Give Your Employees a Meaningful Christmas Gift: Time

It’s that time of year again – the magical holiday season. As the year comes to a close, Christmas provides the perfect opportunity to show your employees how much you value them and the work they’ve done over the past year. Have you ever considered that the most meaningful gift might not come wrapped in a box?

What’s more precious than time?

Time is the one resource we all wish we had more of, and for your employees, it’s no different. It’s also a resource we can’t control or stop. Every minute spent on repetitive control tasks, like invoice handling, is a minute lost to creativity, innovation, or simply catching a breath during a busy workday.

Thankfully, there are ways to optimize how we use time.

A Serious Time Thief

At efacto, we proudly consider ourselves experts in digital invoice handling. Over the past 25 years, we’ve optimized and streamlined the invoice processes for thousands of businesses.

We know that one of the biggest time thieves is validating incoming supplier invoices. Many companies still manage this process manually – or partially manually – which isn’t just time-consuming but also inefficient.

Accounts payable departments spend countless hours sorting, approving, and controlling invoices. This comes at the expense of other, more critical tasks. Don’t get me wrong – these tasks are incredibly important. But knowing they can be automated to reduce time spent significantly, it’s clear those hours could be used better.

Over time, the control and routine tasks associated with invoice management can drain employees’ energy and engagement, leaving them frustrated and less productive. That’s not sustainable. So, let’s explore one of the solutions.

Give Time Back to Your Employees

Imagine being able to give your employees back the hours they currently spend on invoice handling. This idea was one of the key inspirations behind developing InvoiceFirewall.

In addition to freeing up valuable time, InvoiceFirewall streamlines your invoice management, automates workflows, and ensures invoices are error-free before they enter your workflow or ERP system.

The results include:

• More time for value-adding tasks: Employees can focus on projects that make a real difference to the company.

• Less stress: The solution eliminates errors and issues with incoming invoices, reducing frustrations caused by troubleshooting.

• Happier employees: Freed-up resources lead to better work-life balance and higher job satisfaction.

• Increased efficiency: Automating invoice processing doesn’t just save time for employees; it also ensures faster, more accurate invoice handling.
  
• Fewer errors and greater peace of mind: Automatic validation minimizes the risk of errors, creating a smoother day-to-day workflow.

Check out the video below to learn more about how the solution works.

A Christmas Gift That Lasts Beyond the Holidays

Investing in the right tools saves time and simplifies processes. These tools don’t just help you optimize your business – they’re also an investment in your employees.

I’ve written another blog post about why investing in excellent digital tools is essential, which you can read here.

Your employees will thank you. This gift won’t just benefit them during the holiday season but every day moving forward.

So, give your employees a gift they’ll truly appreciate – time.

Author

Johan Bjørling wrote this blog post. Johan is one of the founders of efacto and our Managing Directror. He has worked with e-invoicing for 25 years.