UK-based, Cloud Trade is bringing its paperless document exchange solution to the Asia-Pacific region via an alliance with business process outsourcer (BPO) - Converga.

Converga offers a range of office and business solutions which use imaging, data capture, document management and workflow technologies. 

It offers specialised solutions for Procure-To-Pay, Accounts Payable Automation and Electronic Invoicing.

Converga currently receive a significant volume of invoices via email  These invoices are converted into a Tiff image and then scanned for onward processing. It wanted to improve its existing solutions for handling these documents.

Jussi Karjalainen, Vice President of Financial Solutions in Asia for Converga said “We wanted to find a solution that would be easy to use, would seamlessly integrate with our current infrastructure and more importantly be able to handle all types of documents and attachments, not just invoices.  We also wanted to find a company that specialised in e-invoicing and really understood its complexities.  Our research brought us to Cloud Trade”

“Through the use of Cloudtrade we can now deal with any size of organisation with any number of suppliers and handle any file format they wish to send ”

The supplier numbers are being increased weekly and Converga are already seeing a more efficient process in place.

“We are delighted” concludes Jussi “not only is it simple, great technology, but Cloud Trade is a flexible and approachable company to work with.  They have been able to adapt to meet our requirements and those of our clients.  We look forward to working together in the future”