Manual Processes Must Go

Facing Capped Head Count?  Evolve Using Your Existing EDI Systems

Now is the time to find process automation savings.  For example, much data entry time is spent needed to enter invoices from vendors and send enrollment changes to benefit providers such as 403b’s.  This waste needs to be eliminated through careful automation.  In today’s economy, head count must be capped, yet the work needs to be done without errors. To adapt, you must integrate carefully and economically.  Experience counts.

Integration and development must honor your time proven processes and yet offer cost savings for reliability and economy.  The challenge is different applications such as human resources and accounts payable have different documents.

Fortunately, there are components that save investment and speed deliver of savings:

1. Modules such as Lawson’s or PeopleSoft’s Human Resources have e-connection gateways
2. National standards are required by departments/agencies (in both X12 or GS1 standardized tag XML formats)
3. Provider and vendor implementation cost is low because they have many years of experience exchanging with others

For progressive cities and counties, the best solution can be a combination of automation for high volume documents such as enrollments and a manual Web form for low volume documents such as an inbound P.O. Acknowledgement from vendors such as janitorial supplies.  Most gateways have both gateways and portals.

Here are some examples:

• Human resources for sending enrollment changes to benefit providers
• Accounts payable for receiving invoices from vendors
• Disbursements for sending payment/remittance advice information

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