Amstel Lease optimises invoice management with Aia Software’s ITP Document Platform
• Integration between ITP and SAP Leasing a key consideration
London, 11 June, 2009 - Aia Software (
www.aia-itp.com), leading global supplier of intelligent document composition software today announced Amstel Lease, one of the market leaders in equipment leasing, has deployed Aia’s ITP Document Platform alongside SAP Leasing to manage document generation in the invoicing process. The combined solution enables the company to streamline business processes at all stages of the leasing life cycle.
Some years ago, Amstel Lease was looking for a solution that would enable them to create contracts and other documents efficiently and reliably from the existing lease application, in a web-based environment. Aia Software implemented the ITP/OnLine Server. This server helps employees to produce standard and semi-standard correspondence in a simple manner and enables them to generate contracts and other documents in MS Word or PDF format quickly and correctly. The ITP/OnLine Server retrieved the required data straight from the Oracle and iSeries databases in the background and put together documents based on a previously selected model.
This solution met all of Amstel Lease's requirements and had proved its added value after ten years. However, Amstel Lease’s automation consisted of various legacy systems, which were ready for replacement. This, along with the need for more flexible systems, made Amstel Lease decide to switch from the iSeries to SAP Leasing for the invoicing application. SAP was chosen after a thorough selection process, during which various packages were considered. SAP Leasing enables the leasing company to streamline the business processes at all stages of the leasing life cycle.
The successful implementation of SAP Leasing was very important for Amstel Leasing. With its extensive features, the solution supports the company in fulfilling strategic goals and enables them to manage the life cycle of contracts. The solution also helps users to identify financing options for lease contracts or loans, make mid-lease changes and deal with end-of-lease options and remarketing.
The switch to SAP Leasing meant that Amstel Lease had to look for another solution to allow them to generate invoices automatically from this data source. One of the possible solutions they looked at was the ITP Document Platform. A preliminary investigation quickly showed that ITP can be integrated with SAP Leasing and that it provides the flexibility that Amstel Lease was looking for. After previous successful implementations of ITP in some of the company’s business applications, the solution’s integration features were the deciding factor in making the decision. The ITP Server retrieves the required data from the Oracle database. This fully automatic process primarily takes place at night, so that Amstel Lease employees now have a pile of invoices printed-out ready for further processing each morning.
Arno Teigeler, Information Management & Automation manager, Amstel Lease explains: “We have been satisfied with Aia Software's ITP Document Platform for years now. The use of ITP over a few years has ensured that our applications work together completely with one single document solution. In practice, this has led to lower management costs and more flexibility. On top of this, ITP provides us with a method of putting together all of our key business documents quickly and correctly, meaning we can achieve optimum control over the whole process.”
Christoffel Klimbie, Sales Director, Aia Software said, “The ITP Document platform sets new standards in empowering business users with greater control over content and templates relating to their documents. Ease of integration was a key factor in the successful implementation and this feature has gained strong recognition in the market.”
