“So the second part - P2P - follows S2C, so if someone in the organisation says ‘hey, I need a laptop’ the organisation will have some sort of catalogue of vendors already contracted which you can ‘buy now’ from. They have simply settled with the contract of, ‘this is my preferred vendor to provide me with sorts of goods’. So far, the organisation has not bought anything. After the final selection, the organisation will end up with a contract for that vendor. Then a request for proposal (RFP) will be launched for the various potential vendors selected. Then some form of spend analysis will be conducted to determine how many laptops could be required, as well as category management to understand the difference between the different providers - who’s good, who’s bad, cost etc. The first part - S2C - is somebody in your organisation will look at what the requirements are for a laptop to do a certain job it needs to have XYZ kind of specifications.

“So let's say you in your organisation every employee needs a laptop. Keeping it simple, Gupta uses the example of procuring laptops for employees to explain how these two subparts (S2C and P2P) link together to form the entire process (S2P).

When it comes to Source to Pay (S2P), Gupta explains that this term can be divided into two subparts, “one is Sourced to Contract (S2C), and the other is Procure to Pay (P2P).”

Now though, I am an analyst writing about everyone else, which is a lot of fun.” Understanding Source to Pay (S2P) I’ve also been a provider of these services, as well as a client. “I used to be a consultant for sourcing advisory looking at outsourcing and third-party vendors. Well versed in the world of procurement and sourcing, Saurabh Gupta, President of Research and Business Operations at HFS Research, has deep roots in the industry of more than 20 years in multiple verticals, including consulting, service provider and research.Ĭurrently, as President of Research and Business Operations at HFS Research, Gupta leads the overall research and advisory services at HFS Research.

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