approval process directly linked to their Sage accounting software?

As all other features of PaperLess Document Management software, the document flow is also seamlessly integrated with Sage. With a powerful set of automation tools you can set-up automatic workflows and notifications, meaning that documents can be brought into PaperLess, have their data automatically extracted by PaperLess Automatic Invoice Recognition and then based on the supplier, department, cost unit responsible or department have the documents automatically sent for approval.

Finance Professionals have been looking for a Sage add-on solution that integrates with Sage and offers a powerful document management solution with a built-in invoice approval function for Sage so that it is convenient to approve purchase invoices among the assigned colleagues prior to posting into Sage. But there is more, thanks to PaperLess automatic data capture for Sage, you can automate the invoice approval process based on supplier, project, department or cost unit responsible.

Why is PaperLess becoming the preferred choice of Sage users to automate invoice approval processes?

Because PaperLess Document Management for Sage provides Sage users with a secure way to ensure that purchase invoice approval for Sage can be monitored the way your organisation works.

• Document Management with built-in Invoice Approval Function
• Document look-up directly from within your Sage package with the complete audit trail of the approval process
• Multiple approval options, with PaperLess Dispute Method you can also automatically set and remove the dispute flag in Sage
• Full control over the approval process, with maximum amounts users can approve and full customization of the approval process.

There are many benefits to have invoice approval for Sage function including the fact that any document which requires approval can be tracked through the approval process or even the entire work flow process. All purchase invoices can be managed and approved for Sage within the PaperLess workspace. More importantly, audit trail is clear for all users’ approvals.

See how simple and easy it is to have Automatic Invoice Recognition with Complete Audit Trail of the Approval Process directly in Sage.

PaperLess software document approval function enables businesses to track any document that requires approval by other people through the workflow process. A system that integrates seamlessly with your Sage accounting software, allowing you to save time and reduce manual data entry through the automation of the entire process, from the moment documents are received until they are posted into your accounting software.

• Faster approval processes leaving your resources available for other tasks
• Automatic management of approval levels reducing complexity and time spent on it
• Dynamic approval processes with real time information so that you can immediately act on it
• Online document management & approval – no matter where you are all your data is available for consultation and approval
• Complete audit trail of the approval flow increasing transparency and data security

Within PaperLess the document approval process allows you to set up multiple approval workflows with one or more users. Besides with PaperLess Remote Access you can give secure access to approved users to view documents and authorize transactions anywhere via the internet, reducing delays in authorization and improving process efficiency.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT PAPERLESS

“PaperLess is a great system to use as it is a lot faster than approving the pile of paper”

Nicholas Reyes-Ramirez, Finance Assistant

“…the time spent prior to installing PaperLess on processing invoices was lengthy with manually inputting the supplier, description, nominal code and values for each invoice. Invoice recognition does all this for you at a click of a button.”

Kurt Roberts, ACCA MAAT Management Accountant for CPL Training Group Limited

“I personally think it’s great. It allows me to enter invoices without the requirement to manually input all of the data and then refer to archived documents with ease”

Joseph Ryland, UKFast.Net Ltd Finance Director

 “..save £10,000 every year with staff as well as to save employees time spent on processing invoices”

Colin Mayrs, Blair’s Caravans Managing Director

Contact Us

Email: info@paperlesseurope.com

Phone Number: +44 (0) 207 135 2007

www.paperlesseurope.com

How to get Invoice Approval on my Sage accounting package

Sage is a credible and comprehensive accounting application to manage all your accounting transactions but many companies using Sage have the need for a solution that allows them to electronically send documents for approval and that, at the same time, offers a seamless integration with Sage so that the approval audit trail can be available directly for transaction lines.

Sage users have now available the solution created by Sage Developer, PaperLess Europe, that provides companies with a secure way to ensure that purchase invoice approval across the company is done in an automatic manner and that users can approve invoices from any location by accessing PaperLess remotely. Once the approval process is finished users can make a final confirmation on the transactions and amend any accounting lines in the transaction voucher prior to posting into Sage.

When the posting is done, PaperLess will automatically link the invoices and the audit trail of the approval process directly to Sage transaction line. This means that the retrieval of all this information can be done via a simple look-up directly from Sage transaction lines.

There are many benefits to have invoice approval for Sage function in a PaperLess account management solution that also integrates with Sage. This means that any document which requires approval can be tracked through the approval process or even the entire work flow process. All purchase invoices can be managed and approved for Sage within the PaperLess workspace. More importantly, audit trail is clear for all users’ approvals.

SEE HOW SIMPLE AND EASY IT IS TO HAVE AUTOMATIC INVOICE RECOGNITION WITH COMPLETE AUDIT TRAIL OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS DIRECTLY IN SAGE.

PaperLess invoice approval for Sage is fast and secure as you can always see both the Sage transaction and the preparation in PaperLess. No time is wasted waiting for synchronisation as it is instant. Since you can move the document around without leaving the accounting lines, data entry is quick so you save a considerable amount of time by viewing all the data in one go.

Alternatively, PaperLess also allows you to approve other documents for Sage besides the invoice approval functionality. This means that the people within an organisation who are involved in the non-accounting document approval process have no requirement to have access to Sage. The entire electronic documents management such as purchase orders, expenses, and holiday forms can be handled by the Paperless Other Document Archive. Therefore, it is more efficient to manage and approve both purchase invoices and non-accounting documents within one workspace than in different places.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT PAPERLESS

“PaperLess is a great system to use as it is a lot faster than approving the pile of paper”

Nicholas Reyes-Ramirez, Finance Assistant

“…the time spent prior to installing PaperLess on processing invoices was lengthy with manually inputting the supplier, description, nominal code and values for each invoice. Invoice recognition does all this for you at a click of a button.”

Kurt Roberts, ACCA MAAT Management Accountant for CPL Training Group Limited

“I personally think it’s great. It allows me to enter invoices without the requirement to manually input all of the data and then refer to archived documents with ease”

Joseph Ryland, UKFast.Net Ltd Finance Director

 “..save £10,000 every year with staff as well as to save employees time spent on processing invoices”

Colin Mayrs, Blair’s Caravans Managing Director

Contact Us

Email: info@paperlesseurope.com

Phone Number: +44 (0) 207 135 2007

www.paperlesseurope.com

CFO Trends – Document Management with Built-in OCR for Invoice Processing Automation

Fully and seamlessly integrated  with Sage 50 Accounts, Sage 200c, Sage 200 Standard, Sage 200 Standard Online and Sage 200 Extra Online, PaperLess Document Management software allow companies to automate their data input processes at, at the same time, enables them to have the information in Sage and the corresponding documents directly attached to it in an easy and automatic manner.

Automatic Data Input, what’s that all about?

PaperLess software has an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system that uses two layers of sophisticated OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to extract the relevant data from your invoices. The PaperLess Automatic Invoice Recognition handles multiple suppliers with multiple document formats and also supports XML invoices.

PaperLess OCR is designed for easy usability so your accounting department can utilise less skilled members of the team, controlling what these members can do by defining their roles within the user access rights. Higher skilled staff can then spend their valuable time checking the preparation of the accounting vouchers before posting transactions directly into your existing accounting application.

PaperLess can run invoice recognition on multiple invoices at the same time. Configuration to handle many different invoice formats can be easily managed. Automatic Invoice Recognition makes PaperLess the preferred choice of Finance Professionals using Sage to automate invoice processing routines, saving time and reducing manual errors. PaperLess even checks for duplicate transactions when running invoice recognition.

PaperLess integrates with Sage 50 Accounts, Sage 200c, Sage 200 Standard, Sage 200 Standard Online and Sage 200 Extra Online and many more accounting applications so running automatic invoice recognition for Sage is quick and easy. Synchronisation happens at the background instantly. PaperLess invoice recognition for Sage allows businesses to post transactions directly into your existing accounting application. All transaction types can be prepared and then posted from PaperLess saving time and reducing manual delays.

Is Online Invoice Approval available for Sage users?

Yes, companies can now enjoy hassle-free workflow management with PaperLess Document Management for Sage. PaperLess enables businesses to manage all their electronic documents and complete the workflow process by using automatic invoice recognition, workflow approval and many other smart features in PaperLess software.

PaperLess integrates with Sage 50 Accounts, Sage 200c, Sage 200 Standard, Sage 200 Standard Online and Sage 200 Extra Online so that Finance Professionals can upload and approve documents, view transactions created in Sage with the relevant documents, and use invoice recognition for Sage to reduce manual data entry and manual errors.

With over 1700 installations in Europe, businesses are also using PaperLess for better workflow management within the organisation.

1. SIMPLE WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT

PaperLess office software is easy to use for efficient electronic document management. Documents can be added from emails or computer to the PaperLess workspace. Digitise any paperwork as early as possible in the workflow process by scanning them into the PaperLess workspace.

Since PaperLess integrates with many popular accounting applications such as Sage, there is no need to give up your existing accounting application in order to use PaperLess. After the documents are ready, you can post them from PaperLess directly into Sage.

2. SMART WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT

PaperLess automatic invoice recognition extracts all the necessary data from invoices. It is quick to run the invoice recognition. This function allows businesses to create a customised template for each supplier so it saves time to edit accounting lines every time you receive an invoice from the same supplier.

When the invoices are posted to Sage, you can view them both in Sage and in the PaperLess Accounting Archive. Transactions can be posted with the relevant documents attached from PaperLess into Sage and can be viewed at a later stage in PaperLess.

3. SECURE WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT

The PaperLess Document Approval function is critical for a better workflow management. Companies can assign both accounting and other documents to responsible colleagues within the PaperLess workspace, so they are able to view, approve, and notify each other without sending documents back and forth via emails.

Remote Access allows organisations to work with their team anywhere and anyplace via the Internet without compromising security. Secure user rights give different levels of access rights to certain folders for certain colleagues. This is useful especially when a team would like to collaborate in a project but do not want others to view accounting documents.

What our clients say about PaperLess

“be able to track our invoices more efficiently and with a cost saving to the business...This saves a lot of time trying to find old invoices in the paper archive"

Andrew Barlow, Management Accountant & Acting Financial Controller.

“…the time spent prior to installing PaperLess on processing invoices was lengthy with manually inputting the supplier, description, nominal code and values for each invoice. Invoice recognition does all this for you at a click of a button.”

Kurt Roberts, ACCA MAAT Management Accountant for CPL Training Group Limited

“I personally think it’s great. It allows me to enter invoices without the requirement to manually input all of the data and then refer to archived documents with ease”

Joseph Ryland, UKFast.Net Ltd Finance Director

 “..save £10,000 every year with staff as well as to save employees time spent on processing invoices”

Colin Mayrs, Blair’s Caravans Managing Director

Contact Us

Email: info@paperlesseurope.com

Phone Number: +44 (0) 207 135 2007

www.paperlesseurope.com