A&J Australia is a Victorian-based company, known for its distribution of toiletries,cleaning products, and packaging to the hospitality and food industries. Established in1993, its rapid growth and investment in robotic technology has seen the companyexpand to a major supplier of rigid and flexible packaging materials, packagingmachines, disposable items, cleaning products, and toiletries. A&J’s presence nowexceeds Melbourne, with other 3 other offices all over Australia.

Case StudyJUNE 2021

A&J Australia

A&J Australia needed a supplier thatcould provide the right solution tosolve their pain point of batchscanning.

“What really caught our attention, wasthe suggestion of a software thatcould automate our scanning process.Significant time was spent scanningdozens of docket receipts per week,which was better spent on othertasks,” says Debbie Chan of A&JAustralia.

The solution would need to involvescanning software, along with adurable and reliable printer that couldseamlessly communicate together.

“Employees would have to scan,rename and file the dockets one-by-one. It was a real issue, as it wastaking up valuable time of our staff.We knew we needed help, but did notknow how until David called us withthe solution,” says Debbie.

B2B Technologies understood thatA&J could truly benefit from asolution such as ScannerVision, a printtechnology software. The suggestionwas to implement an A3 device fromRicoh’s Intelligent series at their

“Scannervision was installed and usedto streamline the batch scanningprocesses of the docket receipts. Aftera few months, it was clear that thissoftware was exactly what we neededto simplify this process. What oncetook hours of scanning now tookseconds,” says Debbie.

After 6 months, ScannerVision’seffective implementation was nowneeded at a second A&J site, inMelbourne. B2B Technologies wasable to organise another A3 Ricoh IMC series device to be delivered andinstalled in Melbourne, withScannerVision embedded.

Customer SuccessThe Challenge

The Solution

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How B2BT Helped

Sydney site, in order to allow ourteamto implement Scannervision as Ricohdevices are the best for allowingScannervision to embed on the device.

ScannerVision allows for scanning tobe done at both sites, storing thedocuments into a universally-accessible central repository, andrename the files using the informationon the page. All scanned files are‘content-searchable’. This is achievedthrough the use of OCR technology.A&J employees no longer have to scandocuments, rename and file themaway one by one.

Not only has ScannerVision made animpact on streamlining their scanningprocess, and provided a return oninvestment through time-saved spentscanning, but staff at the Sydney sitehave been extremely happy with theRicoh printer.

“The Ricoh device is a hugeimprovement on our previous device.It’s top-of-the-line features, reliabilityand durability is unmatched,” says one.

Use of the new software and machineswere made simple with the trainingsession held by their account manager,and in-house solutions specialist from B2BTechnologies. Training was organised in-person for the Sydney office, and viaZoom for the Melbourne office, todemonstrate how to get the full-use of thehigh-tech printer, and how to useScannerVision.

Overall, partnering with B2B Technologiesprovided A&J with the solution thebusiness truly needed.

"It was clear that thissoftware was exactly what

we needed,"

- Debbie of A&J Australia.

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Scannervision Software is part of B2BTechnologies' digital workflow solutions.

Scannervision has the ability to give you theright information at the right time, in theright place. Especially when the informationis only available on paper.

ScannerVision automates documentworkflows, which captures, processes andstores scanned documents, as well asdocuments generated by other applications.

Benefits include less manual data entry,reduction of errors, batch scanning and time-saved through automation.

Product Overview

To find out more, please visit www.b2btechnologies.com.au orcall us on 1300 213 074 4

The Ricoh IM C series is a range of intelligentcolour A3 multifunction printers.

Equipped with the latest technology, it isable to print, copy and scan, with the perksof installing software as you need it, as wellas additional security of documents.

With additional finishing options, they alsohave a 10.1 inch operation panel and supportmobile printing.

Ricoh IM C Series

ScannerVision

Ricoh IM C Series. IM C2000 pictured with finisher.