CP1043-14 Accounts Payable Processing.

Descriptions

Following analysis of processes relating to the payment of manual invoices (accounts payable) and the creation of purchase orders, the Authority has identified the potential for automation of these processes to deliver efficiencies and savings across the Council. In the last financial year DCC processed 123 000 manual invoices of which only approximately 20 % had a corresponding purchase order. As part of this project DCC will enforce a ‘No PO, No Payment’ rule and will introduce the completion of goods received notes. It is anticipated that the system will enable accounts payable to be processed by a small centralised team. The system will replace the need to pass paper invoices to users across a wide geographical area. All payments will be made through the existing Finance system (FINEST). It is anticipated that the AP solution will be capable of integrating with FINEST using web services.