Case Study: Central England Co-operative achieves 60% faster supplier invoice reconciliation with SS&C Blue Prism

Central England Co-operative Society Rapidly Reconciles Supplier Invoices

Central England Co-operative, one of the UK’s largest independent retailers with 400 trading locations and 250,000 members, faced rising finance complexity as supplier numbers grew—receiving around 1,300 supplier invoices monthly and needing to move from 6–12 month reconciliations to a four-week cadence for the top 87% of suppliers. To address slow reconciliation, limited visibility into invoice claims and the risk of missing a 90-day claims cutoff, the Society deployed intelligent automation from SS&C Blue Prism (a digital workforce solution).

SS&C Blue Prism’s digital workers now reconcile supplier accounts on a four-weekly basis (or daily when required), delivering a 60% reduction in reconciliation time, eliminating the need to print more than 1,000 pages, and providing complete operational visibility of invoices and claim status against the 90-day cutoff. The automation has freed finance staff to focus on higher-value work, improved claims management and secured executive approval to expand the Society’s intelligent automation programme.

Central England Co-operative

Scott Worth

Performance and Productivity Improvement Manager