Vulcan Materials

Payables, procurement

Vulcan Materials, Inc., is the largest producer of construction aggregates in the United States and one of the nation's leading producers of chemicals and other construction materials. Vulcan's principal product, crushed stone, is used in virtually all forms of construction. More than 330 production and distribution facilities serve such diverse industries as pulp, paper, textiles, and industrial and municipal environmental water management.

The Challenge

• Paper invoices difficult to manage and hamper accounting process
• Remotely located field offices throughout North America require timely access to documentation
• Multiple inefficiencies associated with physical document handling, storage, copying, routing, misplacement and loss
• Cost implications for plant managers that don't have documentation access

The Results

• More than 10,000 invoices, or 40,000 pieces of paper processed electronically each month
• ImageNow tightly integrates with PeopleSoft and is delivered via Citrix® WinFrame® to more than 20 locations in North America
• Streamlined document exchange among field offices, including remote scanning and electronic filing, facilitates better work process
• Efficient reconciliation of purchase order and invoice discrepancies via electronic access speeds billing cycle