Accounts payable · Production

Furset Group automates accounts payable across 30 restaurant entities with Vic.ai

The problem

Furset Group needed to standardize and automate AP and back-office workflows across nearly 30 restaurant entities, reduce the manual document management burden on finance employees, and find a solution that could scale across multiple entities sharing a common chart of accounts and supplier base.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
AI initiative kicked off
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“In October 2019, we kicked off our AI initiative with a good workshop. We thoroughly reviewed the success criteria for making Vic.ai work optimally and got a sense of expectations, like how quickly we could expect to see automation”
2
Autonomous invoice processing
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“The Vic.ai autonomous finance platform enables Furset Group to leverage autonomous invoice workflows across all the different restaurants, eliminating manual accounting work related to invoice management”
3
Multi-entity scaling
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“Furset Group has a standardized chart of accounts across all of its restaurants and many of the same suppliers and agreements. This meant the restaurant group needed technology that could scale across multiple entities seamlessly”
Reported outcome

The Vic.ai autonomous finance platform eliminated manual accounting work related to invoice management across all of Furset Group's restaurants.

Reported metrics
Manual accounting work reductioneliminating manual accounting work related to invoice management
Finance employee time freedallow them to do more with their time
Reported stack
Vic.ai
Source
https://www.vic.ai/resources/case-studies/furset-restaurant-group-case-study
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

The Vic.ai autonomous finance platform eliminated manual accounting work related to invoice management across all of Furset Group's restaurants.

What tools did this team use?

Vic.ai.

What results were reported?

Manual accounting work reduction: eliminating manual accounting work related to invoice management; Finance employee time freed: allow them to do more with their time (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this accounts payable AI workflow structured?

AI initiative kicked off → Autonomous invoice processing → Multi-entity scaling.