Digital workflows increase speed
The project began with the creation of a customised digital purchase order form, which is now filled out for all supplier orders. DocuWare electronically forwards the digital forms to the relevant authorised representatives in the company, who can accept or reject the purchase requisition. In case of approval, the request is processed, and the goods are ordered. In case of rejection, the request is sent back to the sender with the corresponding reason. Thanks to cloud-based document management, this process has been drastically accelerated: Today, requests are immediately forwarded to the approval office, no matter where the respective employee is located in the company. Owens also uses DocuWare to digitally capture incoming invoices, which means that all order documentation is stored transparently and in an orderly manner. Customised index fields make it quick and easy to capture all invoice information. This allows the finance department to easily find the documents in the digital archive or link related documents via order numbers and customer data. These index fields are also used to connect to the SAGE 200 accounting system: the DMS transfers read invoice information to SAGE via an integration, eliminating the need for manual data entry.