Case Study: Makita achieves centralized, compliant Nordic–Baltic payment processing with OpusCapita Payment Manager

Makita Oy Runs Opuscapita’s Payment Manager

Makita Oy, the Finnish subsidiary of Makita Corporation, needed a centralized payments solution after adopting the ERP LX (BPCS) system so it would not have to manage country‑specific payment formats and bank connections in the ERP. To ensure electronic payments and supplier reference data across the Nordic and Baltic countries, Makita engaged OpusCapita and its Payment Manager payment factory solution.

OpusCapita implemented Payment Manager to convert Makita’s ERP output into ISO 20022 XML, manage bank connections (Danske Bank, Nordea Corporate eGateway and Pohjola Bank), and collect reference data back into the ERP in a single format. Since going live in November 2011 for Sweden, Norway, Estonia and Finland, OpusCapita’s solution handles about 10,000 invoices and several thousand payments monthly, centralizes payment authorization to the CFO and accounting manager, and ensures suppliers and Makita’s ledgers receive correct reference data.

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