Table 1

Accounting and PMC processes

Project number and nameDescriptionSuccessfully automated
P3- Information collection for reportExtraction of accounting data (invoices, receipts, customer debt, etc.) from SAP into Excel for generating monthly reports for AdN’s group holding
P4- Monthly record of impairments in SAP (the ERP system where accounting is performed)Monthly extraction of large and complex Excel files (about 400,000 rows) from invoicing programs, analyzing relevant columns to calculate client impairment amounts, and inputting the corresponding accounting entries into SAP.
P5 – Email sending with reportEach report’s area and responsible person are verified on the shared drive, and the corresponding XLSX report is sent
P6 - Registration of SAP document numbers in the iPortal (the document management program)Daily extraction of an Excel file with invoice data from SAP and iPortal enables comparison. If a match is found, the robot inputs the SAP document number into the corresponding iPortal invoice. This centralizes information in iPortal, eliminating the treasury sector’s need to verify invoice recordings with accountingYes
P7- Preparation of report information for the business areasDownload the previous month’s report from SAP, copy the data to the total base file, and generate area-specific report outputs
P8- Insertion of the iPortal hyperlink into SAPThe robot adds a hyperlink to the SAP document that directs users to the PDF invoice in iPortal. This further integrates the accounting program with the document management system, working opposite to P6, and eliminates the need to access two platforms for complementary informationYes
P27- Social Security declarationsOne week before the certificate expiration, the robot e-mails the supplier for an update. Upon receipt, it attaches the certificate to the supplier’s folder. It notifies the user, ensuring timely and complete compliance with the requirement to maintain an updated non-debt certificate from Social Security in each supplier’s folderYes
Source(s): The authors, with data provided by AdN

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