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Fortune 500 Construction Company: Modernizing Invoice Management & Procurement Using SAP Ariba

60%
Decrease in operational costs
4–5×
Faster invoice processing
$5 Million
Total savings
01 · The Situation

A Fast-Growing, Technology-Driven Builder With a High-Volume AP Operation.

As one of the top construction companies in the United States, the client embarked on a digital transformation of how it develops, designs, and delivers projects. Accounts payable had not kept pace: invoice volume across projects, subcontractors, and suppliers was processed largely by hand, with the cost, cycle time, and control exposure that implies.

02 · What Optima Did

Touchless Invoice Automation and Modernized Procurement on SAP Ariba.

Redesigned the invoice-to-pay process around the business outcome, not the application boundary.
Implemented SAP Ariba invoice management and procurement, integrated with the SAP finance core.
Moved high-volume AP to touchless processing, with exceptions routed to the people who can resolve them.
One senior-led specialist team from design through go-live and after.
03 · The Outcome

Lower Cost, Faster Cycles, Stronger Control.

The AP operation cut its operational costs by 60 percent, processes invoices four to five times faster, and has realized $5 million in total savings. The spend ecosystem is now supportable and evolvable as the company continues to grow.

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