170 Systems’ captures ALL invoice types regardless of source or format.

For paper invoices, we support a robust, high-volume front-end imaging scanning solution that is complimented by the use of Optical Character Recognition.

We also support the capture of electronic invoices through feeds such as EDI, XML and electronic delivery services such as OB10.

And finally, we support invoice capture through the self-service submission of invoices through web forms. In fact, we recently launched a new supplier portal called SupplierExpress (www.supplierexpress.com). SupplierExpress was launched to address the supplier adoption challenges that I outlined above.

Some solutions have different inconsistent processes/workflows for each invoice type. Not so with 170 MarkView. Once the invoice is captured … and this is a very important differentiator … ALL invoice processing, regardless of how the invoice was received … is processed through a single, consistent, “best-practice” workflow.

-Rakesh

Susie West

Some very good points here. As you point out, THE KEY TO SUCCESS for any e-invoicing solution is supplier adoption.

I believe there are 5 critical reasons why e-invoicing and supplier portals fail:

1. Too expensive for suppliers
2. Too many different portals that are hard to learn and use
3. Requiring suppliers to change their invoice delivery process
4. Portals that are too complex
5. Too expensive for buyers

More here:
http://blog.170systems.com/bid/7411/5-Reasons-E-Invoicing-Supplier-Portals-Have-Failed

http://blog.170systems.com/bid/7453/6-Critical-Requirements-for-for-E-Invoicing-and-Supplier-Portals

-Rakesh Shukla

I completely agree – a lot of Buyers don’t want to see invoices that fail to pass atleast a basic filter – like the quotation of a PO, or a legal invoice address. Validation is often done on electronic invoices outside the firewall and well outside the AP system/set of systems. I guess this is something the Ariba system offers?

Thanks

Susie

We’re seeing more interest in invoice validation at the point of invoice submission as buyer’s see the value of “auto reject” back to suppliers to fix their invoices before posting to customer’s AP system. Are you hearing much about this at your conferences or blogs?

James