
Award Winning Intelligent Supplier Invoice Automation
FreeMind for invoices has been specifically designed to automatically process 100% of your supplier invoices. This software solution accepts invoices in all formats ranging from traditional paper sources to electronic formats such as XML, EDI, TIF and PDF. FreeMind for Invoices captures and extracts all information from your supplier Invoices and converts them into electronic transactions, matches them to POs and posts them straight into your Finance/ERP system or electronic workflows for approval and coding, such as non-PO invoices.
Superior automation
Many of our clients have observed that after setting up their FreeMind for Invoices solution, accounts payable staff are able to process as many paper invoices in one hour as they did in an entire day before using the system.
FreeMind for Invoices is a market leading solution which is second to none in terms of reading invoices and extracting critical financial data quickly and accurately. ITESOFT leverages its knowledge based full-text OCR technology to deliver superior data extraction results even on unstructured documents capturing all relevant invoice data, including line items. A key innovation of this software solution has been the ability to learn new supplier invoice formats automatically, removing the costly and labour intensive task of designing templates prior to using the system.
In situations where you may have a high proportion of PO vs. non-PO invoices, automation is further enhanced by our unique matching algorithms that automate processing for PO-based invoices intelligently which has been proven to deliver vastly improved productivity in AP.
Integrates with any ERP system
FreeMind for Invoices not only transfers invoice data into your ERP, but it also uses your master data to validate captured data and ensure invoice compliance prior to uploading.
ITESOFT provides certified integration with SAP and Oracle EBS with its dedicated ITESOFT.Balance modules. For other ERPs, FreeMind for Invoices has connectors for most major ERP software such as Coda, Agresso, Cedar, Lawson, Infor, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics & Navision. It is easy to add support for new ERP systems using the new service orientated architecture based integration platform, ITESOFT.Hub.
Unique features at a glance
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Captures invoices and credit notes from paper, PDF, XML,TIF and EDI formats.
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Works without setting up individual supplier templates.
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No separators between invoices required (multi-page invoices are detected automatically).
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Browser-based scan and completion modules enable easy deployment of the solution across remote sites.
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Reads and validates line item data, including on multipage invoices.
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Connects to master supplier data for verification and purchase order matching.
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Suitable for organisations dealing with thousands of suppliers and receiving over 10,000 invoices per day.
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Unique image enhancement algorithms provide unparalleled OCR rates.
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Recreates formatted documents from EDI invoices for easier human interaction.
Standalone or as part of the ITESOFT Purchase-to-Pay Suite
Directly connected to your ERP or existing ECM, FreeMind for Invoices is a valuable asset as a standalone invoice capture solution. This solution is even more powerful when combined with other ITESOFT products in the ITESOFT Purchase-to-Pay Suite. Find out more about the other components of the suite.
Calculating ROI and appreciating the true value
Direct hard savings
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Reduced cost of moving, storing and accessing documents
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Fewer errors and related costs
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More early payment discounts captured
Indirect soft savings
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Better control over the accounts payable process
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More time for staff to spend on value-added tasks
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Improved relationships with suppliers
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Overall business acceleration
Most FreeMind for Invoices clients reach ROI in less than one year.
Full process description
Capture and collect
FreeMind for Invoices captures documents wherever they enter your organisation:
- At a centralised location using a fast document scanner in a shared service centre or central AP department.
- At remote offices and branch locations using the browser-based scan module connected to a desktop scanner, network scanner, or multi-function device (MFD).
- From EDI and WebEDI providers.
By capturing documents in a consistent and controlled manner, FreeMind for Invoices enables you to process incoming invoices without delay, effectively eliminating the costs associated with photocopies and transport, and eradicating the risk of losing invoices within your organisation and causing delays in posting.
Extract and validate data
The solution extracts and validates invoice data with minimal manual intervention. Up to 80% or more of your invoices are read automatically and go straight into the ERP for coding and posting. An invoice is only stopped and flagged when a business rule is broken, such as when the PO number is missing.
Benefit:- Saves cost of keying-in information by hand.
- AP department productivity is less dependent on data entry skills.
- Invoices are accounted for without delay, improving the accuracy of end-of-period financial reporting.
Exception handling and QA
A small portion of documents or fields may be presented to a user for verification. In this case the ITESOFT.FreeMind WebCheck module offers an easy-to-use interface that both fosters user acceptance and productivity, thereby resulting in better data quality.
Benefit:- Increases user productivity and comfort.
- Browser-based exception handling module enables flexible work organisation across geographically dispersed sites.
Export invoice images and data to the ERP
In the last step of the process, extracted data and images are exported to the ERP and passed to a workflow and/or document management system such as ITESOFT.Share or Microsoft SharePoint to begin approval and coding workflows before final posting in the ERP system.
Benefit:- Seamlessly integrates the invoice capture and approval process.
- Enables you to work exclusively with e-documents even when you mostly receive paper, thus avoiding manual document distribution costs and hassles.
- ITESOFT.Share offers the advantage of an integrated single-source solution.
- Provides certified integration solutions for SAP and Oracle EBS for worry-free integration with your ERP






