British Sky Broadcasting Group Adopts Brainware Distiller for A/P Automation

UK Television and Broadband Provider to Leverage Intelligent Data Capture Solution for Invoice Processing

Brainware, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions,
announces that British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) has selected the company’s Brainware Distiller™ solution for the processing of invoices in the United Kingdom and Ireland. BSkyB (LSE: BSY) will also implement the Brainware Distiller Visibility™ module for real-time metrics and reporting on the invoice processing cycle, as well as Brainware’s own exception handling module.

“Brainware Distiller consistently outperforms competing technologies,” said Carl Mergele, Chief Executive Officer at Brainware. “Other data capture solutions require the client to spend extensive man-hours adapting their software to the department’s needs, creating thousands of templates before realizing automation. By eliminating templates from the equation, our solution does the adapting, offering a more immediate return on investment.”

British Sky Broadcasting Group operates the most comprehensive multi-channel television service in the United Kingdom and Ireland. BSkyB markets its programs through various channels, including free to air and mobile television platforms. The group also provides telephone and broadband services to its direct to home (DTH) customers. With annual revenue surpassing $8 billion, BSkyB is headquartered in Middlesex, the UK, and employs over 14,000 people.

Decisions, Decisions

This afternoon, I came across a piece from the British press that discusses a growing sense of confusion among people who simply see too many options in their everyday life:

The growing ranks of "indeciders" are defined as "a group of individuals suffering high levels of confusion while displaying an inability to be decisive, leading in some cases to depression."

The term was coined by Professor Harriet Bradley from the University of Bristol. She said: "With a constant stream of new media, daily technological advancements and aggressive multimedia advertising, it's no wonder over half of Britain thinks life is more confusing for them than for their parents."

According to the survey, 42 per cent lie awake at night trying to make choices, and almost half admit that "even little decisions can be hard to make."

While I've only ever lived on the American side of the pond, I can certainly relate to these findings, and I'm sure many of you can, too. With the industrialized world becoming ever more tightly knit, and yet increasingly complex and nuanced, navigating the global marketplace in search of the best solution for one's desires and needs becomes a daunting task indeed. You've experienced a sensory overload, and when you finally do make that choice, how do you know if it was the right thing to do?

The same can be said of business technology solutions. You're trying to run a tight ship and maintain a solid bottom line for your clients, and the economic currents are rough indeed. With so many applications out there, each of them promising to make your operation the best it can possibly be, how do you know which of them offers a sound return on investment and a meaningful benefit to your business needs?

In the case of automating your paper-based processes with a solution like Brainware Distiller, there's no risk of tossing and turning at night over that decision because no other solution is like Distiller. No other data capture solution offers the processing of semi- and unstructured documents without elaborate preparations on the part of the client. No other solution offers well over 80% extraction of vital information on a consistent basis. No other solution offers the same ability to validate data across all available platforms, providing superior touchless pass-through, speeding the process and minimizing cycle times, providing quick operational benefits both monetary and otherwise.

Observe our clients, many of whom are among the world leaders in their respective industries. Continental Airlines. Shell Oil. Sun Chemical. These companies have millions of concerns, investors to satisfy, far-flung points of distribution/service and some very, very large names to protect...and they chose Brainware Distiller for the world-class performance it offered.

Sometimes, the decision is simple.

Now...what to have for dinner...

Global Healthcare Company Chooses Brainware Distiller for A/P Automation

Brainware’s Intelligent Data Capture Platform to Process More Than a Half-Million Invoices Annually

Brainware, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions,
announced today that it has signed a significant new sales contract with a worldwide healthcare payer and provider. This company, which serves millions of customers globally, has selected Brainware Distiller to process more than 600,000 invoice pages per year.

This company has long utilized data entry operators to manually input invoice information resulting in lengthy cycle times and a lack of real-time visibility into accounts payable performance metrics. With a steady expansion of business into new territories, this customer needed a proven A/P automation solution that would scale to their growing business needs, integrate easily into their existing PeopleSoft ERP environment, and provide an immediate boost to operational efficiency. Additionally, Brainware Distiller’s unique ability to process any type of unstructured document will allow them to roll the solution out to other areas of the organization quickly, enabling continued optimization of document-centric business processes.

"Nonprofit organizations such as this are under constant pressure to put a larger share of their revenues back into fulfilling their core mission,” says Carl Mergele, Chief Executive Officer at Brainware. “By spending less on back office operations they create opportunities to reallocate more money to facilities, patient care, and enhanced coverage for those who need it."

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Chooses Brainware Distiller for Automated Document Processing

Replaces Existing Optical Character Recognition Software With Intelligent Data Capture

Brainware, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions,
announced today that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), one of the world’s most technologically advanced research facilities, has selected the company’s Brainware Distiller™ solution for the automated categorization and indexing of microfilm and microfiche documents.

Under the new agreement, LLNL will utilize Brainware’s intelligent data capture solution to automatically sort documents and extract specific data from up to 900,000 pages of microfilm and microfiche annually.  This agreement follows an extensive period during which the laboratory experimented with various other conversion methods, with limited success.

These types of media, originally created by taking a “picture” of the original document and storing it as a microscopic hard copy, presented a challenge that could not be mastered by template-based optical character recognition applications.  As these media were created manually, the images were often crooked, meaning the relevant data could move haphazardly about the page.  Capturing this data was absolutely necessary for the proper sorting, indexing, and future retrieval of the documents; with a backlog of hundreds of thousands of such documents, the ability to “interpret” an image and properly identify relevant information was a key value driver for any imaging application.

“When one of the most sophisticated and vital national security operations in the industrialized world chooses our solution for process optimization, we consider that an honor,” says Carl Mergele, Chief Executive Officer at Brainware.  “Distiller stands alone in its ability to extract relevant pieces of data from large quantities of documents, regardless of their layout.  By automating an otherwise labor-intensive process, Lawrence Livermore is freeing up dollars better spent on protecting the nation and developing alternative energy solutions for the future.”

Funded primarily by the United States Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was established in 1952 to meet urgent national security needs by advancing nuclear weapons science and technology.  Today, LLNL employs over 6,000 people, houses some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, and pursues their mission of advancing and applying science and technology to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent; reduce or counter threats to national and global security; enhance the energy and environmental security of the nation; and strengthen the nation’s economic competitiveness.

Leading Entertainment and Communications Company Chooses Brainware Distiller for A/P Automation

Replaces Existing Optical Character Recognition Software With Intelligent Data Capture

Brainware, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions,
announced today that a major entertainment and communications firm has selected the company’s Brainware Distiller™ solution for the processing of paper invoices. They will also implement Brainware Visibility™ for real-time statistics and reporting on the invoice processing cycle, as well as Brainware Distiller’s workflow module for exception handling. This solution replaces a competitive document capture product.

Under this multi-year agreement, this corporation will leverage Brainware’s intelligent data capture solution to automatically extract and validate data from roughly 200,000 invoices annually, including both PO and non-PO invoices. Furthermore, Visibility will bring fast and easy access to real-time key performance indicators and business metrics pertaining to suppliers and related invoices. Working in tandem with their existing ERP system, each of these components will provide for a vastly accelerated Accounts Payable process, quickly validating line-item data, providing up-to-the-moment financial insight, eliminating backlogs, and minimizing costly manual data entry.

This new Brainware client notes that with their previous automation solution, their process was restricted by the need to create templates for each vendor’s invoice.  Additionally, they were unable to extract vital line-item information for validation which created an extra burden on the A/P department. In their desire to improve existing processes, they sought a technologically advanced solution that could relieve the most time-consuming data entry responsibilities, maximize hands-free extraction, and reduce the opportunity for human error to an absolute minimum. They chose Brainware Distiller to deliver those results.

“Template-free, intelligent data capture cannot be oversold in today’s market,” says Carl Mergele, Chief Executive Officer at Brainware. “Distiller is the best automation platform available today because of its ability to scale based on volume, document layout, and document type.  As a result, we can help our customers quickly and effectivly optimize their invoice payment operations, starting on Day One.”

Johns Manville Rolls Out Brainware Distiller for Accounts Payable

Global Manufacturer Successfully Completes First Phase of Accounts Payable Automation Initiative

Brainware, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions,
announced today that Johns Manville has successfully deployed its Brainware Distiller™ solution for accounts payable invoice processing.  Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE:BKR.A, BRK.B), is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality products for building insulation, mechanical insulation, commercial roofing, and roof insulation, as well as fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications.

“Brainware Distiller is a key component of our process improvement initiative aimed at driving efficiency gains throughout the procure-to-pay process,” says Ed Ermak, Business Process Specialist at Johns Manville.  “Brainware has demonstrated their commitment to working with us as a valued business partner.  We are already realizing good results and expect even greater efficiencies from the Distiller solution as we expand accounts payable invoice imaging to additional business operations.”

The Brainware solution combines powerful classification, extraction, and search capabilities into a single platform that reads, sorts, extracts and validates invoice information with minimal human intervention. Brainware Distiller has been fully integrated to Johns Manville’s existing SAP ECC 6.0 ERP system and SAP workflow solution to process all incoming invoices for their U.S. and Canada operations.

”Top Performing organizations are automating about 80% of their invoice transactions,” says Kurt Albertson, Director of Advisory Services with The Hackett Group. “This level of invoice automation helps drive a three-fold advantage in productivity.”

 “Our customers’ success is Brainware’s success,” said Carl Mergele, Chief Executive Officer at Brainware. “We work hard to ensure that each new implementation of our technology delivers maximum business benefit and we’re thrilled that Johns Manville is achieving their goals.”

Top 25 Global Financial Institution Selects Brainware for Mailroom Automation

Brainware Distiller to Process Millions of Documents Per Year

Brainware, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions, is pleased to announce that one of Europe's largest and most trusted financial institutions has chosen Brainware Distiller to automate sorting and classification of millions of financial documents per year. The bank, which operates in close to 50 countries, will deploy Brainware Distiller as part of its automation strategy aimed at optimizing and streamlining document processing across the enterprise.

After an exhaustive review of vendors, the bank selected Brainware Distiller because of its intelligent, content-based classification technology, its unique ability to scale to the volumes and complexity of documents being processed through the bank's operations, and because of its ability to be up and running in a matter of weeks.

"We're seeing an increasing number of prospects and customers turn to Brainware as the platform for enterprise data capture and mailroom automation," said Carl Mergele, Chief Executive Officer at Brainware. "They recognize that Brainware can process the largest volumes of unstructured documents in the industry, and that this solution can help them methodically standardize and transform their back office operations to drive profit back into fulfillment of their core mission - to make their customers more financially secure and successful."

EDM Group Chooses Brainware to Help Process 300 Million Pages per Year

Leader in Document Automation Streamlines Data Capture Process with Deployment of Brainware Distiller&trade

April 9, 2010, Ashburn, VA —Brainware, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions solutions announced today that EDM Group, a world leader in document automation based in the United Kingdom, will deploy Brainware Distiller to help automate the processing of 300 million pages per year. The 5-year contract incorporates Brainware’s solution into EDM’s Technology Platform for scanning and advanced data capture across Europe.

"After an exhaustive review of technology vendors, we chose Brainware Distiller to provide a vital component for our future growth, particularly in our digital mailroom" says Lynn Broadbent, Group Technology Director for EDM Group. "Brainware Distiller delivers a scalable, flexible document classification and data capture platform that further enhances our industry leading capabilities. We continually strive to add value to our services and customer support and we are delighted to be working with Brainware."

EDM Group provides a full suite of document imaging and document management services for leading companies in the financial services, public sector, and healthcare industries. As the UK's document management market leader, EDM Group provides services to every corner of the UK from 5 locations.

"Brainware’s customer successes speak for themselves," said Carl Mergele, Chief Executive Officer at Brainware. "No other vendor in the market can boast clients who process the volumes that Brainware’s customers do, nor can they match our roster of multi-national organizations."