Outsource Provider to Use Latest Version to Streamline Accounts Payables Processes
Colorado Springs, Colo.— August 7, 2003—Optika Inc. (Nasdaq:OPTK), an Enterprise Content Management provider of imaging, workflow, collaboration and records management software, announced the availability of its newest version of Acorde Payables for Oracle 11i Financials. This release leverages Web Services to greatly simplify implementation and reduce start-up time and cost. Acorde Payables for Oracle Financials also delivers enhanced process automation to reduce transaction costs, streamline document retrieval, and speed invoice approval and payment. New administrative capabilities provide a fine degree of control over the solution, and enable administrators to customize the system for their specific business needs.
Acorde Payables is available for all major enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems including Oracle, J.D. Edwards, PeopleSoft and Microsoft Great Plains. Acorde Payables helps enterprises streamline the processing and approval of vendor invoices and associated transactions, resulting in reduced costs and improved customer and vendor service. Acorde Payables packages provide the Acorde software, a set of implementation services and templates and a 'best practices' approach to making Optika customers successful. Acorde Payables can also be extended with Acorde Resolve to offer self-service and transaction issue resolution to vendors.
"We are extremely pleased with the new version of Acorde Payables," said Jack Gerber, co-founder and president of Relianz Group, a business process outsourcing provider, specializing in the back-office processes of real estate owners/investors, property management companies, and corporate real estate departments. "The Acorde software and the Oracle e-Business Suite are the two key elements of our infrastructure. The seamless integration between these applications significantly streamlines the end-to-end payables process. We expect to achieve strong efficiency gains for our customers as well as a quick return on our investment in the system."
Components of Acorde Payables
Acorde Payables consists of the following key components: "Acorde Capture - Provides a robust and scalable front-end capture solution. "Acorde Context - From purchase orders and invoices to bills of lading and proof of delivery documents, Acorde Context manages all business transaction information, including scanned documents, faxes, HTML, XML, electronic forms, EDI, e-mail and line-of-business data and reports. "Acorde Process - Provides sophisticated workflow that enables payables organizations to automate common accounting processes-such as data entry and purchase order matching-and deliver the appropriate transaction information to internal groups and external vendors and customers. "Acorde Application Link - Allows companies to extend their existing line-of-business applications through complementary modules to ERP systems. "Acorde Services - Designed by Optika's Solution Services to help customers get up and running in the shortest amount of time possible. Based on best practices knowledge gained by configuring and deploying numerous payables solutions, Optika offers a streamlined QuickStart Methodology that ensures customers' rapid and successful implementation of Acorde Payables.
"We have been very successful in achieving major efficiency gains for our customers with Acorde Payables," said Mark K. Ruport, president, chairman and CEO of Optika. "We are particularly excited about the new version of Acorde Payables for Oracle. Companies such as Relianz Group that rely on a distributed coding and approval process will benefit greatly from the new features in this product and the reduced risk and speed of implementation will deliver a stronger and faster return on investment."
