Moving Up the Invoice Maturity Curve:
Laying the Foundation for Total Invoice
Management
Chris Rauen, Solutions Marketing Manager, Ariba
Vicky Pafk, Senior Director of Shared Services, Waste Management
Ulrik Philipson, Vice President , Global Supply Management, American Express
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#AribaLIVE
A-HA* Moment
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The invoice is here.
No requester. When to pay?
Wait for the phone call.
* Haiku Automation
#AribaLIVE
The Path to Touchless
#AribaLIVE
The Business Case for Success
It’s as easy as 1+2+3+4 = $10M /$1B in Spend
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CHALLENGE OPPORTUNITY
1. Process 60-80% cost take out – or about $1M per $1B in spend for average to large
Payables and Procurement organizations - Billentis
2. Discount $2M+ in discount savings for
every $1B in discountable spend – Aberdeen,Ariba
3. Working
Capital $2.7 million in working capital impact for every $1 billion per day of improvement of
DPO, DSO, DIO
4. Compliance $4.6M in contract leakage savings for
every $1B in spend under contract – Hackett
“4-for-1”
“1-for-1”
“2-for-1”
“3-for-1”
#AribaLIVE
Waste Management
• Revenues - $13.65B
• 44,000 Employees (North America)
• Decentralized – 1,250 operating locations
• Vendor Master – 105k Active Vendors in 2012
• Shared Services Center – Houston, TX
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North America's leading provider of
integrated environmental solutions
Accounts Payable
Card Services
Cash Applications
Fixed Assets
HR/Payroll Processing
Technology Solutions
www.thinkgreen.com
#AribaLIVE
Business Challenges
• Paper-intensive invoice process
AP – 60k paper invoices per month
PCard – 100k pcard invoices/receipts per month
• Vendor additions – not controlled by Procurement
• No visibility into contract vs. invoiced pricing
• Stand-alone PO system at Areas, not integrated with
financials
• 197 AP personnel across company
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#AribaLIVE
Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Project
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Upstream Technology Downstream Technology
Source Procure Payment and Settle
Source, Contract &
Manage
Procure Pay and Settlement
Procure-to-Pay
Spend
Analysis
Contract &
Supplier
Mgmt
Supplier
Bidding &
Selection
Catalogs
and
Requisition
Receive
Good and
Service
Supplier
Selection &
Purchase
Invoice
Receipt
Settlement
Invoice
Reconcile
• Conduct Spend Analysis
• Understand Demand
• Assess the Market
• Develop Strategy
• Negotiate and execute agreements
• Develop implementation plan
• Deploy strategic sourcing and Supplier
contract management software
• United Nations Standard Products and
Services Code (UNSPSC) categories
• Internal and external catalogs
• HR hierarchy based approvals
• Hands free purchase order processing
for pre-sourced items
• Change order control and tracking
• Automated interfaces to maintenance
systems (parts matching)
• Receiving of goods and services
• Third party EIPP vendor for invoice
handling
• Three way matching for invoice
approval
• Standard payment method for each
supplier
• Improved cash forecasting
In scope for Procure-to-Pay project
This project adds the “Procure” portion of the “Downstream Technology” process via PS e-Procurement, and also
enhances the “Pay and Settlement” portion of the process.
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#AribaLIVE
Ariba/Procure to Pay Implementation
• Ariba
Procurement Content
Ariba Network Membership
Invoice/PO Automation
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Invoice Professional
Invoice Conversion
Services (ICS)
• Rollout
Total of 17 Market Areas (US/Canada) + Corporate
May 2012 – Pilot in Pacific NW/BC Area
February 2013 – 4 Areas ‘live’
250 Suppliers Enabled (29 Catalogs) to date
#AribaLIVE
P2P PO Invoice Process
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#AribaLIVE
The Path to Touchless
© 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
WM - 2014
WM - 2012
70%
5% 10%
25% 5%
35% 50%
#AribaLIVE
Project Benefits
• Reduced procurement leakage
• Strategic sourcing / managed vendor master
• Productivity savings
• Spend analytics, supplier leverage
• Enhanced SOX controls
© 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
$20M-30M Annual Savings
#AribaLIVE
Lessons Learned
• Vendor Master clean-up!
• Document end-to-end process for Supplier Enablement
– AP and Procurement
• Supplier training / messaging
Consequences for non-compliance?
• Requestor training / messaging
• Consequences for non-compliance?
• Know your user demographics
© 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
#AribaLIVE
American Express
Overview
• Founded over 160 years ago in 1850
• Considered one of the world’s best known
and valuable brands
• No. 95 on the Fortune 500 list
• Revenue of $32 bill.; 63,500 employees
• Headquartered in New York; main Shared
Services center in Gurgaon, India
© 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
Ulrik Philipson
• Joined American Express in 2010
• Responsible for the global deployment of
Procure-to-Pay platform
• Based in New York office with teams in
Phoenix, Arizona, and Gurgaon, India
• Prior experience as management consultant
in procurement space
Questions?
© 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.

Moving Up The Invoice Maturity Curve

  • 1.
    Moving Up theInvoice Maturity Curve: Laying the Foundation for Total Invoice Management Chris Rauen, Solutions Marketing Manager, Ariba Vicky Pafk, Senior Director of Shared Services, Waste Management Ulrik Philipson, Vice President , Global Supply Management, American Express © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 2.
    #AribaLIVE A-HA* Moment © 2013Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. The invoice is here. No requester. When to pay? Wait for the phone call. * Haiku Automation
  • 3.
  • 4.
    #AribaLIVE The Business Casefor Success It’s as easy as 1+2+3+4 = $10M /$1B in Spend © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. CHALLENGE OPPORTUNITY 1. Process 60-80% cost take out – or about $1M per $1B in spend for average to large Payables and Procurement organizations - Billentis 2. Discount $2M+ in discount savings for every $1B in discountable spend – Aberdeen,Ariba 3. Working Capital $2.7 million in working capital impact for every $1 billion per day of improvement of DPO, DSO, DIO 4. Compliance $4.6M in contract leakage savings for every $1B in spend under contract – Hackett “4-for-1” “1-for-1” “2-for-1” “3-for-1”
  • 5.
    #AribaLIVE Waste Management • Revenues- $13.65B • 44,000 Employees (North America) • Decentralized – 1,250 operating locations • Vendor Master – 105k Active Vendors in 2012 • Shared Services Center – Houston, TX © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. North America's leading provider of integrated environmental solutions Accounts Payable Card Services Cash Applications Fixed Assets HR/Payroll Processing Technology Solutions www.thinkgreen.com
  • 6.
    #AribaLIVE Business Challenges • Paper-intensiveinvoice process AP – 60k paper invoices per month PCard – 100k pcard invoices/receipts per month • Vendor additions – not controlled by Procurement • No visibility into contract vs. invoiced pricing • Stand-alone PO system at Areas, not integrated with financials • 197 AP personnel across company © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 7.
    #AribaLIVE Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Project ©2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. Upstream Technology Downstream Technology Source Procure Payment and Settle Source, Contract & Manage Procure Pay and Settlement Procure-to-Pay Spend Analysis Contract & Supplier Mgmt Supplier Bidding & Selection Catalogs and Requisition Receive Good and Service Supplier Selection & Purchase Invoice Receipt Settlement Invoice Reconcile • Conduct Spend Analysis • Understand Demand • Assess the Market • Develop Strategy • Negotiate and execute agreements • Develop implementation plan • Deploy strategic sourcing and Supplier contract management software • United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) categories • Internal and external catalogs • HR hierarchy based approvals • Hands free purchase order processing for pre-sourced items • Change order control and tracking • Automated interfaces to maintenance systems (parts matching) • Receiving of goods and services • Third party EIPP vendor for invoice handling • Three way matching for invoice approval • Standard payment method for each supplier • Improved cash forecasting In scope for Procure-to-Pay project This project adds the “Procure” portion of the “Downstream Technology” process via PS e-Procurement, and also enhances the “Pay and Settlement” portion of the process. 7
  • 8.
    #AribaLIVE Ariba/Procure to PayImplementation • Ariba Procurement Content Ariba Network Membership Invoice/PO Automation © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. Invoice Professional Invoice Conversion Services (ICS) • Rollout Total of 17 Market Areas (US/Canada) + Corporate May 2012 – Pilot in Pacific NW/BC Area February 2013 – 4 Areas ‘live’ 250 Suppliers Enabled (29 Catalogs) to date
  • 9.
    #AribaLIVE P2P PO InvoiceProcess © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 10.
    #AribaLIVE The Path toTouchless © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. WM - 2014 WM - 2012 70% 5% 10% 25% 5% 35% 50%
  • 11.
    #AribaLIVE Project Benefits • Reducedprocurement leakage • Strategic sourcing / managed vendor master • Productivity savings • Spend analytics, supplier leverage • Enhanced SOX controls © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. $20M-30M Annual Savings
  • 12.
    #AribaLIVE Lessons Learned • VendorMaster clean-up! • Document end-to-end process for Supplier Enablement – AP and Procurement • Supplier training / messaging Consequences for non-compliance? • Requestor training / messaging • Consequences for non-compliance? • Know your user demographics © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 13.
    #AribaLIVE American Express Overview • Foundedover 160 years ago in 1850 • Considered one of the world’s best known and valuable brands • No. 95 on the Fortune 500 list • Revenue of $32 bill.; 63,500 employees • Headquartered in New York; main Shared Services center in Gurgaon, India © 2013 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. Ulrik Philipson • Joined American Express in 2010 • Responsible for the global deployment of Procure-to-Pay platform • Based in New York office with teams in Phoenix, Arizona, and Gurgaon, India • Prior experience as management consultant in procurement space
  • 14.
    Questions? © 2013 Ariba,Inc. All rights reserved.

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Peter Watson – pre and post ERP error and exception processing (handled between e-Invoicing and Smart Invoicing)
  • #11 Peter Watson – pre and post ERP error and exception processing (handled between e-Invoicing and Smart Invoicing)