FORD change in Procurement Process 1)Old business process Purchasing/ When purchasing department wrote a purchase order, it sent a copy to accounts payables The vendor sent an invoice to accounts payables when they Vendor delivered goods Receiving When material control received the goods, it sent a copy of the receiving document Thus, the account payables received three documents from various Account senders: Purchasing order invoice and receiving document. It was Payables up to account payables to match the purchasing against the receiving document and the invoice. If they matched the department issued payment. Otherwise, an accounts payable clerk would investigate the discrepancy, hold up payment, generate documents and all in all gum p the workHUANG Lihua, Fudan University Feb., - July., 2006 FORD change in Procurement Process 1）Old business process Purchasing When purchasing department wrote a purchase order, it sent a copy to accounts payables. Vendor The vendor sent an invoice to accounts payables when they delivered goods. Receiving When material control received the goods, it sent a copy of the receiving document. Account Payables Thus, the account payables received three documents from various senders：Purchasing order, invoice and receiving document. It was up to account payables to match the purchasing against the receiving document and the invoice. If they matched, the department issued payment. Otherwise, an accounts payable clerk would investigate the discrepancy, hold up payment, generate documents and all in all gum up the works