SIS & RA Break-out Sessions - IATA

Stakeholder Alignment
Every single person in the company who has contacts with
suppliers should know SIS
Crucial that a supplier’s point of contact within airline is aware of SIS
when supplier seeks additional information
Senior Management buy in must be obtained as early as possible
since cross global department projects need support
The departments within an airline that must be involved
proactively as early as possible are the following:
Procurement: They sign and negotiate the contracts
Finance: They want optimize the company cash flow
AR/AP: They want to streamline their processes
Business operation: They spend time validating invoices
IT: They will need to adapt the IT financial systems to process
electronic invoices
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