Procurement and Accounts Payable Project Team

Generated By: SC
Sponsor: Dennis Corliss
VSM Manager:

Description: Value Stream Map (VSM) the P/O and A/P processes from end-to-end, i.e. from purchases initiation to checks are cut and mailed. Price-Waterhosue-Coopers (PWC) found (in MDOL’s 1998 study) that “DOL Accounts Payable struggles to function through the lack of automation, and current manual processes cold be streamlined dramatically without new technology.”

Although much work has been done recently to streamline these processes, to date nothing (a) end-to-end deliberately involving the P/O has been done. (b) The work to date has assumed that OAS has a problem. Although there are some OAS exclusive problems, there are also some more fundamental problems involving P/O (Department wide) that, when addressed, will greatly improve efficiency, effectiveness and customer satisfaction (both external and internal customers).

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VSM Team:
DENISE POTVIN - BES
BOB GRANT - OAS
TRACY JEWELL - OAS
ANNA MARIN - OAS
DIANA OLORE - OIP
DIANNE FARRAR - BES
ANDY DROUIN - BES
DENNIS CORLISS - OAS
PATSY HANNAN - BUC
Total # of Team 9