Purchase-to-pay

Every purchase approved, tracked and auditable

Connect requisitions, approvals, ordering and invoicing in one controlled workflow – helping teams improve spend management and AP automation.

Purchase-to-pay is where policy meets day-to-day spending. Elcom connects catalogue purchasing, approvals, supplier documents and invoicing into one controlled process – supporting stronger governance, faster cycle times and clearer audit trails and more effective spend management. Whether you’re standardising buying across departments or tightening compliance, the focus is simple – the right controls without added admin.

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Controlled requisition and approvals
Clear authorisation routes with audit-ready records.

Catalogue-driven purchasing
Guide users to compliant items and suppliers.

eInvoicing and AP automation
Support digital invoicing and supplier connectivity.

Spend visibility and reporting
Track purchasing activity and improve financial oversight.

Tailored solutions
Trusted technology

Elcom’s purchase-to-pay solutions help organisations control spend while keeping processes workable for day-to-day users. Connected modules support compliant catalogue buying, approvals, invoicing and AP automation – improving visibility, audit trails and consistency across departments and sites.

Catalogue management

Manage contract lifecycles with source-to-contract visibility, central storage, renewal alerts and rapid deployment.

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PECOS Purchase-to-pay

Enable integration, streamlining and AP automation across your entire Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process.

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Peppol

Send and receive Peppol documents securely through a standards-based network.

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Doc Xchange

Receive, standardise and exchange documents securely across your AP and eTrading processes.

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Analytics

Combine disparate data into dashboards for a big-picture view of procurement, inventory and spend management insight.

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Final mile

Capture goods from goods-in to endpoint with proof of delivery.

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Who we work with

Supporting essential public services

We work across the public sector, helping organisations manage resources with clarity, compliance and confidence.

Blue light

Operational readiness, assured

Defence

Resilient, secure supply chains

Education

Consolidated spend visibility

Government

Control spend, strengthen governance

Healthcare

Procurement for clinical complexity

Housing

Controlled sourcing, compliant repairs

Justice & prisons

Procurement for secure estates

Private sector

Control and visibility, connected

Transport

Infrastructure and asset integrity

Customer Stories

Real-world results from our clients

Real-world outcomes from organisations delivering essential public services with greater clarity and confidence.

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University HospitaL Leicester

Elcom transformed our inventory management, reducing stock holding by over £2 million while improving visibility, releasing clinical time, and strengthening control across our hospitals.

The Trust automated inventory processes, reduced stock holding by over £2 million, reclaimed 2,570 clinical hours, and strengthened forecasting and operational control.

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Scottish Government

Elcom helped deliver a national e-invoicing service that improved efficiency, reduced administrative effort, and created a consistent approach across the Scottish public sector.

Since launching in 2014, the programme has processed over 172,000 invoices and delivered more than £2.3 million in transactional efficiency savings across public sector organisations.

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Humankind

By implementing Elcom’s MultiQuote solution, Humankind automated regulated spend processes, ensuring legislative compliance while reducing manual administrative burden across the organisation.

Supporting an organisation whose services reach more than 90,000 people, this shift has helped Humankind maximise value for money and re-invest funds into services.

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Bolton Council

Bolton Council partnered with Elcom to modernise community equipment services, reducing manual administration and improving stock visibility, tracking and order processing.

Used across a service managing 21,000 equipment items and more than 11,000 delivered orders, the system improved tracking, transparency and day-to-day operational efficiency.

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NHS Wales

By adopting Elcom’s integrated sourcing suite, procurement teams strengthened compliance and transparency while managing complex sourcing requirements more efficiently across Health Boards and Trusts.

The approach supported Welsh suppliers, helped keep 25% of 2023 expenditure within Wales and delivered more than £1 million in reported avoided costs.

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