Case Study: Mears Group achieves 500% AP efficiency with Proactis

Mears Group boosts AP efficiency by 500% with Proactis

Mears Group, a UK housing maintenance and repair provider employing over 16,000 staff, faced an unsustainable manual, paper-based accounts payable process due to rapid growth. To avoid a significant increase in headcount, they needed an automated solution to scale invoice processing and integrate with their SunSystems finance platform. They turned to Proactis for an invoice automation solution.

Proactis implemented a two-phase invoice capture and automation system. This solution processed paper, PDF, and XML invoices through a unified platform, integrating with existing systems and introducing best-practice controls. As a result, Mears Group, using Proactis, increased AP efficiency by 500%, scaling from 20,000 to 100,000 invoices processed per month without adding staff, while improving accuracy, visibility, and compliance.

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