Date: 29.12.2025 (2025-12-29)
Daniel Tiebe (29.12.2025) Context: • https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-tiebe-26221a7/ • Flink • My message: • • Reply: •
Notes: • Notes: • Rechnungsverbuchung • Slack notifications etc. • He comes from FP&A direction -> not much AI yet • Flink: • They introduced invoice processing and matching • Rewe is main supplier for 90% of the goods -> they had an invoice matching tool -> a lot of bind booking • They have tool called Elo -> SthFusion as ERP • They introduced these tools - it was holprig and license topics - a few invoices were lost -> a senior accountant wanted to stop the process -> that he finds interesting -> they are young people and motivated • AP process currently: • it works well - high automation rate -> but based on stable supplier base -> what would help would be more intelligence • Prices: are in ERP, they have a second system facing the customer • 2nd use case: • The real lever comes when the process can be redesigned -> AP process could be a big lever • Approval process -> Bezahlstatus, flow, analytics / forecasting • Analytics / forecasting: the approval is one Zeitpunkt -> show analytics / more context data during approval side • Information to show: Budgets / Actuals; Zeitreihen; Cash Themen; Bezahlungsstatus • Support the Rückstellungsprozess • Supplier Negotiation • Provide data to negotiate • They mainly have REWE • Vertragsdatenbank -> is it always correct -> Abgleich • AI features: he is not sure; a lot of their processes is rule based • ROI for monthly closing is easy to calculate • His magic wand scenario is the higher leverage • One critic: AI helps the larger companies benefit • • Automation: • • Biggest objections / challenges in his daily life? • • Most valuable flows for him? • • Context: team setup? internal and external? • • Which tasks are the biggest pain? With magic wand -> what would he solve? • What he dreams of: an AI that tell him what to look at and why • Help him prioritise his work • Budget vs. Actuals • Data to connect: Cash Management, operational topics • • Which tasks would he focus on? • • Do they already have automations? Which ones? How well do they work? • • Which companies would he target? • • General feedback to pitch? •