Esker announces new order processing integration capabilities with Oracle E-Business Suite ERP solution

Issued by Global Research Partners for SPI Group
Johannesburg, 05 Dec 2016

SPI, the African distributor for utility software products and services to the open systems segment of the IT industry, and the southern African reseller for Esker, a leader in document process automation solutions, today announced the latter is now offering a sales order processing solution integration with Oracle E-Business Suite.

Esker customers can now receive orders directly in the Oracle E-Business Suite ERP application, enabling greater process efficiency and productivity across every phase of order processing operations.

Esker provides a single solution for sales order processing, directly into and out of Oracle E-Business Suite, to automate, streamline and track orders. Based on Esker customer results, order processing automation can help businesses process orders up to 80% faster, increase order accuracy rates by up to 99% and increase staff productivity as much as 65%.

The integration capabilities of Esker's order processing solution are built on proven Oracle technology and application program interfaces (APIs), providing customers with a reliable, seamless ERP integration and offering IT departments the peace of mind they require during roll-outs of new technologies.

Oracle E-Business Suite customers can leverage the value they have invested in their ERP system while taking advantage of specific features and benefits, including:

* Automated master data synchronisation;
* Order creation and confirmation;
* Order archive link directly available in Oracle E-Business Suite;
* Reliable and seamless integration;
* Minimal IT involvement leading to faster go-live; and
* Continuous maintenance and updates.

"Esker continues to reinforce its investment in the Oracle business environment by delivering new integration capabilities to provide customers with even more value as they address both order processing and accounts payable automation," commented Esker CEO Jean-Michel B'erard. "The recent NetSuite acquisition demonstrates Oracle's dynamic ecosystem, of which Esker wants to be a part. As we are continuously expanding our connectors' capabilities, we foresee a NetSuite connector in the near future."

For further information, please contact Chris Anderson at +27 11 234 1560; fax +27 11 234 1387; e-mail chris@spi.co.za.

Esker

Esker is a worldwide leader in cloud-based document process automation software. Organisations of all sizes use its shared platform of solutions, offered on-demand or on-premises, to automate accounts payable, order processing, accounts receivable, purchasing and more. Esker's solutions are compatible with all geographic, regulatory and technology environments, helping over 11 000 companies around the world in their efforts to quit paper.

SPI

SPI is a company that provides utility software products and services to the open systems segment of the IT industry. It is the sole sub-Saharan Africa distributor for USA-based Innovative Routines; USA-based Help/Systems; USA-based Linoma Software; France-based Esker; and UK-based OpusVL (ex Xi Software). SPI also develops some of its own software utilities to complement the overseas products that it distributes.

SPI has a wide and varied customer base and includes organisations such as Aspen Pharmacare, Johannesburg Municipality, University of Johannesburg, MMI Holdings, Nampak, National Brands, Stellenbosch University and UNISA.

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