BAE Systems also lacked an efficient method for tracking Advance Shipment Notifications (ASN), relying on one Excel spreadsheet for every order ever made for the company. Accounts Payable BAE Systems is a leading designer and manufacturer of military fighting vehicles and armaments that protect the current and future military personnel. BAE Systems has a proud heritage of over 450 years of innovation, technical excellence and state of the art engineering. This division also provides breakthrough technology solutions, a world-class systems integration, flexible manufacturing and superior integrated logistics. The Problem BAE Systems’ AP department was relying on manually routing thousands of invoices throughout the company via email or inter-office mail. Neither system offered an efficient or reliable way to track or update each invoices’ progress. This process was not only time consuming and completely manual, but also offered no easy way to record tha amount of invoices BAE received, the dollar values associated with them or where the biggest bottlenecks occurred. BAE operates in seven countries employing over 107,000 individuals, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces. In addition, BAE develops advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. In an attempt to track the invoices, BAE created weekly reports of all invoices in error. This required each invoice with a discrepancy to be identified, located in large filing cabinets and edited by hand. Prior to Feith’s solution, BAE had over 6,000 invoices “lost” between shipping and receiving, most of which were past due. The result was a massive and cluttered record, which required multiple searches to view the appropriate ASN. Even then, most of the records were incorrect and out of date- which impacted BAE’s bottom line. Reports run from the spreadsheet showed faulty accruing costs with no record of the shipments status. BAE Systems The York, Pennsylvania site is one of the multiple business areas comprising the Land & Armaments, U.S. Combat Systems Division. BAE was also in the process of implementing and learning Oracle E-Business Suite; adding an additional dimension to their integration with Feith. Taking on a new accounting system, while moving to a paperless system, was a major step for BAE employees. Specializing in the developing and producing a full spectrum of gun and weapon launching systems and containers, armored combat systems and unmanned ground vehicles. A Feith Systems Case Study

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BAE Systems also lacked an e�cient method for tracking Advance Shipment Noti�cations (ASN), relying on one Excel spreadsheet for every order ever made for the company.

Accounts Payable

BAE Systems is a leading designer and manufacturer of military �ghting vehicles and armaments that protect the current and future military personnel.

BAE Systems has a proud heritage of over 450 years of innovation, technical excellence and state of the art engineering.

This division also provides breakthrough technology solutions, a world-class systems integration, �exible manufacturing and superior integrated logistics.

The Problem

BAE Systems’ AP department was relying on manually routing thousands of invoices throughout the company via email or inter-o�ce mail. Neither system o�ered an e�cient or reliable way to track or update each invoices’ progress.

This process was not only time consuming and completely manual, but also o�ered no easy way to record tha amount of invoices BAE received, the dollar values associated with them or where the biggest bottlenecks occurred.

BAE operates in seven countries employing over 107,000 individuals, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces.

In addition, BAE develops advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services.

In an attempt to track the invoices, BAE created weekly reports of all invoices in error. This required each invoice with a discrepancy to be identi�ed, located in large �ling cabinets and edited by hand.

Prior to Feith’s solution, BAE had over 6,000 invoices “lost” between shipping and receiving, most of which were past due.

The result was a massive and cluttered record, which required multiple searches to view the appropriate ASN. Even then, most of the records were incorrect and out of date- which impacted BAE’s bottom line. Reports run from the spreadsheet showed faulty accruing costs with no record of the shipments status.

BAE Systems

The York, Pennsylvania site is one of the multiple business areas comprising theLand & Armaments, U.S. Combat Systems Division.

BAE was also in the process of implementing and learning Oracle E-Business Suite; adding an additional dimension to their integration with Feith. Taking on a new accounting system, while moving to a paperless system, was a major step for BAE employees.

Specializing in the developing and producing a full spectrum of gun and weapon launching systems and containers, armored combat systems and unmanned ground vehicles.

A Feith Systems Case Study