METRO's
Supplier Invoice
Suite
METRO’s suppliers create thousands of goods invoices in different formats every day.
On the one hand these invoices need to be allocated to the correct goods received in METRO stores. While on the other hand, the invoices need to be checked for formal correctness as well as correct quantity and prices on article level.
The challenge
The global presence of METRO and it’s big network of international and local suppliers can be a major obstacle to create a standardized end-to-end solution. Country specific legal regulations to be applied for EDI, Paper and E-Invoices are always demanding a high degree of flexibility.
Balancing and clarifying thousands of invoices can incur high costs and requires a complex correction process and a high level of revision.
The solution
The key to such a big challenge is to ensure a business process standardization. By offering harmonized and capsulated microservices, we streamline invoice processing, workflows and support compliance with national and international legal regulation
Our solution allows our customer to decrease costs, increase visibility and boost productivity while enhancing the control over invoices processes.
UI supported by Machine Learning
Automated processing of correction invoices
Integrated supplier communication workflow
Near real time handling of invoices
Cover all METRO countries legal tax regulation
Highly efficient and country specific customizing
> 20
user countries
> 20 000 000
invoices per year
> 95%
process automation
How we do it
Check out the range of tech and tools we use to drive METRO’s goods invoice processes.
TECH STACK
SAP ABAP
RPA Tools
K2 Workflow
SAP S 4HANA
Google Cloud Platform
Google Data Studio
Supplier Invoice Suite is the best-in-class invoice control system serving Metro’s needs.
This is achieved by closed collaboration with our Stakeholders, understanding business needs and conscientious selection of technologies.
Patrick Rott
Product Owner, Dusseldorf, Germany
Higher automation helps to decrease manual workload in local incoive control teams.
Katja Giessler
Domain Expert, Dusseldorf, Germany