The Scottish Government partners with ELCOM for its Purchase to Pay ( P2P ) services
The Scottish Government partners with ELCOM for its Purchase to Pay ( P2P ) services
Grant Smith , Chief Operating Officer , discusses the Scottish Government ’ s partnership with ELCOM for its P2P services as well as their future plans .
Founded in 1998 , ELCOM is a provider of supply chain solutions . The company has offices across the UK and in the US . ELCOM ’ s journey began as a hardware reseller , developing its backoffice systems with MIT in the US . That software was the beginning of ELCOM ’ s PECOS solution .
After selling the hardware business in the early 2000s , ELCOM centred its focus around its PECOS P2P solution .
Since joining the company in 2019 , Grant Smith , Chief Operating Officer and Project Director for the PECOS P2P service for the Scottish Government had significant input into the growth of ELCOM ’ s product offering into a modular end-to-end supply chain solution — which is often referred to as a spend management software-as-a-service ( SaaS ) solution .
“ The modular aspect of the solution means that the software can be deployed a module at a time , or as an entire end-to-end solution ,” says Smith .
ELCOM and its partnership with the Scottish Government
Working with the Scottish Government , ELCOM provides the software , and in conjunction with Leidos , the supporting services for the PECOS P2P shared service for the Scottish Public sector . Smith comments : “ The Scottish Government ’ s eCommerce shared service is internationally regarded as the world ’ s most successful e-procurement service , and PECOS is a core component of that service . PECOS covers the whole process from requisition through to purchase order , receipting , invoice matching , delivering catalogue content management and electronic trading .”
ELCOM and its future with the Scottish Government
Over the last 20 years , ELCOM has developed a strategic partnership with the Scottish Government . “ This partnership has resulted in innovative solutions that deliver value for the Scottish public sector , the Scottish taxpayer , and local Scottish communities .” says Smith . “ We don ’ t stand still though . We plan to work on further innovations in the form of data analytics , supplier services , supply chain funding , and the practical application of artificial intelligence that we ’ re certain will deliver even more value for the Scottish Government and the wider Scottish economy .”
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