Case Study: Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. achieves fully automated invoice-to-pay AP and eliminates manual checks with Bottomline’s Paymode-X

Wenger Manufacturing Cooks Up Success Through UMB with Paymode-X

Wenger Manufacturing, an 80+-year leader in extrusion cooking systems for plant-based proteins, pet foods and aquatic feed, faced a costly, risky Accounts Payable process: about 100 paper checks cut each week with manual approval, printing, signing and mailing that led to delays, lost payments and fraud exposure. Controller Mitchell Allen prioritized moving away from checks and automating AP to reduce time and risk.

Wenger selected Bottomline’s Paymode-X through UMB for end-to-end AP automation and multi-layered fraud protection, with suppliers entering their own banking data so Wenger need not store sensitive information. Implemented in under 60 days, the solution delivers a single ERP export to pay by check, ACH or card, faster vendor adoption of digital payments, richer remittance data, meaningful cash-back rebates and a fully automated invoice-to-pay process that scales with the company’s growth.

Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.

Mitchell Allen

Controller