Case Study: Under Armour improves AP efficiency with DataServ

Improving AP Efficiency Without a Supplier Network

Under Armour, the global sports apparel company, set out to streamline accounts payable by implementing SAP Ariba, but quickly discovered that supplier network compliance problems were much bigger than expected. Instead of the anticipated 75% straight-through processing, only about 60% of invoices could flow automatically, leaving a large share of AP work still handled manually.

DataServ integrated directly with SAP Ariba via cXML and automated the invoices that previously required manual intervention, processing the “manual” invoices through its Invoice Processing Machine (IPM) without requiring vendor onboarding. As a result, Under Armour reduced AP workload, improved visibility into non-network spend, and avoided the delays and inefficiencies caused by low vendor compliance, while preserving the benefits of Ariba.

Under Armour