Case Study: Wente Family Estates achieves automated, scalable accounts payable and on-time supplier payments with DataServ

Wente Family Estates - Customer Case Study

Wente Family Estates, the oldest continuously operated family-owned winery in the U.S., turned to DataServ after their legacy ERP couldn’t match purchase orders to invoices, so they used few POs and lacked control over invoice routing and approvals. Seeking better order tracking, spend control, profit monitoring and cash-flow management, Wente implemented DataServ’s Purchase to Pay (P2P) capabilities as they moved to a JD Edwards ERP.

DataServ deployed its P2P solution with AutoVouch™ OCR-driven pre-ERP three-way matching integrated into JD Edwards, automating invoice capture, routing and approval. As a result, invoices are no longer lost, supplier relationships and on-time payments improved, Wente captures early-pay discounts (their main supplier offers a 10-day discount while checks run weekly), eliminated offsite paper storage by digitizing 100% of invoices, and now processes a higher invoice volume with the same back-office headcount—plus faster month-end processing with more frequent processing files from DataServ.

Wente Family Estates

Sebby Hansen

Accounting Manager