In recent years, technological advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), sensors, computer vision, and system integrations have revolutionised industries worldwide. These tools are no longer futuristic concepts but practical solutions that drive efficiency, reduce costs, and optimise processes. Companies leveraging these innovations are not just adapting to change but leading it, redefining how they operate and compete in an increasingly dynamic marketplace.

Consulting firms play a pivotal role in helping businesses harness these technologies. Consultants bring deep expertise in understanding unique industry processes and identifying areas ripe for optimisation. Their insights, combined with the immediate applicability of these technologies, often lead to significant savings in time and resources. Below are five transformative examples that illustrate how AI and integrations are enhancing traditional practices.

• Traditional Practice: Many companies rely on custom-built programmes for electronic invoicing, tailored to meet the specific regulatory requirements of each country. While functional, these solutions are rigid and require frequent manual updates to adapt to legal changes, making the process time-consuming and error-prone.
• Optimised Practice: Electronic invoicing systems integrated with JDE ensure compliance with local regulations and automate the entire process. With Orchestrator, maintaining regulatory compliance becomes simpler, as legal changes can be implemented more efficiently. These systems can generate, validate, and send invoices directly to clients while updating financial modules in real time. By eliminating the need for custom solutions and manual interventions, companies achieve a 50% reduction in processing times, enhanced accuracy, and improved cash flow visibility.

• Traditional Practice: Payments and collections typically required manual verification and reconciliation in JDE. This involved reviewing payment data, matching transactions, and ensuring consistency with bank records, leading to delays and occasional errors.
• Optimised Practice: APIs integrated with banks enable seamless communication between JDE and financial institutions. Orchestrator leverages this integration to automatically validate incoming and outgoing payments, using real-time data provided by the bank. This process updates the system, ensures data consistency, and eliminates the need for manual intervention. Businesses benefit from faster processing, improved accuracy, and enhanced financial visibility.

• Traditional Practice: Purchase order approvals required managers to manually review documents and product availability, often delaying critical procurement activities.
• Optimised Practice: A Copilot integrated into JDE enables managers to review purchase orders, check inventory availability, and approve or reject requests directly within the system. Timely notifications and accessible information streamline decision-making.

• Traditional Practice: Customers typically relied on sales representatives to place orders, check inventory availability, and receive updates, leading to manual processes and potential delays.
• Optimised Practice: A self-service Chatbot integrated with JDE empowers customers to create their own purchase orders, view warehouse stock levels, and place orders in real-time. This self-service functionality enhances the customer experience by providing instant access to critical information and streamlining the sales process. By automating these interactions, businesses improve operational efficiency and reduce response times, resulting in stronger customer relationships and higher retention rates.

• Traditional Practice: Updating advanced pricing tables traditionally involved manual data entry and calculations, often based on static information that could quickly become outdated.
• Optimised Practice: By leveraging APIs and Orchestrator, companies can automate the retrieval of real-time commodity pricing from external sources. Orchestrator processes this data and performs the necessary calculations to update advanced pricing tables in JDE automatically. This ensures that pricing reflects current market conditions, reduces errors, and enables businesses to respond quickly to market fluctuations. Companies adopting this approach have seen improved accuracy and a significant reduction in the time required to maintain pricing data.

At Quistor, we are closely monitoring how these technological advancements can benefit our clients and actively sharing insights on the possibilities they offer. We are currently working on these and other innovative ideas that leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional results and transform operations.

By combining leading-edge solutions with deep industry expertise, we empower businesses to achieve greater efficiency, significant cost savings, and sustainable growth.