Poll Title: e-Invoicing with PO Flip

Background: We have been working to implement e-invoicing at our company, using the PO flip methodology (the information contained in the PO is flipped by the vendor to create the e-invoice). As we have gotten further into the project, our auditors and tax department have expressed concern with this due to our internal PO quality. We would like to learn about the experiences at other companies with using PO flip and how quality issues are resolved.

Poll Question: What is the status at your company of utilizing the PO flip method for e-invoicing (the information contained in the PO is flipped by the vendor to create the e-invoice)?


  We use the PO flip method and are satisfied with the quality of invoices coming back to us 17%
  We use the PO flip method and initially had issues with invoice quality coming back to us but those issues have been substantially resolved 13%
  We use the PO flip method but have issues with the quality of invoices coming back to us 17%
  We do not use the PO flip method. 54%
  Not Applicable

Poll Question: For those companies using the PO flip method, what best describes how you insure that all the critical fields on the invoice are populated?


  Initial PO quality is absolutely critical; we made sure that we had a very tight PO process before doing PO flips and therefore experience few errors 40%
  Missing or inaccurate information is corrected primarily by processors prior to releasing payment 0%
  Missing or inaccurate information is corrected primarily by vendors prior to releasing payment 20%
  Missing or inaccurate information is corrected by processors or vendors depending on the issue prior to releasing payment 20%
  Other (please comment) 20%
  Not Applicable