Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
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SAP®-Certified Integration through the SAP graphical user interface (GUI) AT A GLANCE
Increases AP Productivity and automatically populates indexing values and
The Schwan Food Company is fostering
When a $3.5 billion enterprise depends on synchronizes them with SAP data.
information sharing and increasing
a single ERP system to run its international
productivity in Accounts Payable and other
business, any new technology must fit seamlessly Supports Early and Late Archiving,
departments by using enterprise content
into that environment. That’s why The Schwan Better Document Access
Schwan processes about 75,000 invoices a month management (ECM) software with an SAP-
Food Company (Marshall, MN) sought an ECM
(enterprise content management) solution with for U.S. operations and an additional 3,000 for certified integration that supports early
a SAP-certified integration when replacing an Europe. When paper invoices are received at the and late archiving, automatically populates
existing imaging solution that simply couldn’t company’s headquarters in Marshall, they are indexing values and synchronizes them
scale to meet its needs. Schwan’s selected generally imported into the system using late with.
OnBase®, an integrated suite of ECM software archiving. AP clerks enter the data from the
solutions from Hyland Software, Inc. that includes invoice to create a business object and attach a BENEFITS
bar-coded sticker to the invoice. Using a wand to • Documents linked to SAP objects can be
core capabilities in document imaging and
workflow, COLD/ERM and records management. read the bar code, it is associated with the business retrieved through the SAP interface
object. After creating a batch of SAP business • Keeps SAP and document indexing values
One of the largest branded frozen food companies objects, clerks scan the bar-coded invoices using synchronized
in the United States and the second-largest a Böwe Bell & Howell 8080D document scanner, • Supports both early and late archiving
privately-held corporation in Minnesota, Schwan and they are automatically linked to the object via
operates in 50 countries and has 22,000 employees the BAPI® (BAPI_BARCODE_SENDLIST) Component APPLICATIONS
worldwide. More than 4 million households in of SAP ArchiveLink. • Accounts Payable
Department alone, thousands of users could be Other documents, such as those generated at • OCR
attempting to access the invoice images. Schwan a German location and additional sites, can be • E-Mail Integration for Microsoft Outlook®
also wanted to expand the use of ECM technology linked to the SAP system using the early archive • PCL Data Filter
beyond AP to other business areas. method in which documents are scanned or faxed • Virtual Print Driver
eDocument Resources, an authorized OnBase remote locations use the OnBase Disconnected
solution provider, worked with Schwan to design Scanning module to scan documents into a COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCT INTEGRATIONS
and implement an OnBase archive solution that directory with minimal pre-indexing. Disconnected • SAP API interface SAP ArchiveLink (BC-AL
would meet the needs of the AP Department as Scanning sweeps the directory regularly to import
4.5)
well as other business areas. SAP has certified documents into OnBase and an “Awaiting Transfer • SAP HTTP Content Server 4.5 interface
Hyland Software's OnBase to integrate with the to Host” queue.
• Böwe Bell & Howell document scanner
SAP API interface SAP ArchiveLink. This solution
provides users of SAP solutions with the ability to
store “unstructured” data as OnBase documents
and to link these documents -- which can be
from virtually any source -- to business objects
within the SAP system. This integration supports (continued)
early and late storage, makes documents available
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