Case Study: Groupe Chatel achieves faster, more reliable invoice processing with Esker Accounts Payable automation

Creating an Efficient, Reliable Invoicing Environment With Accounts Payable Automation

Groupe CHÂTEL is a family-owned French transportation and logistics company that processes about 20,000 supplier invoices annually across 10 businesses and seven sites. Before automation, its six-person accounting team handled invoices manually, facing risks of duplicate payments, up to 15-day registration delays due to site routing, poor traceability and visibility in approvals, and uneven workload distribution.

In 2014 Groupe CHÂTEL implemented Esker’s cloud-based Accounts Payable solution (integrated with its Cegid ERP), centralizing paper invoices at headquarters for scanning and processing within 24 hours and encouraging email invoices to eliminate scanning. The automation sped up invoice processing and approval cycles (supporting ~50 validators and up to six approval levels), improved traceability and cash visibility, simplified year‑end closing, enabled mobile approvals, and was adopted company-wide after a one-month rollout.

Groupe Chatel

Mickaël Asseline

CFO