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Lactalis Iberia Group

AI-powered customer-order processing with Esker

Esker reported that Lactalis Iberia cut order-processing time from 8 minutes to 1 minute

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Problem

Lactalis Iberia received orders in different document and email formats. Its businesses needed more consistent processing while retaining their individual requirements.

Approach

Lactalis Iberia partnered with Esker in 2021 to automate orders for 3 businesses. It added a 4th business in 2023. Esker's AI-powered order-management solution processed incoming documents and integrated orders into SAP.

Results

1 minuteorder-processing time, down from 8 minutes, according to EskerVendor case study[1]
over 85%orders automatically integrated into SAP, according to EskerVendor case study[1]
1,300 hoursmonthly time savings reported by EskerVendor case study[1]

Takeaway

Shared processing procedures allowed trained employees to cover work across the operation. The time savings were reported by the supplier.

Categories

Innovation type
Process innovation
Evidence
Vendor case study

Sources

Source summaries

[1]Esker2 Oct 2023

Esker described order automation across 4 Lactalis Iberia businesses. It reported automatic SAP integration for over 85% of orders and processing time of 1 minute instead of 8, saving 1,300 hours monthly.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026
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