Case Study: Anheuser‑Busch InBev achieves automated accounts payable efficiency and compliance with OpenText

Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev toasts success with OpenText

Anheuser‑Busch InBev (AB InBev), a global brewing leader with more than 200 brands and 116,000 employees, faced a fragmented accounts payable (AP) landscape after rapid acquisition-driven growth. Centralized processing in Budapest combined with country-specific practices, manual invoice scanning and data entry led to frequent errors, slow query resolution, poor reporting and increasing difficulty meeting EU compliance and audit requirements.

AB InBev implemented OpenText Vendor Invoice Management for SAP with Delaware Consulting, adding OCR, centralized workflows and out‑of‑the‑box SAP integration to automate invoice capture, matching and reporting. The solution improved compliance and auditability, sped query handling and payments, reduced data‑entry errors, and achieved a 15% back‑office FTE reduction (saving >€100,000 annually); it now processes hundreds of thousands of invoices across multiple countries with plans for further rollout.

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Christophe Derdeyn

Business Systems Solutions Manager