Case Study: McDonald’s Germany achieves faster, automated invoice processing and cost savings with Basware PDF e-Invoice

In Germany, McDonald's is successfully connecting its suppliers to Basware PDF e-Invoice

McDonald’s Germany, a leader in the country’s quick-service restaurant market with 1,478 restaurants and some 58,000 employees, faced a major invoicing challenge: its Munich headquarters handled roughly 270,000 invoices a year from a complex supply chain of about 30,000 suppliers, many of them small businesses that relied on paper invoices and manual processing.

By adopting Basware’s PDF e-Invoice via the Basware Commerce Network, McDonald’s automated capture of header and line-item data, VAT checks and routing to cost-center approvers while retaining the original PDF. The change cut invoice processing time from 20 days to seven, increased opportunities for early-payment discounts, and set a goal of 90% electronic invoice volume, with plans to extend the system to franchisees.

McDonald’s

Daniel Voigt

Senior Manager of Process Management