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• SAP takes the hassle out of routine tasks, freeing up your administrative team from manual work and cutting down on outsourcing costs. This means more time and energy for what truly matters — driving the business forward. • With SAP’s automation and AI, your company is always ready for what’s next. Whether it's a sudden market shift or a new regulation, you can pivot quickly, staying ahead of the competition and ready to tackle any challenge. • Imagine rolling out new solutions in record time. SAP makes it possible, especially with innovations like automated invoicing that don’t just keep the wheels turning— they inspire a culture of creativity and adaptability. • By automating invoicing, SAP strengthens your connection with suppliers, freeing up the company to focus on its core mission — captivating customers and sparking their imagination.

De Agostini Media | Italy

SAP S/4HANA Public cloud

Explore De Agostini’s journey with SAP

De Agostini Publishing S.p.A. offers a whole universe of hobbies and interests to a worldwide audience. But long before it gets collections and build-up models to customers, the company must first process its invoices with suppliers. De Agostini brought its vision for optimized invoicing to partner Digix Plus. SAP Business Technology Platform with SAP Business Process Automation and SAP AI Services provided the foundation for their combined imagination.

54,000 paper-based vendor invoices processed in a year.

>91% of PO-referred invoices automatically processed.

>680 Hours saved per month

Challenges • Complex system landscape & Integration. No Single source of truth • Lack of collaboration and capability to scale • Lack of standardization and automation • Low employee/ productivity and customer experience/satisfaction

“SAP BTP empowers our business to easily and flexibly use new technologies, including the automated invoicing solution Digix Plus designed for us. The platform is the reason we could quickly transform processing of paper- and PDF-based invoicing without disrupting operations.”

CIO, De Agostini Publishing S.p.A. Davide Ardizio

Outcomes

• Expand business networks and collaborations • Improved employee productivity and customer experience/satisfaction • Optimized operations; inventory and supply chain management

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