Orth explains that all invoices and purchase orders now go through the system , a vital requirement when considering the company ’ s choice of tool . “ We had to link the Source-to- Pay tool with our existing SAP landscape ,” he recalls . “ In SAP we keep all the financial and organisational data – all the activity around Source-to-Contract ( S2C ), Procureto-Pay ( P2P ) and all the different volume models we manage in Ivalua ( S2C – eSourcing , performance management and contract management . P2P – purchase requisition , purchase order , goods receipt and invoicing ). The payment process happens in SAP so we need separate interfaces . To make it more complex , our fleet organisation decided to use another tool called Maximo for stock management and spare parts at the airports . This can also be integrated into Ivalua because Maximo has a procurement function allowing staff at the workshops to avoid switching systems .”
Orth explains Source-to-Contract is also used to prepare for new industry standards from 2019 when all leasing and rental contracts have
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