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Best Practices for Vendor Payments Upon Invoice Receipt

October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025

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Q. Are there Best Class processes for paying vendors upon receipt of invoice? Does the best class process include a maximum wait if the invoice is already extremely late? A. (Answered by a member of IOFM's advisory panel) We do not pay invoices upon receipt. Payments are scheduled and processed semi-monthly, on the 15th of the month, and on the 30th of the month.If an invoice is late, then payment is issued in the next scheduled payment cycle. A. (Answered by a member of IOFM's advisory…

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