ELECTRIUM SALES LIMITED
Company number: 02226729
Reporting period:
1 April 2021
to 30 September 2021
This report was filed on 26 October 2021
and approved by Robert James Peters
Payment statistics
Average time taken to pay invoices: 45 days
Invoices paid:
- within 30 days: 39%
- in 31 to 60 days: 19%
- in 61 days or more: 42%
Invoices due but not paid within agreed terms: 17 %
Payment terms
Shortest standard payment period
60 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 : -
60 days 43%, 30 days 11%, 90 days 11%, 7 days 2%, 120 days 4%, 96 days 1%,21 Days 1%, 14 days 1%, Payable
Immediately 2% and others 2%.
Intercompany cut-off paid immediately in the month after the month of reciept of invoice 22% .
Please note Intercompany clearing terms are available to Siemens companies only and payment method for such
terms results in clearing of such transactions without any transmission of money external to Siemens cash pool.
The payment statistics excluding the ICC transactions are as follows :-
Average time it took to pay an invoice 57 days. Split of payments 0-30 days 20%, 31-60 days 26%, 61+days 54%.
Invoices paid late 21%.
Were there any changes to the standard payment terms in the reporting period?
No
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
Early settlement discounts are applied as agreed with the suppliers and range from 1% to 3% based upon the timing
of payments. During the reporting less than 1% of the overall transactions showed pre-agreed discounts with the
suppliers.
Dispute resolution process
1) Central Accounts Payable (AP) team for payment enquiries, contact points via phone/e-mail/supplier portal.
Relevant details are on Purchase Orders. A) Tel: 0845 602 6873 b) E-mail apsupport-gbandi.in@siemens.com
2) AP liaise with supplier to obtain and process missing invoices
a) Check existing systems (scan provider/e-invoice provider/invoice process queue to see if invoice already in query
and/or returned to suppler)
3) AP liaise with suppliers to confirm payment details (past and upcoming)
4) 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