Invoice Manager is available to all media outlets or their designated hubs that want to send AAAA-compliant electronic invoices to DDS’ media buying organization clients. It is part of DDS’ ongoing commitment to enhance eBusiness tools industry-wide.

Reliable, Paperless Workflow
Media outlets or their hubs submit invoices to Invoice Manager over a secure Internet connection. They receive immediate acknowledgement when their files arrive in the Invoice Manager database. Invoice Manager then forwards the invoices to the DDS media buying organization clients’ EASI application. Both the media outlets and the media buyers can view invoices online and print on-demand, eliminating the need for the media outlet to retrieve and fax the paper invoice. Invoice Manager’s online archive stores all invoices for at least two years.

Online Error Checking and Audit Trail
Invoice Manager is the first application available to the industry that performs a syntax and content check on each field for every invoice record in a transmitted file. Invoices that contain invalid data are immediately returned to the sender for correction. Other systems rely on the media buying organization to perform this check, which delays reconciliation and payment. All invoices that contain valid data are routed to the DDS media buying organization clients’ EASI application. Invoice Manager provides a complete audit trail for every invoice sent or returned. In addition, a confirmation is issued to the sender for each invoice delivered to a media buying organization.

Reliable, Easy Access
Individual media outlets connect to Invoice Manager via a direct Internet connection. Third-party hubs send invoices to Invoice Manager using AAAA-compliant technology or an equivalent method agreed to by DDS MediaOcean and the hub. Media outlet holding companies that have proprietary, centralized invoicing hubs can send to Invoice Manager via the hub method as well. All connection methods require minimal setup time and no additional expenditure.