Case Study: Scania achieves faster, higher-quality finance automation with UiPath

Start small, grow fast A winning RPA strategy at Scania

Scania, a global transportation and logistics company, wanted to reduce heavy manual work in its finance operations and prove that automation could deliver quick, low-cost value. Working with vendor UiPath and RPA specialists, the team targeted small but high-volume processes such as invoice handling and sanctions checks, aiming to show that automations could be built and delivered in weeks rather than months.

UiPath’s robotic process automation platform was used to automate invoice processing, apply business rules, and validate data across systems, while also enabling large-scale sanctions screening through the data lake. The results were significant: invoice transaction time was reduced by 80%, one automation was delivered in 2–4 weeks, sanctions checks fell from 14 days to minutes, and Scania achieved ROI within one month of production.

Scania

Jesper Blomster

Head of Digitalization and Information Management within Finance & Business Control