# Simplabs

> Simplabs Limited is a UK consultancy, founded in 2020, that sells defined outcomes rather than consulting days. It delivers finance transformation, ERP value, lean process re-engineering, finance process automation, enterprise AI embedding, technology and partner selection, and finance controls and compliance readiness (including e-invoicing). Work is sequenced with the SECAR method (Simplify, Eliminate, Consolidate, Automate, Relocate) and designed across people, process, technology and control. Engagements usually start with a fixed-fee, 2–3 week Value Scan. The team has 23+ years of Oracle and SAP finance transformation experience across Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash and Supply Chain. Case studies are anonymised.

Contact is through the form at https://www.simplabs.co.uk/contact/ (no public email or phone). Full text of every article, case study and service: https://www.simplabs.co.uk/llms-full.txt

## Services

- [Finance Transformation: Opportunity to Adoption](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/services/finance-transformation/): Identify where transformation will pay off, fund it with a solid business case, and deliver it through to adoption. Measured by: Business case approved and funded, initiatives delivered on plan, and benefits realised against the case.
- [Process Mapping & Lean Re-engineering](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/services/lean-process-reengineering/): See exactly how work flows today, and redesign it with lean principles so it flows with less waste. Measured by: Cycle time, hand-offs and rework reduced, and process standardised across entities.
- [Finance Process Automation](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/services/finance-process-automation/): Reduce manual processing across your Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash and Record-to-Report cycles. Measured by: Reduction in manual processing steps and effort across each process cycle, with cycle times and error rates.
- [Enterprise AI Embedding](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/services/enterprise-ai-embedding/): Take AI from strategy deck to working systems inside your business, and build the capacity to scale it. Measured by: Value realised: volumes processed by AI in live workflows, team capacity built for higher-value work, and adoption across the business.
- [ERP Value Reset](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/services/erp-value-reset/): A prioritised, funded Oracle or SAP roadmap that gets value from what you already own. Measured by: Avoided or reduced spend, and time-to-value of the top priorities.
- [Technology & Partner Selection](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/services/partner-selection/): Choose the right technology or service partner through a transparent, competitive process, and set them up to deliver. Measured by: Partner selected and contracted to plan, with a transparent, auditable decision.
- [Finance Controls & Compliance Readiness](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/services/finance-controls-assurance/): Audit-ready controls and regulatory obligations turned into processes you can reconcile, explain and repeat. Measured by: SoD conflicts removed, audit findings closed and controls under automated monitoring.

## Method

- [The SECAR method](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/secar/): Simplify, Eliminate, Consolidate, Automate, Relocate. A gated sequence so processes are never automated or offshored before they are simplified and standardised.
- [Enterprise AI approach](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/ai/): AI strategy connected to delivery through forward-deployed teams. Principle: "AI reads, rules decide". AI is measured by volumes processed and capacity built.

## Insights

- [The UK has chosen Peppol: what the 2029 e-invoicing mandate means for your finance operation](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/articles/uk-e-invoicing-peppol-2029/): From 1 April 2029, UK B2B VAT invoices must be e-invoices sent over Peppol. Key dates, scope, how the model works and an ERP-neutral readiness plan.
- [Getting real value from AI: start with the work, not the model](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/articles/getting-real-value-from-ai/): Why AI pilots stall before production, and how to choose finance AI use cases that pay off: start with the work, design for production, keep it simple.
- [Don't automate the mess: sequencing finance transformation with SECAR](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/articles/secar-dont-automate-the-mess/): SECAR (Simplify, Eliminate, Consolidate, Automate, Relocate) sequences finance transformation so you never automate or offshore a broken process.

## Case studies (anonymised)

- [Supplier payments brought end-to-end into the ERP](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/payments-in-erp/): 100% of the division's payments approved and released in 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.
- [From AP discovery to an automation platform, without a preferred product](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/ap-automation-selection/): 40%+ straight-through processing reached on the selected platform. 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.
- [£6M recovered from a goods-received-not-invoiced balance](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/grni-recovery/): £6M recovered to the P&L. 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.
- [Recovery audit partner selected across 36 jurisdictions](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/recovery-audit-rfp/): 150k invoices a year in scope. 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.
- [Four acquisitions integrated onto a standard ERP and shared services](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/acquisitions-shared-services/): 20+ applications retired across 52 entities. 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.
- [A week of monthly invoice processing reduced to hours](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/consolidated-invoice-automation/): ~1 wk → hrs monthly processing effort. A high-volume consolidated supplier invoice was automated from backing data to ERP upload, removing almost a week of recurring AP effort each month.
- [Statutory reporting and e-invoicing made operational](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/compliance-readiness/): 3 regulatory regimes turned into working processes. Retention and payment-practice reporting, e-invoicing readiness and construction tax compliance, each connected to source data, reconciliation, ownership and evidence.
- [Transaction banks reduced from 28 to 2](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/banking-simplification/): ~$2M annual savings. A global banking simplification programme consolidated 28 transaction banks into 2, cutting cost and complexity across treasury and finance operations.
- [Greenfield SAP S/4HANA wave delivered across ten entities](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/s4hana-greenfield/): 10 entities live on a global template. 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.
- [ERP consulting spend cut from over £130k to under £20k](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/erp-spend-reset/): 85%+ reduction in proposed ERP spend. 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 saved through a finance Automation Centre of Excellence](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/automation-coe/): $2.5M+ savings over five years. An intelligent automation programme across finance and commercial operations, built on a new Centre of Excellence, methodology and delivery model.
- [Auditable AI for contract compliance and overbilling recovery](https://www.simplabs.co.uk/case-studies/ai-contract-compliance/): 4-step repeatable AI rollout method. Product strategy for AI that reads supplier contracts and matches payments to invoices, designed so AI extracts and fixed business rules decide.

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