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IDEAS Supplier Relationship Management

Navigate the International Payment Process with Built-In Experience

Supplier Relationship Management is a unique multi-currency solution for international procurement and accounts payable operations.  Users in more than 60 countries rely on IDEAS to manage in-country and cross border payments, local purchase tax and withholding compliance and around the globe imaged-based invoice approval processing.

IDEAS Supplier Relationship Management provides a comprehensive procure to pay solution for multi-national operations.

 Supplier Relationship Management modules include:

  • Requisitioning
  • Purchasing
  • Accounts Payable and Electronic Banking
  • Purchase Taxes and Tax Withholding Management

IDEAS Supplier Relationship Management enables you to:

Record the Business

  • Import AP invoices electronically
  • Reconcile cash accounts by electronic bank interface
  • Scan invoice images and attach to transactional data
  • Interface to electronic payment and cash management systems
  • Automatically generate recurring invoices
  • Process inter-company payables with automated accounting
  • Prepare checks including amount in words in the local language
  • Process inter-company payables with automated accounting
  • Partially pay invoices, void checks and reinstate invoices
  • Automatically calculate due dates and discount amounts
  • Automatically generate recurring invoices
  • Establish types of purchase documents including purchase orders,  service orders and contracts
  • Automatically incorporate standard clause text into the purchase order
  • Automatically convert requisitions received into purchase orders or contracts
  • Purchase in a currency other than the currency in which requisitioned
  • Consolidate multiple requisitions into a single purchase order
  • Prepare purchase orders in any currency
  • Process multiple invoices per purchase order

Manage the Business

  • Customize purchase order forms through the Purchase Document Form Designer
  • Process and control master agreements with blanket purchase order features
  • Track amendments to purchase orders
  • Control the procurement process through senior buyer approval
  • Track documents through comprehensive reporting and inquiry
  • Ensure appropriate payment to supplier by invoice matching and tolerance checking
  • Comply with local requirements for value added and withholding taxes
  • Capture, monitor and record use tax and other incremental taxes
  • Reconcile cash accounts by electronic bank interface
  • Interface to electronic payment and cash management systems
  • Interface to laser check printing systems
  • Identify duplicate invoices
  • Project cash requirements based upon selected criteria
  Business Benefits  
 

With IDEAS Supplier Relationship Management your company can:

  • Automate manual processes performed in spreadsheets
  • Capture, control and report vendor activity for government compliance
  • Facilitate the approval process through web enabled approval processing
  • Capture, control and report vendor activity for government compliance
  • Capture and report VAT and withholding taxes
  • Analyze current and historical data by vendor or transaction
  • Speed data entry through user defined account distribution codes
  • Process multiple entities and multiple currencies
  • Maintain detailed vendor information and history
 
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