BETTER VISIBILITY. BETTER CONTROL. BETTER BOTTOM LINE.

MANAGE YOUR FINANCE PROCESSES

PROFIT FROM

Do your Finance processes add up?If you’re under pressure to improve cost control and efficiency, are your Finance processes an asset or a liability? From managing delivery notes and generating sales invoices, to controlling purchasing processes and audit trails, how much scope have you got to work smarter?

Workflow automation can make a big difference to performance, delivering faster, more accurate processing, improved access to real-time information and the visibility to make better informed financial decisions.

Take a few simple steps and you could be on the way to making exceptional gains in efficiency and productivity.

Here are some insights to help you focus on where you can add the most value ...

ADDING VALUE TO YOUR BOTTOM LINE Document and information management may not be top of your Finance agenda right now.

But the facts show the potential for transforming the way you work.

Where can you start to add value?

“The improved turnaround for transactional processing has eliminated a two-day month-end document checking process.” Pat Bailey, SAP System Support, St James’s Hospital

“Switching to an automated system has not only improved accuracy but has also increased productivity, allowing us to concentrate on our core roles.” Cheryl Willis, Senior Credit Officer, LCR Group

“With the addition of the money saved from the reduced penalty fines, the Canon solution has resulted in a 30% costs saving overall.” Bert Rijkmans, Information and Communications Executive, The Van Dillewijn Group

MOBILITY AND COLLABORATION

VISIBILITY AND CONTROL

COMPLIANCE

of companies spend at least 10 minutes per day retyping incorrect invoice information [Solutions for Finance Departments, Canon/RS Consulting, 2011]

46% Based on 600 invoices per month, companies spend an estimated 30 hours manually composing invoices with word-processing software

[Business Functions & Document Process Research Canon/KAE, 2013]

600/30 Automation saves time, cost and errors. Reduce paper trails, manual rekeying of information and space needed for paper archiving. Avoid non-compliance penalties.

of AP systems have no direct connection with content management [Solutions for Finance Departments, Canon/RS Consulting, 2011]

58%of finance professionals receive more than ten payment queries per day [Business Functions & Document Process Research, Canon/KAE, 2013]

Monitor and track invoices in real time, from receipt to approval. Make informed payment decisions and control cash flow based on accurate data.

1/3

The average organisational cost to a business suffering a data breach is estimated at [Cost of Data Breach Study, The Ponemon Institute, 2013]

£2.04M Improve accounting practices, simplify audit trails and reduce risk with accurate recording, tracking and secure storage of records.

“On average, I have to approve about 100 invoices a month. Now I can do that independently, from wherever I happen to be.” Toni Kälin, Head of Constructions / Customer Service, Föllmi

of companies consider the accessibility of records to employees across their business to be poor or very poor[Records Management Strategies, AIIM, 2012]

of organisations have no mobile-enabled business processes[Process Revolution Report, AIIM, 2012]

Access key financial information from anywhere. Enable organisation-wide data visibility to drive collaboration and productivity.

28% 76%

of companies lose at least 5% of their invoices[Solutions for Finance Departments, Canon/RS Consulting, 2011]

25%

COST AND EFFICIENCY

“ Our business can now be carried out without wasting time, money or resource. The difference Canon has made to the availability, accessibility and quality of our business information is priceless.”

MAURICE MCCRACKENGROUP ACCOUNTANT, WHITEMOUNTAIN QUARRIES

© Canon Europa N.V. 2014

Helping you add value where it matters most Canon offers a range of affordable, modular solutions that can transform the way you work. Whether it’s streamlining payment processes, controlling compliance or managing cash flow, we can help you build capabilities around your issues and your infrastructure to add value where it matters most.

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How can we help you? We’re working with businesses of all shapes and sizes to enable impressive gains in performance — and we can do the same for you. Please contact us now to discuss the specific issues you need to address. Send us an email news.room@canon.be to set up an agenda around the areas that are of particular interest to you. Or ask one of our experts to get in touch