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FUJIFILM Business Innovation New Zealand Named “Partner of the Year” at the 2024 Esker Impact Awards
FUJIFILM Business Innovation New Zealand (FBNZ), a leading provider of financial automation solutions, has been recognised as “Partner of the Year” at the 2024 Esker Impact Awards held in Sydney, Australia on the 1st of November 2024. This award recognises FBNZ’s decade-long dedication to helping New Zealand organisations streamline processes across Source-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash using Esker’s suite of finance automation tools.
FBNZ’s local expertise and commitment to New Zealand businesses have been integral to its success, helping organisations across sectors as diverse as agriculture, transport, manufacturing, and retail to achieve operational excellence and efficiency.
“Our partnership with Esker has always been about delivering best-in-class automation to New Zealand businesses,” said Irene Direnko-Smith, Head of Process Automation for FBNZ. “We’re proud to have grown our team in New Zealand to support the ever-increasing number of organisations turning to automation. We’re grateful for our 10-plus-year partnership with Esker and seeing how many local businesses, both large and small, have embraced these solutions to achieve tangible benefits is truly rewarding.”
Experts in delivering and supporting Esker, the FBNZ Process Automation Team has worked with more than 50 Kiwi organisations to streamline and automate their critical accounts payable processes, helping them reduce costs, better serve their own customers, increase accuracy and productivity, achieve greater efficiencies, and better manage risk.
By automating the processing of millions of invoices each year, Esker’s finance automation solutions implemented by FBNZ have significantly reduced the time these organisations spend on manual, repetitive tasks, enabling them to focus instead on the high-value work that makes a difference to their organisations.
In addition to recognition as “Partner of the Year”, the FBNZ Process Automation Team is delighted that four of its clients were also recognised for their outstanding achievements in finance automation in the 2024 awards: Evergreen Garden Care Group, Gallagher Group, PGG Wrightson Ltd, and Ritchies Transport. The awards, which celebrate the impact of Esker’s automation solutions worldwide, demonstrate how Esker technology, combined with FBNZ’s expert support and local knowledge, is transforming the financial operations of Kiwi companies.
Evergreen Garden Care Group won “Best Results in Order-to-Cash”, a testament to their commitment to streamlining customer service and order processing.
“This award represents the collective effort, dedication, and hard work of an exceptional team,” said Shannon Cameron, Business Services Manager at Evergreen Garden Care. “We’ve relied on Esker’s Order Management tool since 2017, and moving to the cloud three years ago allowed us to improve functionality and efficiency. In the past year alone, we’ve increased the percentage of orders processed through Esker by 5% and optimised our seasonal workforce needs.”
Cameron praised the role of the FBNZ Process Automation Team in supporting these achievements: “The team at FBNZ has been instrumental, from technical support to guiding us in leveraging Esker’s streamlined, user-friendly design. Thanks to Esker and FUJIFILM Business Innovation New Zealand, we’ve enhanced our order processing efficiency without adding staff.”
Nicola McDonald, General Manager of Operations Performance at Gallagher Group, received the “Advocate of the Year for Order-to-Cash” award in recognition of successful implementation of a new Esker module – Cash Allocation.
In accepting her award, McDonald commended the FBNZ team for their collaboration and agility. “This solution has been a fantastic asset for our team. Working alongside FBNZ’s dedicated staff on complex customisations has made Esker’s Cash App and AP solutions a success at Gallagher. Our teams have worked hard, and this award recognises that commitment.”
PGG Wrightson Ltd was awarded “Best Results in Source-to-Pay” for their transformative success with automation in AP Automation.
Daniel Keys, Group Financial Controller, at Ritchies Transport received “Advocate of the Year for Source-to-Pay”, celebrating his leadership in implementing Esker’s solution across the company’s sourcing activities in record 6 weeks’ time!
As FBNZ continues to support New Zealand organisations’ journey toward digitisation, the company remains committed to expanding Esker’s automation solutions and delivering measurable, lasting impact for its clients.
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