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ELKOV elektro saved hundreds of hours per month thanks to ORiON EDI

How an electrical wholesaler saved hundreds of hours per month thanks to ORiON EDI. Now processes 7,000 invoices per month.

ELKOV elektro saved hundreds of hours per month thanks to ORiON EDI

Current state and problem

In 2015, ELKOV elektro was dealing with problems with income documents. There were so many that the current employees could not keep up, and the company would have to hire more and more people.

So they started thinking about EDI. The problem was that they were using an ERP system specifically designed for wholesalers, which wasn't very compatible with third-party integration.

Proposed solution

Due to the not very open ERP system used by ELKOV Elektro, implementing EDI was a big challenge, especially for the system developers. However, in 2017, they managed to introduce EDI into the system and ELKOV Elektro started using ORiON EDI in production.

In practice, ORiON EDI works in ELKOV Elektro in such a way that if a supplier connected to EDI sends an invoice, for example, the document is automatically posted to the ERP system. It is not necessary for employees in the accounting office to rewrite it. Invoices from large suppliers tend to be up to 30 pages long, so their automatic processing saves time and eliminates errors caused by the human factor.

Currently, they process a third of all their received invoices via EDI. They select suppliers with whom they communicate via EDI mainly based on their turnover and the number of items in stock, so that both sides save as much time and effort as possible. And they gradually involve more and more. Thanks to ORiON EDI, ELKOV Elektro no longer has problems with receipt documents, does not have to hire additional employees, and thus saves time and money.

Resulting changes

  • Automatic processing of invoices, orders, order confirmations and shipping notices.
  • Processing 30-page invoices without human intervention.
  • Connection to an atypical ERP system.

    • “In the 5 years since the implementation, we have not once thought about changing our EDI supplier. I see the great added value of GRiT in their approach. They have been persistent in helping us from the very beginning and I feel that they are not just a supplier for us, but also a partner and mentor who can advise us not only with EDI, but also with automation in general. I appreciate that I have consultants at hand who know our business and I can turn to them.“

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    Petr Vlašánek, technický ředitel

    Velkoobchod

    How we helped

  • Automatic processing of 7 thousand invoices per month
  • So they started thinking about EDI. The problem was that they were using an ERP system specifically designed for wholesalers, which wasn't very compatible with third-party integration.

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    “In the 5 years since the implementation, we have not once thought about changing our EDI supplier. I see the great added value of GRiT in their approach. They have been persistent in helping us from the very beginning and I feel that they are not just a supplier for us, but also a partner and mentor who can advise us not only with EDI, but also with automation in general. I appreciate that I have consultants at hand who know our business and I can turn to them.“

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    Petr Vlašánek, technický ředitel

    Velkoobchod

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