Case Study: Leading Beverage Bottler saves over €140,000 per country with Top Image Systems

How a Leading Beverage Bottler Saved More Than €140,000 per Country in the Accounts Payable Departments

Top Image Systems worked with Leading Beverage Bottler Company, a major beverage bottling business operating across 28 countries and serving about 550 million people. The company’s accounts payable teams were burdened by paper-based invoice and credit memo approvals, slow document handoffs between branches and headquarters, poor visibility, and delays that stretched processing times to one to two weeks. They also faced added costs from lost documents, vendor queries, payment delays, and VAT reporting issues.

Top Image Systems implemented a scanning, workflow, archiving, and digital signature solution integrated with SAP and the company’s chart of authority. The system centralized document intake, enabled electronic approval workflows, and supported paperless AP processing and compliant archiving. As a result, Leading Beverage Bottler Company cut approval times to 1–2 days and achieved tangible AP savings of about €140,000–€150,000 per country, including reduced FTE needs, lower storage costs, and efficiency gains in posting, matching, and invoice handling.