Existing customers
Industrias Topaz. Case of success

By Veronica Alexandra Figueroa, Ricoh El Salvador

History and context

Topacio Industries LTDA de C.V. was founded in 1972, dedicated since that year to the manufacturing and distribution of Branson brand clothing. In 1979 it acquired the license to distribute the prestigious Pierre Cardin brand in Central America and the Caribbean.

Over the years and thanks to its high standards in clothing manufacturing, it has obtained licenses from recognized brands such as Perry Ellis International, Savane and recently, the American brand Original Penguin. Currently, Industrias Topaz has a team of almost 700 employees who work in different areas, such as the production plant, offices and points of sale. This solid and committed team is essential for the operation and constant expansion of the company.

Business challenge

In accordance with the regulations established by the Ministry of Finance of El Salvador, INDUSTRAS TOPAZ was looking for a provider that would help it implement electronic invoicing without having to make relevant modifications to its current billing system. At the same time, thanks to the accelerated growth of the company, the moment would be taken advantage of to modernize the current billing process, which consisted of issuing invoices with the manual filling out of pre-printed forms by the employees of the 31 branches distributed in the country. Then, these invoices were collected and transferred to central offices, where they were stored and manually classified by correlative and by date, occupying an important physical space in our client's office facilities.

Ricoh solution

Ricoh unleashes the potential of the processes with Ricoh Smart Flow, replacing the traditional model with electronic invoicing, allowing the client to digitalize tax documents automatically at the time they are issued, and for the invoice to be sent by email or WhatsApp to the customer of Industrias Topaz. In the recent migration to electronic invoicing, the regulations indicate that it is no longer mandatory to protect tax documents physically, Ricoh achieves a hybrid implementation, since the backup of the documents is located both on the client's local server and as in cloud.

Results

With the implementation of e-invoicing and digitization of tax documents with Ricoh Smart Flow, tax document information is now instantly transferred to the physical server and the cloud, ensuring that data is available immediately and quickly. safe way. This avoids delays in processing and ensures the integrity of the information.

Also with the modernization of the billing process, the logistical efforts and costs and risks associated with the delivery of pre-printed formats and the collection of invoices issued at the different points of sale are eliminated. Without a doubt, through our solution we have helped our client streamline their financial operations, impacting the evolution from paper invoices to electronic invoices.

Ricoh has transformed the Manufacturing Sector over the years, understanding the current need for factories to optimize their processes, save costs, better use of resources and reduce environmental impact. For this reason, Ricoh has designed a value proposition with complete and comprehensive solutions to equip offices and plants with IT Services, connect employees with clients through video collaboration solutions and unleash the potential of processes with Workflow Automation. work, digitalization and Artificial Intelligence.

To learn more information about our solutions to unleash the potential of processes, go to Ricoh Smart Flow.

Ricoh Latin America and Industrias Topaz acting together in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for a better future:

Ricoh is a global company committed to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by solving social problems through business with the sole purpose of achieving economic growth, a better planet and a better society.

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