To standardize of vendor invoice process within MEAP and centralize the coding path of vendor invoice to KL RAC AP team from 1 May 2014 onward, we would like to request that the vendors (including freight vendors) to mention the PO number or Cost Centre number on the face of their invoice, this will in turn help the RAC coders to code the invoice to the correct and appropriate cost centres for manager approval within SAP AP workflow.
The benefit of providing the information upfront includes:
1. Requesting vendors to be delivered centrally, ensuring invoices are processed into SAP on a timely basis;
2. Ensuring pertinent information is on the invoice, ensuring invoices are processed correctly first time;
3. Overall reduction in invoice rejections due to incorrect cost center coding.
We need your assistance to inform all our vendors to mention the PO number or Cost Centre on the face of all the invoices that they submit to Baker Hughes for payment processing, this will also help us in avoiding any duplication of work. Going forward if any invoices received without any cost centres mentioned will not be accepted for scanning & payment processing.
However, there will be time where vendor can’t provide with Cost Centre, i.e., multiple Cost Centre on the same invoice, invoices that required rebilling etc, the admin/operation/procurement team will have the invoices sent to them first to indicate the Cost centre on invoices, follow by sending the invoice to Bangkok AP scanning team.
Attached is the list of Cost Centres for Thailand (Company 5010, 5515, 5430) and Myanmar (Company 5490), in case if there is any clarification required on the usage of Cost Centre you can contact FP&A or EFO.