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 release of Esker Anywhere, a new mobile application that gives managers the ability to review, approve, and reject purchase requisitions and supplier invoices while out of the office. The application, available 24/7 for free on Apple or Android devices, helps businesses further speed up the review and approval cycles of invoice and requisition processing, as well as improve efficiency in the purchase-to-pay (P2P) cycle.
Esker Anywhere, an enhancement to Esker's original mobile invoice approval application launched in March 2013, enables purchase requisition approval capabilities in addition to supplier invoice approvals. This new feature is a natural extension of Esker's Purchasing automation solution, which optimises indirect spend requests and goods or services by delivering the mobile convenience to approve such requisitions.
Esker Anywhere provides on-the-road accessibility for managers who approve invoices and purchase requisitions before payment, enabling them to quickly resolve exceptions and approvals, resulting in excellent supplier relationships and increased efficiency in the P2P cycle. Coupled with a fresh new interface design and enhanced usability, Esker Anywhere delivers a more engaging user experience.
The new application allows Esker customers to:
* View the list of invoices and purchase requisitions awaiting approval or on hold;
* Review invoice images and original supplier quotes as they were received by accounting;
* Access invoice or purchase requisition key data (e.g., supplier name, total amount, etc.), as well as comments from requesters and previous approvers;
* Review coding and budget information before approving;
* Approve, hold or send an invoice back to the previous approver; and,
* Leave a comment for the next person in the workflow or the requester.
"Employees are becoming increasingly mobile and require anywhere accessibility to business processes and data in order to maximise productivity," commented Jean-Michel B'erard, CEO at Esker. "Our new mobile app is a result of our ongoing commitment to bring value to companies looking for faster and more efficient ways to do daily business activities, including processing invoices and spend requests on the move. As we continue to enrich our mobile offer, Esker will soon include new business processes like sales orders and expand to Windows operating systems."
For further information, please contact Chris Anderson at tel. +27 11 234 1560; fax +27 11 234 1387; e-mail chris@spi.co.za
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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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