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Esker to present Keynote Session at Accounts Payable Association’s Annual Conference

Esker UK — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 11:26:28 +0000

Derby, UK — October 13, 2020 — Esker, a worldwide leader in AI-driven process automation solutions and pioneer in cloud computing, will participate at this year’s APA (Accounts Payable Association) Annual Conference, to be held virtually on 20 October.

Now in its fourth year, the conference for 2020 will focus on the evolution of accounts payable, looking at how far the industry has already come, and where it is headed in future. Sessions at the conference will include motivational speaker Brad Burton, renowned influencer Mary Schaeffer, panel sessions and workshops.

This year, for the first time, Esker will be presenting a keynote session. Alistair Nicholas, Managing Director of Esker Northern Europe, will be highlighting the important next steps for AP processing to maximise the benefits for businesses, their customers and suppliers.

“As an accredited partner of the APA, Esker are delighted to be presenting a keynote session at this year’s annual conference.” said Alistair. “We’re interested to find out what’s happening in reality in the market at this uncertain time, and how we can help APA members adjust to the current situation and the new ways of working remotely.

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Esker to Participate at Implema Inspire Live Digital Conference

Esker UK — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:48:47 +0000

Esker, a worldwide leader in AI-driven process automation solutions and pioneer in cloud computing, today announced its participation at Implema Inspire, an event hosted by Sweden’s leading provider of efficient business system solutions based on SAP and Microsoft Dynamics.

This year’s event will be held as a live digital conference on Thursday 17th September 2020. Key decision-makers at the forefront of business systems and digitalisation projects will share their knowledge and experience through a number of live presentations and debates.

Esker will be presenting a customer success story with Ejendals during the day at 13:45 – 14:15 (CET). Ejendals is a leader in its field, manufacturing specialised, high-quality safety products that protect hands and feet. Lars Klockar, IT Project Manager at Ejendals, will explain how they managed to solve several of their challenges in Customer Services through process automation, with the help of Eskers’ Order Management solution.

During this seminar, Dan Weston, Solutions Specialist at Esker, will discuss how Ejendals has used the Esker Order Management solution to revolutionise how to optimise customer order processes, and how to begin the digital transformation from a manual based process to an automated one, bringing multiple gains to their organisation.

Customers like Ejendals have seen a number of significant business benefits thanks to order processing automation, including:
• Order processing costs reduced by 70 per cent
• Up to 80 per cent faster order processing times
• Reduced processing errors
• Enhanced visibility and traceability
• Ability to meet or exceed SLAs

Visit Implema Inspire Event 2020 for more details.

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Be our guest! Join Esker at a Forums International event and attend your first forum for free.

Claire Barker — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:47:59 +0000

Esker are proud to be a Corporate Partner of Forums International, bringing over 30 years of experience streamlining accounting processes to several of its credit forums including;

Attendance is for credit professionals of all levels and attending a forum for the first time is completely free, so you can experience the forum, gauge the benefits and meet the members before making a commitment to join.

Forums International run 10 Credit Forums across a range of industry sectors that each meet 3-4 times per year across the UK, Europe and beyond.
Forums are currently running virtually; if you have an internet connection and a computer with camera and microphone you will be able to join the meeting wherever you are located – and attendees have joined from around the world!

The objectives are for members to:

Gain tools and techniques to help them face new and existing business challenges
Increase and enhance personal skills levels and network with their peers
Gather information and intelligence to avoid successful fraud attacks & incurring bad debts.
Develop new & best practices
Help to improve their team’s productivity and results

You can also earn CICM CPD points at each forum.

All of the Forums are specifically designed to create the maximum benefit for all credit professionals that attend. The agendas are fresh and innovative and speakers deliver high-impact presentations that add value. This allows the forums to be very current, topical and responsive. We address business challenges, develop best business practice as well as the opportunity to network with your peers.

If you are interested in attending or would like to find out more about the Forums that Esker supports please get in touch with us at info@esker.co.uk

Claire Barker

As Marketing Specialist for Esker UK, Claire is responsible for generating leads for Esker's business process solutions specifically within the area of Accounts Receivable through a variety of marketing channels. She has been part of the Esker family since 2019.

Esker Announces Participation at Senior Credit Management Forum

Esker UK — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:35:44 +0000

Derby, UK — October 15^th, 2019 — Esker, a worldwide leader in AI-driven document process automation solutions and pioneer in cloud computing, is excited to announce its participation at the Senior Credit Management Forum (SMF) which will take place on the 16^th October 2019 at the Stratford Manor Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon.

The SMF has been the leading peer group for senior finance & credit managers since 2006. It provides a unique community for members to meet, network and learn. The aim is to equip members with the practical strategies they need to meet the challenges of a changing business environment, and add value to their roles.

Held three times a year, the objectives of the SMF are to:

Share experiences and draw on each other’s knowledge
Develop and enhance best and new practice in credit and risk management
Improve skill levels
Provide access to a network of like-minded professionals and relevant industry experts

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Esker explores the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – at the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Credit Forum

Esker UK — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:28:17 +0000

Derby, UK — October 14th, 2019 — Esker, a worldwide leader in AI-driven process automation solutions and pioneer in cloud computing, is excited to announce its participation at the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Forum (PMF), which will take place on the 15th October 2019 at the Stratford Manor Hotel, Stratford upon Avon.

Held three times a year, the PMF is a platform where finance and credit professionals from the pharmaceuticals and medical device industry come together to:

Exchange experiences and views on issues of common interest
Share practical ideas that members can implement in their own organisations
Develop & promote best practice in the credit & risk management community
Improve knowledge and skills and keep up to date with industry developments
Connect credit leaders and practitioners with each other and with industry experts

You can view the full PMF agenda here. For more information about Forums International and its range of industry Credit Forums visit www.forumsinternational.co.uk

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Esker to Participate at UK’s Largest Accounts Payable Event

Esker UK — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 10:55:38 +0000

Derby, UK — October 14th, 2019 — Esker, a worldwide leader in AI-driven process automation solutions and pioneer in cloud computing, will participate at this year’s APA (Accounts Payable Association) Annual Conference & Expo. Now in its 3rd year, this Accounts Payable (AP)/Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) event has become the largest and most comprehensive in the UK, with the main theme this year focusing on leadership in transactional finance.

Several keynote speakers are confirmed this year including world renowned AP expert Mary Schaeffer and the UK’s No.1 motivational business speaker Brad Burton. There will also be a number of presentations and panel discussions and a series of Industry leading speakers during the day.

Esker will be exhibiting and showcasing their cloud-based, AI-powered platform that spans the entire P2P process, to enable finance departments to improve purchasing and vendor decisions through the gains made in speed, strategy, and support.

Read full press release here.

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Export Credit Forum

Dan Weston — Fri, 24 May 2019 11:34:57 +0000

Another week, another different location for me. This time, it was to head down to London for the opportunity to attend the Export Credit Forum – my first event with Forums International, with whom Esker have recently partnered.

Seems to be a recurring theme at the moment with me and issues when travelling places for work, and this trip was no exception.
All fine, albeit with a 5:30am start to catch the train and the customary delay on the railways, arriving into London a little behind schedule.

No matter though, the venue was a mere two stops away on the underground, so an easy connection one would think………
Signal failure on my line at the next station meant that the trains weren’t leaving on time, or not at all and the ones that were, meant that each train was absolutely packed full. Just what you want to start your day off!

Eventually though, I had made it and one thing I will say is that the event location was absolutely superb. Literally a minute walk from the Barbican underground station and I know a few of the attendees took the opportunity to walk from various other stations across the city, given it was an easy location to find.

It was great to meet Laurie Beagle and Lynn Christon (Directors of Forums International), who were there to greet me and help me setup for the day. The other attendees/speakers then soon started to arrive, (some of which had similar travel troubles to myself) and there was a great array of different companies and industries in attendance – all with great input on the various discussions that were in the morning’s workshop sessions.

I was able to have some really insightful conversations with some of those attending the forum, discussing various challenges they face in collections management and potential reasons behind it – which were very useful to use with my own experiences.

Dealing with export territories on a day to day basis from a technology point of view, you do get a feel of where certain challenges may lie, but it was great to learn more about the issues/concerns from other areas/viewpoints. The presentation given by #Marsh was particularly enlightening, in terms of the different locations and risks on trading in certain countries – a few of which seemed to be a common theme across different industries – which is always useful to know.

#Baker-Ing delivered a great session to kick-start the afternoon session, highlighting the various challenges when exporting & trading with different and “difficult” territories and why we need to be aware of these – but also how we can look to combat them. It was actually a really good segway into the session I was to deliver afterwards, approaching these challenges from a technology point of view and highlighting why we need capabilities that companies like Esker can offer, in order to have a successful collections process and to be able to trade with different countries – some of which could be hard to reach and culturally unique.

It was very useful for me to convey the reasons behind why technology is required these days to begin the collections process, with particular emphasis of the compliance element, that is required by law in many European countries, in order to invoice legally. This means that collections is now at the point where it effectively is reliant upon technology in some parts of the process – which is a key message and something I hope was clear during my session.

I like to think that the group saw benefit in what I was presenting and that there was some useful take-home messages that could be applied to help improve their own processes plus other benefits that they can look to implement in order to overcome certain challenges they are facing. It was great to get such positive feedback and share thoughts/ideas, particularly as it’s my first time speaking at one of these events.

All in all, my first time attending the forum was very insightful and I met with some great people, who I intend to stay in contact with. Excellent event that was well run by Laurie and the team at Forums International and I’m very much looking forward to attending and/or presenting again at the next one on 24th September in Warwickshire (assuming Laurie allows me back if my football team, Liverpool F.C. beats his team, Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final) .

Dan Weston

Dan is a Business Development Manager for Esker UK. He has been part of the Esker family since 2013.