Dear Business Partner,
1. We, Unilever Asia Private Limited (“UAPL”), have high regards of you as our business partner. In order to serve you better especially in respect of paying your invoices on time, we are introducing a new electronic process to receive and access your invoices. This new process is called Digitised Invoicing and aims to leverage the Electronic-way-of-working and enhance operational efficiencies and also as part of a continuous process improvement to service each other better.
2. Digitised Invoicing is a process where by your invoices will be sent to UAPL in electronic format such as Portable Data Format (PDF) or as scanned images file format ( in JPG, TIFF or GIF only), via an internet Portal called the Vendor Portal. This electronic invoicing approach is to fully leverage the immense efficiencies and capabilities in this day and age of Electronic-Way-of-Working.
3. We would like to invite you to participate in our new Digitised Invoicing process and make use of the Vendor Portal which we are launching to serve as a communication platform between us and as your gateway to submit your digital invoices to us electronically.
4. We believe that by pursuing Digitised Invoicing via Vendor Portal, we can speed up our payment processing to always pay you on time. This new way of working using Electronic Invoice processing will continue to evolve to become more refined to better reflect the business and practical needs of ourselves and our business partners.
5. Accordingly and to operationalise the new process design, we request that your invoices addressed to UAPL regarding goods and/or services supplied to UAPL are submitted in the Vendor Portal as Portable Data Format (PDF) or scanned image (file formats JPG, TIF and GIF only). (See notes in paragraph 8 for further details)
6. Please note, that our Accounts Payable (AP) Helpdesk will be your single point of contact for any queries regarding payment status for invoices. The AP Helpdesk can be contacted at Finance.AP.UAPL@Unilever.com at +6566227359.
7. Please note the following Digitised Invoicing requirements:
I. The image/PDF quality of the invoices that you submit to us should be such that all the information captured is complete in its entirety and with a level of accuracy that ensures that no relevant information is lost or altered in any way. Also, image quality should allow the image/PDF to be printed in the exact same format/layout as it is viewed electronically.
II. An electronic tax invoice issued and sent to UAPL may be used by UAPL as evidence of your official tax invoice and in any matters relating to or arising from the status of a tax invoice, & you hereby agree to the authenticity & accuracy of such electronic tax Invoices. We respect and adhere to the Local country Laws and regulations with regards to accounting, Tax documentation & compliance. We request that you also ensure continuous compliance with the prevailing statutory requirements of your country. Compliance with your Local country Legal & Tax requirements shall continue to be your responsibility. In this matter please refer to the applicable Legislation in your country.
III. One of the main objectives of the digitized Invoicing launch is to ensure receipt of Invoices as soon as the document is generated. However, with the current paper copy process it would not be possible to have the Invoice receipt as soon as they are generated. In order to achieve this main objective, we would require your Invoices be submitted as soon as they are raised. As a control measure, going forward the credit terms for the Invoices will be calculated from Invoice submission date and not from Invoice date.
8. In a separate communication, you will be provided with the user access details to the Vendor Portal which we will set up for you to upload your invoices. An introductory presentation to the Vendor Portal is provided along with this agreement.
9. Please complete and sign this letter below and return to us at uaplvmd@in.ibm.com
10. We look forward to your participation and thank you in advance in supporting us and trust that we will continue to prosper and grow together.
For and On behalf of Unilever Asia Private Limited
Kiatteng Ong, Finance Manager UAPL
Dated: Monday, 14 January 2015
Supplier Acknowledgement/Acceptance:
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We _____________________________ hereby agree with the contents of the above letter including paragraph 7(II & III) above.
Signed for and on behalf of ________________________________
Name: ______________________________________________
Designation: _________________________________________
Date: _______________________________________________
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