Australian business process outsourcing (BPO) and automation specialist, Converga, is tasting success with a new accounts payable suite from Sweden’s Palette.

One of Austraia’s largest suppliers of fixtures and fittings will deploy Converga’s hosted offering of the PaletteArena accounts payable suite.

This publicly traded provider offers the Australian market a range of leading brands of interior fixtures and fittings for both private households and commercial buildings. The company manufacture and distribute all over Australia.

Converga is deploying the PaletteArena accounts payable suite to offer businesses of almost any size an automated, paperless processing solution, helping to improve customers’ accounts payable efficiency and reduce costs.

Rachel Griffiths, Converga’s Solutions Director for P2P said: "We needed a solution that was quick to deploy and high in functionality. We were seeing a lot of interest in outsourcing from customers with volumes ranging from 500 to more than 30,000 invoices per month. Palette exceeded our expectations by having the highest functionality of any solution of its kind.

"The additional benefit of deployment in days rather than months makes it very affordable to all business sizes. Palette’s functionally-rich Arena suite is a true P2P platform that meets all potential customers’ needs."

Lars Ola Petters, CEO of Palette said: "BPO is a growing trend with cost-conscious businesses that want to gain the benefits of automation quickly, and without the capital expenditure. By working with market-leading partners such as Converga, with its excellent track record in outsourcing services, we can deliver advanced business solutions to a wider range of companies. This partnership will play a key role in extending our presence in the Australian market."

PaletteArena is a complete enterprise purchase-to-payment suite that integrates with accounting, information and business systems to automate and streamline accounts payable activity across the organisation.