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What is Zahara?
What is Fraxion?
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Company Facts
Organization Name
Zahara
Date Founded
2017
Company Location
United Kingdom
Company Website
www.zaharasoftware.com
Company Facts
Organization Name
Fraxion
Date Founded
2003
Company Location
United States
Company Website
www.fraxion.biz
Categories and Features
Accounts Payable
Zahara streamlines the accounts payable process, covering everything from purchase orders to supplier payments. This innovative solution enables accounts payable teams to handle a greater volume of invoices with reduced manual tasks, such as chasing and data re-entry. When suppliers send invoices via email, they are directed to Zahara's Invoice Inbox, where advanced AI technology recognizes the supplier, extracts itemized data, and performs a three-way match with the purchase order and delivery receipt. Once matched, invoices are sent through an approval process that can be customized based on site, department, project, or entity, before proceeding to payment runs that accommodate multi-currency transactions through Currencies Direct. As spending is authorized during the purchase order phase, incoming invoices are predictable, resulting in fewer inquiries and discrepancies. Each stage of the process is documented with a comprehensive audit trail, and seamless integrations with accounting software like Xero, Sage 50, Sage 200, QuickBooks Online, and MYOB eliminate the need for redundant data entry. The implementation process is guided and typically takes only weeks, complemented by support based in the UK.
AP Automation
Zahara offers a comprehensive solution for automating accounts payable from start to finish, initiating the process earlier than most automation platforms—right at the moment a purchase is requested. Purchase approvals are conducted in real-time against current budgets, which seamlessly converts requests into purchase orders. Consequently, when supplier invoices arrive, they’re already anticipated. Zahara’s Invoice Inbox utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze each incoming emailed invoice, recognize the supplier, extract detailed line-item information, and perform automated three-way matching with the corresponding purchase order and delivery receipt. Invoices that match are then processed through a structured approval workflow tailored to specific sites, departments, projects, or entities, ultimately leading to payment runs that can accommodate multi-currency transactions via Currencies Direct. This streamlining minimizes manual data entry, reduces the need for follow-ups, and decreases the handling of exceptions for accounts payable teams. Each stage of the process includes a complete audit trail, and Zahara is compatible with accounting software such as Xero, Sage 50, Sage 200, QuickBooks Online, and MYOB. The implementation process is guided and designed to take weeks rather than months.
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Billing and Invoicing
Zahara streamlines the invoicing process for businesses by focusing on managing supplier invoices rather than generating bills for customers. This innovative solution enables finance teams to efficiently capture, verify, approve, and process incoming invoices without the need for manual data entry. Suppliers can easily send their invoices directly to Zahara's Invoice Inbox, where advanced AI technology recognizes the supplier, extracts line-item information, and aligns each invoice with its corresponding purchase order and delivery receipt. The approval process is tailored to different criteria such as site, department, project, or entity, allowing for seamless integration into payment cycles, including multi-currency transactions via Currencies Direct. Throughout the process, budget implications are clearly displayed, and every invoice comes with a comprehensive audit trail. Zahara also offers direct integrations with accounting software like Xero, Sage 50, Sage 200, QuickBooks Online, and MYOB, ensuring that invoice data is automatically synced without the risk of duplicate entries. The implementation process is designed to be quick, taking only weeks instead of months, with dedicated support available from a UK-based team.
Finance
Zahara is an advanced platform designed for automating accounts payable, enabling finance teams to manage expenditure proactively before funds are allocated across various teams, sites, projects, and entities. It facilitates the approval of purchase requests against real-time budgets, allowing for the tracking of both committed and anticipated spending in relation to general ledger codes. Through the use of artificial intelligence, supplier invoices are analyzed and matched with purchase orders and delivery receipts, facilitating a seamless approval process and ensuring timely payments, including multi-currency transactions with Currencies Direct. Each request, approval, invoice, and payment is meticulously documented to provide a comprehensive audit trail. Zahara seamlessly integrates with accounting systems like Xero, Sage 50, Sage 200, QuickBooks Online, and MYOB, ensuring that your accounting system remains the definitive source of information, enabling the modernization of finance operations without needing a complete ERP overhaul. The implementation process is streamlined, taking only weeks rather than months, with dedicated support based in the UK.
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Procurement
Zahara serves as a streamlined procure-to-pay solution for organizations seeking to maintain procurement oversight without the burden of a complex enterprise system. With curated product catalogs, organizations can define what items can be purchased and identify approved suppliers, ensuring that spending is directed towards preferred vendors across various locations, teams, projects, and entities. Each purchase request adheres to uniform multi-step approval processes and real-time budget verifications, ensuring that policies are uniformly enforced regardless of buyer distribution. Purchase orders are sent directly to suppliers, while invoices are effortlessly matched to the corresponding order and delivery receipt before they receive approval and payment. Committed expenditures are monitored in real-time against general ledger codes, and a comprehensive audit trail is maintained for all requests, approvals, invoices, and payments. Zahara seamlessly connects with accounting software, including Xero, Sage 50, Sage 200, QuickBooks Online, and MYOB. The implementation process is guided and efficient, typically taking weeks instead of months, complemented by dedicated support based in the UK.
Purchasing
Zahara is an innovative platform designed for managing purchasing and purchase orders, enabling organizations to maintain financial oversight of expenditures prior to any monetary commitments. This solution caters to all teams, projects, and locations, allowing staff to quickly create purchase requests from pre-approved product catalogs, ensuring compliance on what can be acquired and from which sources. The requests undergo a structured multi-step approval process, offering real-time visibility into budgets, so decision-makers can assess the potential impact on both departmental and project finances before granting approval. Once an order is approved, it is sent directly to the supplier, and upon receipt of the goods, the deliveries are recorded within Zahara. This seamless process ensures that when an invoice is received, it is automatically reconciled with the corresponding order and receipt. The platform provides real-time tracking of committed and anticipated spending against general ledger codes, complete with a comprehensive audit trail for each request and its approval process. Zahara also features integrations with accounting software such as Xero, Sage 50, Sage 200, QuickBooks Online, and MYOB. The implementation process is streamlined, typically taking just weeks, and comes with dedicated support from a UK-based team.
Categories and Features
AP Automation
Fraxion's accounts payable automation solution streamlines the invoice processing workflow for finance teams in the mid-market sector. By eliminating manual handling, it leads to decreased expenses, quicker closing cycles, and minimizes the risks of errors and overpayments associated with traditional AP methods. The software automates every aspect of the accounts payable process, including invoice reception, AI-driven data extraction from both single and multi-page invoices, AI evaluation, predictive coding, automated approval workflows with mobile capabilities, invoice batching, and smooth integration with your financial management system. Among the key advantages are expedited invoice processing, the absence of manual data entry, fewer inaccuracies, a lower risk of overpayment, detection of exceptions and duplicates, rapid month-end closure, and valuable AP analytics covering invoice volume, vendor expenditures, and processing times — all while maintaining the same team size. Finance teams can initiate their journey with AP automation and seamlessly transition to a comprehensive procure-to-pay system, incorporating procurement, expense management, and spend analysis within a singular integrated platform, without the need for reimplementation. The software is compatible with Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, QuickBooks, and more.
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Expense Report
Fraxion's expense management solution streamlines the process of managing business expenses for mid-sized enterprises. Employees can effortlessly document expenses in real-time by capturing receipts, submitting claims, and monitoring their approval status from any device. Approvers can assess requests against current budgets and authorize them on-the-go using mobile devices. Once claims are approved and align with company policies, reimbursements are expedited. This robust platform offers a variety of essential features, including automated expense reporting, hierarchical approval processes, receipt scanning, tracking of per diem and mileage, management of billable expenses, pre-approval for travel, enforcement of company policies, requests for cash advances, reconciliation processes, and comprehensive audit trails. Fraxion's expense management tool is integrated into its comprehensive procure-to-pay platform, providing finance teams with consolidated insights and oversight across purchasing, accounts payable, and expenses, along with detailed spend analysis and reporting. The platform complies with SOC 2 standards and supports integrations with ERP and accounting systems. It is accessible on both iOS and Android devices.
Procure to Pay
Fraxion's procure-to-pay software empowers mid-sized finance teams to initiate their processes at their own pace, allowing them to evolve into a comprehensive P2P system without the need for a complete reimplementation. Kick off with AI-driven accounts payable automation, which streamlines invoice processing and minimizes errors for quicker closures. Integrate procurement functionalities to manage unauthorized spending before it occurs. Finally, utilize expense tracking and spend analysis to bridge any remaining gaps. All these features operate on a unified platform, making enhancements a matter of configuration rather than a fresh implementation. When the entire procure-to-pay process is centralized on a single platform, it leads to a unified approval system, a cohesive policy framework, a consistent audit trail from requisition through to payment, and enhanced visibility and control over all expenditures. This eliminates disjointed systems, redundant data entry, and unnoticed gaps. The mobile application facilitates efficient processes and enables spending oversight from any location. Achieve comprehensive spend management through procure-to-pay automation, with integrations available for ERP and accounting systems such as Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, QuickBooks, and Xero.
Procurement
Fraxion’s procurement software empowers mid-market finance teams with proactive oversight of all purchasing activities, preventing unauthorized expenses, streamlining approval processes, and avoiding budget overruns. Each purchase request follows customizable approval workflows, accompanied by real-time checks for budget adherence and policy compliance at the moment of submission. Only those requisitions that meet approval criteria and align with policy can generate purchase orders, leading to quicker purchasing processes, enhanced compliance, and reductions in operational costs. Key advantages include shorter purchasing cycles, precise cost distribution, comprehensive audit trails, and immediate visibility into spending. Employees can submit and obtain approvals from any device through the mobile application, allowing them to purchase from approved suppliers, internal catalogs, or via PunchOut, ensuring that all transactions remain compliant with company policies. Fraxion’s solution is part of a comprehensive procure-to-pay platform that seamlessly integrates with accounts payable automation, providing full visibility and control over spending.
Purchasing
Fraxion offers a comprehensive software solution for purchasing and purchase order management, designed specifically for mid-sized businesses. The software streamlines the complete purchase order workflow, starting from requisitions and moving through to the approval of purchase orders and vendor deliveries. The system ensures that purchase orders are only created from requests that have received approval and comply with budgetary and policy guidelines. It incorporates multi-tier approval workflows, real-time budget verification, and policy enforcement right at the request stage, effectively preventing unauthorized expenditures before they occur. Notable features include automated processes for converting requisitions into purchase orders, automatic generation and dispatch of purchase orders, customizable templates for purchase orders, management of change orders, consolidation of purchase orders, receiving functionality, vendor evaluation, detailed audit trails, and mobile-friendly request, approval, and management options. The platform also supports PunchOut and catalog purchasing. The system allows users to analyze outstanding orders, vendor expenditures, and the efficiency of the purchase order cycle, facilitating consolidation efforts for volume discounts and providing benchmarks through integrated spend analysis tools. This solution is part of Fraxion's comprehensive procure-to-pay platform and seamlessly integrates with leading ERP systems.
Spend Analysis
Fraxion offers an integrated spend analysis tool designed for mid-sized finance teams, leveraging AI to provide insights throughout the entire procure-to-pay process. This tool transforms purchasing, accounts payable, and expense data into valuable opportunities for cost reduction. The AI technology evaluates spending trends related to vendors, employees, budgets, cost centers, and transactions to pinpoint areas of excessive expenditure, potential cost savings, and enhancements to purchasing workflows. By comparing your organization's metrics with those of similar mid-market peers, community insights reveal performance gaps and areas for growth. Some of the primary advantages include discovering opportunities for vendor consolidation, streamlining purchase orders to achieve volume discounts, strengthening negotiating positions, gaining insights for budget planning and expenditure forecasting, generating compliance reports, and receiving practical recommendations to enhance the efficiency of purchasing cycles and approval processes. The tool provides real-time dashboards and downloadable reports, equipping the CFO's office with the financial data needed to make strategic decisions.
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Spend Management
Fraxion offers a comprehensive spend management platform designed specifically for mid-market finance teams, enabling them to gain full visibility and control over their expenditures. With purchasing, accounts payable, expense management, and spend analysis all integrated into one cohesive system, Fraxion eliminates the need for redundant data entry, disjointed approval processes, and information gaps. Each transaction is processed through a unified approval engine and policy framework, ensuring complete audit trails from the requisition stage through to payment. For CFOs, this translates to immediate insight into all categories of spending, proactive enforcement of budgets and policies, expedited month-end closing processes, and the consolidated financial data necessary for informed decision-making throughout the organization. The platform's advantages include the eradication of unauthorized expenditures, lower costs associated with invoice processing, accelerated purchasing and closing timelines, comprehensive audit readiness, and insightful spend analytics. It seamlessly integrates with leading ERP and accounting systems such as Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, QuickBooks, and Xero.