How Trivium Packaging Cut TP Documentation Time by 80% with Aibidia

That vision came to life when they partnered with Aibidia, the only platform providing a connected ecosystem for end-to-end transfer pricing automation. For finance and tax teams, this means full control over their TP processes while saving time for strategic priorities, a capability that Trivium Packaging relies on across its global operations.

Trivium Packaging, a global manufacturer of metal packaging solutions operating in 20+ countries, has embraced Aibidia TPDoc and Benchmarking services to transform its transfer pricing processes. We spoke with their Global Transfer Pricing Manager to learn how their tax teams are driving value using Aibidia since 2023.

“In the past, preparing a documentation could take anywhere from two to five working days — and in some cases, when we had to wait for data from other teams and deal with back-and-forth reviews with external advisors, it could stretch to as long as six weeks. With Aibidia, I can finalize a simple documentation in a few hours. That’s easily an 80% time saving compared to our old process.” - Bence Mátyás

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From Compliance Gaps to Consistent, Scalable Processes

Fragmented data made documentation a time-consuming process for the Trivium Packaging team. “In some cases, it took us up to six weeks to create a single local file,ˮ explains Bence. Requests to local controllers, combined with coordination with external advisors, often involved weeks of back-and-forth communication, with figures being checked and rechecked before progress could be made. This process created compounding inefficiencies: endless email exchanges, complex Excel files requiring formulas to link sheets, and hours of manual formatting.

Lack of scalability was another major challenge. As Bence emphasized, many of their legal entities had similar profiles, so ideally they should only need to duplicate local/master files and update dates, company codes, and entities. But their manual processes and reliance on external advisors meant creating each file from scratch for all 20+ entities.

With Big 4 experience, Bence could build templates to speed duplication, but without centralized data, these templates can not address the fundamental challenges of scale, visibility, or control - problems that Aibidia TPDoc is designed to solve.

Additionally, in the past, considering the time and effort required for one entity, the company had to prioritize compliance tasks for higher-risk entities. Recognizing that the existing tools and processes created silos between documentation and benchmarking, Bence saw the value of a platform like Aibidia, which provides a connected ecosystem for data and processes, cutting costs while strengthening audit defensibility.

And that's exactly what they found in Aibidia, as Bence, states:

"What I really like about Aibidia is that I can input transactions and instantly see them from both sides: group, deliverer, recipient, which makes gaps and errors obvious. It's also helped local teams understand exactly what data we need and build repeatable processes to collect it."

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Freeing Time for Strategic Work Through Transfer Pricing Automation

For Bence, who handles TP documentation across all of Trivium Packaging's entities, the transformation has been significant. The previous process was painful:

"We often had to review documents 3-4 times to ensure accuracy, which was time-consuming and manual."

By cutting TP documentation time and bringing the process in-house rather than outsourcing to advisors who, in his words, ‘do not know our company 100%,ʼ Bence has reclaimed hours for high-value work.

Today, he leverages the time reclaimed through the Aibidia platform to drive process optimization. He is exploring how data is collected across the business and refining segment creation for better reporting, ensuring the TP process runs smoothly and efficiently.

With the data now centralized and structured through the Aibidia platform for strategic decision-making, Bence is using these insights to raise internal awareness of the importance of transfer pricing and inter-company transaction management across the business.

The contrast is clear:

With Aibidia, the output is accurate, consistent, and error-free. I no longer spend hours on reviews, I now spend time on strategy.ˮ - Bence Mátyás

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Scaling Transfer Pricing Process Across Global Operations with Aibidia

Trivium Packaging implemented Aibidia to create an efficient, automated transfer pricing process with TPDoc and Benchmarking. Instead of spending over €10,000-15,000 per entity on documentation, Aibidia allows Trivium Packaging to scale the number of entities covered at a predictable cost while maintaining in- house control. This has strengthened their financial forecasting and risk mitigation, while also building a foundation for future growth.

Bence sees this as just the beginning. Looking ahead, the team envisions using Aibidia to:

• Achieve full global TP coverage, expanding from 18 to all 25+ entities, ensuring consistent compliance across the organization
• Enable strategic focus, freeing up tax and TP professionals to work on process improvement, risk mitigation, and business insights.
• Drive operational efficiencies and better reporting, using centralized data to support informed decision-making.
• Create full visibility over intercompany activity, building a centralized, comprehensive process for transparency and control.
• Proactively manage audit risk, leveraging robust benchmarking to withstand increasing tax scrutiny.

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Key takeaway: Aibidia Platform, with TPDoc and Benchmarking, is more than a compliance tool - itʼs a strategic platform that combines automation, AI, and global scalability, turning transfer pricing from a regulatory challenge into a driver of business value

Reflecting on the team behind Aibidia, Bence says:

“They offer the highest level of customer support and are a spirited team eager to help.ˮ