Build a SIPOC for procure-to-pay
Build a SIPOC that defines ERP procure-to-pay boundaries before detailed design.
The procure-to-pay team is debating invoice exceptions before agreeing where the process starts, which inputs must be clean, and who consumes the output. SIPOC: Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers Teams often list activities and call it process design, but the missing supplier/input and output/customer columns are where ERP ownership problems hide. Supplier Name who provides the process inputs: requesters, vendors, warehouse receiving, contract owners, item master stewards. Suppliers are not only external vendors. Internal teams supply data, approvals, receipts, and policies the ERP process depends on. Input List inputs the process needs: approved purchase need, vendor master, item master, contract…
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