Three reasons to act now for eInvoicing

eInvoicing is growing in popularity around the world but particularly in Australia and New Zealand. Now is the time to get started with eInvoicing. Not just because of the benefits eInvoicing brings, but also because of the financial incentives. Many businesses are also looking to improve their reporting and analytics through the use of eInvoicing. So, here are three reasons to act now for eInvoicing.

Faster payments

We’ve seen organisations promote discounts or faster payments for eInvoices. A prime example is the Australian federal government announcing 5 day payments to suppliers who send eInvoices for contracts less than $1 million. For businesses with poor cash flow, particularly small businesses, this can make a huge difference.

And even if you’re not able to secure guaranteed discounts or shorter payment terms, the average eInvoice is processed in 5 days (compared with 23 days for a regular invoice).

Real-time insights

Another reason to jump on eInvoicing is that it makes it really easy to get financial data for more accurate decision making. eInvoicing significantly improves the accuracy of your data because of the automation and reduced manual inputting.

With eInvoicing, you can generate reports and analytics in an instant. eInvoicing can capture data such as:

• the number of invoices sent and received
• the value of invoices sent and received
• the number of invoices rejected and accepted.

It allows you to monitor everything from the convenience of one platform. And because it’s digital, you can access your financial data from anywhere with internet.

Efficiencies to your business

The benefits eInvoicing brings to both buyers and sellers is also a reason to act now and implement. These include:

• Cost savings
  Studies have found that it costs $30.87 to process a paper invoice, $27.67 a PDF invoice, and only $9.18 to process an eInvoice.
• Easier invoice processing
  Removes the need for unnecessary data entry – the invoice just appears in your software.
• Fewer errors
  Because much of the data entry is removed.
• Exchange of invoices directly to and from software
  To reduce the risk of invoices going astray, reduce the time to receive them and reducing data entry errors.
• Secure
  Security measures, like encryption at rest and in transit, are implemented throughout the eInvoicing network so your data remains secure along the way.

If you’re interested in learning more about getting your teams ready for eInvoicing, request a call from our eInvoicing experts below.