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Don’t Miss This! A chance to interact with experts in the field: The 2003 ASUG Supply Chain Management Forum!

As a leading provider of SAP Business Process Optimization Solutions, Optura would like to invite you to attend the following sessions at the 2003 ASUG Supply Chain Management Forum in Phoenix, AZ. Oct 12-15, 2003.

1. Intel Case Study: Best Practices in Workflow Between A/P and Procurement

10/13/2003 @ 1:40 PM - 2:50 PM (presented to A/P track)Sam Ahuja, Optura

A compelling presentation on how Intel utilizes an effective workflow system within SAP for invoice processing, specifically in global accounts payable and procurement. This session will include examples of how to build a business case for a workflow project and detailed ROI analysis. Register

2. Q & A Session on Workflow and Imaging

10/13/2003 @ 3:10 PM - 4:20 PM Sam Ahuja, Optura

A unique opportunity for audience members to have their questions on Imaging and Workflow answered by an expert in the field. Best practices, implementation concerns and other shared issues will be a part of this session. Register

3. Case Study at Intel Corp: Best Practice Workflow between Procurement and A/P

10/14/2003 @ 3:10 PM - 4:20 PM (presented to Procurement track)Sam Ahuja, Optura

A comprehensive presentation on how Intel utilizes an effective workflow system within SAP for invoice processing in global accounts payable and procurement. This session will include examples of how to build a business case for this type of project and detailed ROI analysis. Register

4.World Kitchen Case Study: Material Creation Process Optimization

10/15/2003 @ 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM Randy Peterson, Director Application Services, World Kitchen Incorporated; Tom Walker, Optura

A very effective example of how Material Masters are created at World Kitchen, a worldwide leader in houseware products. The critical process of Material Masters creation will be detailed and studied in this session. This case study will also illustrate how to collect and validate material data, how to review this data for accuracy and completeness and how to preserve a detailed audit trial. Register

Come join Optura at the 2003 ASUG Supply Chain Management Forum. You’ll gain essential knowledge on how to leverage your company's existing SAP investment. With access to SAP experts and by sharing best practices with your peers, you'll come away from this forum better prepared for business process optimization.

Register for the 2003 ASUG Supply Chain Management Forum today by visiting: http://www.asug.com/2003Forums/scmforum/index.cfm

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Pilgrims Pride Case Study: Workflow integration leads to measurable results for successful poultry manufacturer

If business success in the food industry were simply a matter of production, Pilgrim's Pride would have few equals. Pilgrim's is the second largest poultry company in the United States. They process approximately 55 million pounds of chicken and 8 million pounds of turkey per week. Pilgrim's Pride is also a vertically integrated company that operates feed mills, hatcheries, grow-out facilities, processing plants and distribution centers. This allows Pilgrim's to have control over every phase and aspect of its business.

However, efficient and reliable internal operations have as much to do with a company's success as the quality of the product. As the company continued to grow, Pilgrim's found itself with a considerable challenge regarding invoice processing and accounts payable. With Annual Purchasing volume at around $1 billion per year and more than 220,000 PO and Non PO Invoices being processed per year, Pilgrim's needed a better way to handle problem invoices that couldn’t be processed for payment on the first try.

Like most large companies using SAP, they had challenges coordinating efforts to resolve invoice discrepancies in a timely manner. These challenges existed because of the manual nature used for resolving problem invoices. This resulted in the following inefficiencies:

- Problem Invoice resolution was a very time consuming endeavor for many groups involved, which equated to time wasted on mundane tasks
- Lost and/or duplicate invoices started to become excessive resulting in duplicate payments to vendors
- From beginning to end, the invoices were almost impossible to track because there was virtually no visibility on status of payment
- Relationships with vendors were strained due to lost documents and late payments

To fix their invoice handling problems, Pilgrim's went with a pre-packaged SAP workflow solution from Optura called RapidFlow AP Invoice Exception. They decided to buy this solution rather than build it, saving time and money, and also allowing them to take advantage of the best-practice concepts built into the solution. A pre-packaged solution with a fast implementation, combining best practices and full maintenance and support was the key for Pilgrim's. And today they're realizing their cost-saving objectives.

Upon implementation of this AP Workflow solution, Pilgrim's Pride began to see fast improvement. Over time, these results became more quantifiable:

- Headcount redeployment: 10 positions between AP and Purchasing
- Obtaining more vendor discounts
- Problem Invoice resolution turnaround from an average of 30 days to 10 days
- Substantial elimination of duplicate invoices per month
- Reduction in Vendor Hotline (payment status calls) traffic

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