Case studies
Results, measured.
Selected outcomes delivered by the Simplabs team. Clients are anonymised to protect confidentiality.
Supplier payments brought end-to-end into the ERP
A once-weekly payment cycle run through spreadsheets, email chains and bank-portal approvals was redesigned around in-ERP workflow, automated reporting and direct bank transmission.
40%+straight-through processing reached on the selected platformFrom AP discovery to an automation platform, without a preferred product
Structured discovery of the invoice-to-pay process led to a seven-part improvement agenda, an options analysis and a weighted RFP that selected a specialist AP automation platform.
£6Mrecovered to the P&L£6M recovered from a goods-received-not-invoiced balance
In-depth analysis of a goods-received-not-invoiced balance traced it to process and system root causes. Fixing them returned around £6M to the P&L.
150kinvoices a year in scopeRecovery audit partner selected across 36 jurisdictions
A six-vendor RFP for a seven-year AP recovery audit across around 60 business units and 36 jurisdictions, with contract risks surfaced before signature.
20+applications retired across 52 entitiesFour acquisitions integrated onto a standard ERP and shared services
A multi-year finance transformation that simplified the application landscape, brought acquisitions onto the standard ERP stack and restructured shared services around global process ownership.
~1 wk → hrsmonthly processing effortA week of monthly invoice processing reduced to hours
A high-volume consolidated supplier invoice was automated from backing data to ERP upload, removing almost a week of recurring AP effort each month.
3regulatory regimes turned into working processesStatutory reporting and e-invoicing made operational
Retention and payment-practice reporting, e-invoicing readiness and construction tax compliance, each connected to source data, reconciliation, ownership and evidence.
~$2Mannual savingsTransaction banks reduced from 28 to 2
A global banking simplification programme consolidated 28 transaction banks into 2, cutting cost and complexity across treasury and finance operations.
10entities live on a global templateGreenfield SAP S/4HANA wave delivered across ten entities
Procure-to-Pay, Supply Chain and Master Data Governance for the first wave of a five-year SAP S/4HANA transformation, from design through hypercare.
85%+reduction in proposed ERP spendERP consulting spend cut from over £130k to under £20k
An Oracle Cloud review produced 85 recommendations costed at more than £130k. A structured triage reduced them to four high-yield priorities costing under £20k.
$2.5M+savings over five years$2.5M saved through a finance Automation Centre of Excellence
An intelligent automation programme across finance and commercial operations, built on a new Centre of Excellence, methodology and delivery model.
4-steprepeatable AI rollout methodAuditable AI for contract compliance and overbilling recovery
Product strategy for AI that reads supplier contracts and matches payments to invoices, designed so AI extracts and fixed business rules decide.