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SIEMENS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Company number: 00727817
Reporting period:
1 October 2018
to 31 March 2019
This report was filed on 29 April 2019
and approved by Angela Noon
Payment statistics
Average time taken to pay invoices: 26 days
Invoices paid:
- within 30 days: 69%
- in 31 to 60 days: 11%
- in 61 days or more: 20%
Invoices due but not paid within agreed terms: 15 %
Payment terms
Shortest standard payment period
0 days
Longest standard payment period
120 days
Standard payment terms
The payment terms are assigned by the Business units on a case by case basis. Payment terms usage in the period is as follows :-
Inter-company clearing transactions paid immediately 57% . Note Inter-company clearing terms are available to Siemens companies only and are cleared via cash pooling without transmission of money.
3rd party payment terms 60 days 18% , 90 days 9% , 30 days 7% , 0 days 3% , 96 days 3%, 45 days 1% , 75 days 1% . 120 days is the longest payment term in use and has an occurrence of less than 1% of total transactions in the period
KPI's excluding ICC clearing) are stated as follows: Average days to pay : 57 days, Payment timing 0-30 days 24%,31-60 days 27%,61 days plus 49% Late invoices : 29%
Were there any changes to the standard payment terms in the reporting period?
Yes – Changes were made to payments terms assigned to suppliers on a case by case basis
Were suppliers notified or consulted about these changes before they were made?
Yes – Suppliers were consulted in such changes verbally and both via email and post.
Maximum contractual payment period agreed
120 days
120 Days is the standard term used for projects with a long term and agreed on a case by case basis . Includes Foreign suppliers with payments in Letters of Credits etc.
Any other information about payment terms
N/A
Dispute resolution process
1) Central Accounts Payable (AP) team for payment inquiries, contact points via phone/e-mail/supplier portal. Relevant details are on Purchase Orders.
- Tel: 0845 602 6873 b)
- E-mail apsupport-gbandi.in@siemens.com
2) AP liaise with supplier to obtain and process missing invoices
3) Check existing systems (scan provider/e-invoice provider/invoice process queue to see if invoice already in query and/or returned to suppler)
4) AP liaise with suppliers to confirm payment details (past and upcoming)
5) AP liaise with approvers to release overdue invoices for payment
5) Special team deals with ‘final demand’ cases and legal notices
Other payment information
Has this business signed up to a code of conduct or standards on payment practices? If so, which?
For example, signatories to The Prompt Payment Code must commit to paying 95% of their invoices within 60 days.No
Does this business offer e-invoicing in relation to qualifying contracts? This is where suppliers can electronically submit and track invoices. It’s not just allowing suppliers to email them an invoice.
Yes
Does this business offer supply chain finance? This is where a supplier who has submitted an invoice can be paid by a third-party finance provider earlier than the agreed payment date. The business would then pay the finance provider the invoiced sum.
Yes
Under its payment practices and policies, can this business deduct sums from payments under qualifying contracts as a charge for remaining on a supplier list?
No
During the reporting period, did the business deduct sums from payments as a charge for remaining on a supplier list?
No