What you'll learn

The purchase to pay process and why it is so important to manage spend in an organisation

How supplier payments are handled and how they should be linked to upfront approvals

The importance and approach to procurement training, to ensure users are well equipped

Catalogues, shopping carts, electronic purchase orders and other concepts

Different types of spend compliance and why its important to use these to improve procurement

Different ways of matching documents to control the purchase to pay process

What a limit order is and how it is used for commodities which cannot be catalogued

The importance of the purchase order number and why the supplier must quote it on their invoices

Centralised buying can be more efficient, especially when employees are too busy to use purchasing systems

How a central payments department receives invoices and makes payments using automated invoice scanning

Why its important to link procurement system access to user training certification

Requirements

There are no course requirements of prerequisites

Description

"Great course introducing the fundamentals of Procurement through to payments" - Yash

"Quick and easy to understand, course instructor knowledgeable about content." - Vernicia

"The author of the course has a good practical experience that is well used during the course sections" - Mira

Learn how companies manage the crucial purchase to pay process in their operations and why it is so important for global supply chains. Take your procurement knowledge to the next level by understanding all the key concepts of operational procurement and how they can be improved to manage spend and compliance. An introductory whiteboard lesson explains all the key concepts you need to know about purchase-to-pay in one place. There is a handy workbook that you can use to capture all the learnings and apply what you have learnt so that you can take your performance to the next level. There's also an overview lesson which I teach from a whiteboard so you have the all the key concepts explained in one place before you go into the detailed lessons.

This course covers:

How purchasing spend is either channel or supplier compliant

Catalogues, how they are managed and why they are an important part of e-procurement

Supplier portals, electronic purchase orders and invoice verification

What UNSPSC means and why it is a common system of product classification

How mature purchasing activity usually shows an increase in the number of purchase orders

What a limit order is and how it is used for commodities which cannot be catalogued

Training procurement users using either project based or business as usual methods

Why its important to link procurement system access to user training certification

The importance of the purchase order number and why the supplier must quote it on their invoices

Purchase order header and line item information

Three way matching and two way matching and how document cross checking controls purchasing

Centralised buying can be more efficient, especially when employees are too busy to use purchasing systems

Good practice requires the efficient tracking and management of goods distribution from supplier to customer

How a central payments department receives invoices and makes payments using automated invoice scanning

This is one of the most comprehensive overviews of the full purchase to pay value chain. Take advantage of having all these concepts clearly explained for you to gain the insights you need to gain procurement mastery.

Who this course is for:

Anyone with an interest in supply chain or procurement and purchasing

Employees that are involved in purchasing who want to manage their company's money better

People who wok in suppliers of purchasing organisations