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AFGRI Creditor Function
Over 3,000 vendorstatements per month
Processed by a single centralcreditor department
AFGRI comprises of multipledivisions & company codes across
SA & rest of Africa
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RetailGrain ManagementFinancial ServicesFoods
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AFGRI vendor recon goals
In-depth views and insights to enable quickactions to impact business process– all the way back through theprocurement process
Standardisation of reconciliations(Reduce error risk, attain time and cost savings)
Automation of reconciliation(Reduce error risk, attain time and cost savings)
Improve employee motivation and well being
Improve supplier relationships
Performance optimisation
ERP System (SAP) – No supplier reconciliation
GOAL 1
GOAL 2
GOAL 3
GOAL 4
GOAL 5
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Problems with reconciling vendors outside of SAP
• Costly• No system controls or audit trails• Limited, cumbersome and inaccurate management reporting• Risk of reduced cash flow, lost discounts, overpayments, delayed
payments, supply disruption, etc.• Employee disruption
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BEST is a SAP certified add-on module
What is BEST?
BEST in SAPsupplier reconsSAP creditors SAP Certified
Powerd by SAP NetWeaver
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Reconciling vendors with BEST in SAP
Configure to blockpayment if nostatement match, andapproval dependencies
Configure multipleapproval levels andcriteria to structurecreditor department
No more signing on paper– approve online
Reconciliation reportsacross one or more multiplevendors and companies
Suggested andmanual matchesfor exceptions
Comprehensivemanagement reportingand audit trails
Convert differentformats and uploads
Open and clearedpark and heldGR/IRlinked customers
Automatic matches(advanced algorithmensures high rate)
Sendstatements
Supplier
Reconreport
ElectronicEDI/FTP/iDOCs
Paper
Website/portal
Ocr/ Scanning
Multiple Statement FormatsBest in
Report
Approve
Pay
Match
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AFGRI vendor recon process – “before”
Manual
SAP
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AFGRI vendor recon process – “after”
BEST inSAP
Manual
SAP
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AFGRI recon format & categories
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Statement loading & recon approval
60% of statement loadedelectronicallySmaller vendors paper copyNo signatureApproved online
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Recon & management reporting
Recon reportingTracking approval statusStatistical analysisPayment analysis
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Auditing
• Recon report stored in SAP for future• Audits much simpler• Reports to validate vendor balances• First audit with BEST went very well
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Time savings
40% staff reduction in a year
10% of day spent on recons
ROI on staffing costs in 1 year
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Time savings
Statement size Pre BEST processing time With BEST processing time
Small – 5 lines
Medium – 50 lines
Large – 1000 lines
Very Large – > 10 000 lines
30 minutes
1 day
1 week (grocap)
2 – 3 weeks (partrite) 2 – 3 hours
<45 minutes
20 minutes
7 minutes
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Vendor spend
Time to resolve queriesSaving on vendor spend
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Summary
• Cleaner supplier accounts• Structured department• All recons follow the same logic and structure• Less mundane• More resolution of issues and exceptions• Improved supplier communication and relations
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Summary
• Operational issues are highlighted• Reduced personnel costs• Reduced excessive staff turnover and training costs• Reduced printing and storage costs• Positive feedback from suppliers• Improved management reporting and audit controls
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International benchmarking exceeded
Current world class shared services accounts payable benchmark is 92% of statement
Current world class shared services accounts payable average is 79% of statement
AFGRI performance has moved from 81% to 95% of statement in one year
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