Story
How Volvo Cars Runs Source to Pay on Oracle Database
Volvo Cars, a consumer discretionary organization in Sweden, uses Oracle Database from Oracle to support source to pay for procurement and AP.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Handoffs in source to pay sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Risk and compliance | Oracle Database is the governed place procurement and AP use for source to pay |
| Capability | New joiners can see how source to pay actually runs |
Story
Consumer Discretionary work at Volvo Cars spans more than one site, even when headquarters sits in Sweden. Procurement and payables was splitting across regional habits. Procurement and AP asked for a shared way to run source to pay without freezing local judgment.
Oracle (Oracle Database) is what they standardized on. Oracle delivers enterprise applications, databases, and cloud infrastructure, including Fusion Cloud ERP and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Volvo Cars uses it as the system of record for procurement and payables, with procurement and AP as the primary operators and other groups coming in through the same queue.
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