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Automating payments and bookkeeping at Plantasjen. Streamlining financial processes in the retail Industry.
We think Aritma are true professionals who have a real talent at automating and streamlining our accounting processes
Plantasjen is the leading garden center chain in the Nordic region, specializing in plants, gardening supplies, and outdoor living products. With numerous stores across Norway, Sweden, and Finland, Plantasjen offers a wide range of products for garden enthusiasts and homeowners.
Plantasjen experienced significant growth, opening more stores and increasing sales, which led to a major increase in accounting tasks. They needed to manage this without expanding their finance department, necessitating a shift from manual work to automation.
Monika Mellum, Plantasjen’s Group Accounting Manager, explains that Plantasjen sought to automate the bookkeeping process for card transactions across all their physical payment terminals. They implemented automatically recorded receipts and payment processing fees, easing their workload significantly. In 2019, when Plantasjen switched accounting systems to better meet their logistics and goods handling needs, they found the new system less user-friendly and efficient. To maintain the level of automation and efficiency they had grown accustomed to, they decided to continue working with Aritma.
Aritma provided crucial solutions to automate Plantasjen's finances and accounts. This included Aritma Pay that automates payments, receipts, and card transaction recording across stores and online. Additionally, Aritma implemented an automatic reconciliation solution, Aritma Commerce, that significantly eased Plantasjen's workload, especially for handling transactions from over 130 stores with multiple payment terminals.
The solutions integrated smoothly with Plantasjen’s systems, even after they switched accounting systems in 2019. Plantasjen continued to use Aritma’s reconciliation software because it met their complex needs better than the new ERP system’s built-in tools:
"The reconciliation program for the new ERP system just wasn’t up to our complex needs. As a result of this and based on our previous satisfaction with Aritma, we opted to retain their reconciliation solution. Since Aritma’s products support the vast majority of ERP systems, this was easily done – and the rapid onboarding process meant the transition was smooth", Mellum says.
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Aritma's automation solutions saved Plantasjen considerable time and reduced manual errors in their accounting processes. The automation allowed Plantasjen to maintain efficient and user-friendly financial operations even as their business expanded, without needing to increase staff.
"It was invaluable having a partner standing by who already knew us well and had previously provided us with such great help and support", Mellum says.
The partnership with Aritma was highly valued, as it provided consistent support and significantly streamlined Plantasjen’s day-to-day accounting tasks.
"We have been very satisfied. We think Aritma are true professionals who have a real talent at automating and streamlining our accounting processes. Their solutions have saved us ample time and resources, significantly reducing manual and unnecessary efforts."
Monika Mellum, Group Accounting Manager at Plantasjen, emphasized that without Aritma’s solutions, their work would be far more labor-intensive, particularly in reconciling accounts. The collaboration led to increased efficiency, resource savings, and reduced manual effort.
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Aritma AS is a licenced PSD2 provider through the Norwegian Financial Authority (Account Information Service Providers).
