David Cole wrote: > RPOs, POs and invoices are all necessary parts of the A-P process, > and the better a vendor understands, cooperates with and *assists* in > the process, the more often: > - The licensing will be renewed on time, > - Payment will be made on time, > - And licensing keys will be updated on time.
My experience some years ago with a vendor well known to this list was that our A-P department took the view that a "net 30" contract meant they should pay 30 days after receipt of the invoice, and not a day earlier. The vendor took the view that they would send out the new licence key upon receipt of payment. Needless to say, this almost always meant that we had to request emergency keys to tide us over. Now as an ISV employee, I see many Fortune 500 companies that have A-P departments who, as a matter of policy, push the limits much further, and more often. I think a decoupling of the keys issue and the payments is called for, and indeed in the real world this happens much of the time. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
