The Definitive Guide to P2P in the UK
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Automation is nothing new. We’ve had access to digitisation in some areas of end-to-end procure to pay since the 1990s. But as technology improves, the analytics we’re able to draw from our processing has the capacity to combine and form its own unique picture, delivering real-time decision making, enhanced productivity, flexibility, and agility. Automation gives us the capacity to revolutionise the way companies behave, improve, and grow. During the first half of this year at Purchase to Pay Network we've been speaking to the community and analysing trends across the UK, wrapping the findings into our flagship Annual Survey.
Since the birth of generative AI early last year, automation as a catalyst for change has gone mainstream. Within procure to pay, that power can enable insights deep into our supply chains, into our customers and out across our internal and external stakeholders, fuelling our ability to act proactively. With economic factors looming large - high interest rates, high rates of inflation, coupled with political uncertainty and the ramifications of geo-political events, organisations have been challenged control what they can.
Compliance and Mandated eInvoicing
Compliance and regulatory issues continue to influence automation rates. With some organisations making preparations for a stricter environment and the so-called UK SoX, and for those companies which have to adhere to legislation such as Duty to Report and the Prompt Payment Code, automation helps to provide certainty. This year, a quarter of our respondents pointed out that their drive towards eInvoicing came as both a part of their overall transformation drive, and because of the growth in mandated eInvoicing in other countries. However, automation is not universal, and many organisations still work in an environment where much of the processing is manual.
Collaboration as a Driver to Transformation
The importance of collaboration across teams and the rise of a person (or group of people) with oversight of the different areas of end-to-end Procure to Pay has had a wide impact on an organisation’s ability to gain visibility cross-function. With shared KPIs and regular meetings across finance, procurement, AP and treasury; siloed departments are becoming more rare. However, it’s a vanishing minority who can say that it’s a relationship that works well all the time.
For some organisations, collaboration forms part of a transformation strategy, and this year we’ve seen an increase of more than 10% of organisations looking to create one holistic Purchase-to-Pay department, something which is often reinforced by shared, interrelated KPIs.
Technology Presents Challenges
Despite the advances in processing, the traditional challenges of making payments on time and keeping track of invoices are the most prominent. But putting digitisation into that scenario comes with difficulties of its own. With some organisations managing multiple instances of ERP and a myriad of legacy solutions, as well as multiple supplier portals, it represents a complex environment.
Come and join us on 11th June, where industry expert, Alex Baulf , Vice President Global Indirect Tax & eInvoicing from Avalara and CEO Purchase to Pay Network , Ellen Leith will discuss some of these findings, their implications for us now,and the emerging trends likely to impact UK end-to-end Procure to Pay in the immediate future.
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