Category: (4) eTOM Process Type
Process Identifier: 1.6.15.3.2
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Maturity Level: 4
Produce a timely and accurate bill/invoice in accordance with a specific billing cycle, on demand after the purchase of an offering, on request by a party, and so forth. Ensure that a bill/invoice is reflective of the final charges for products, together with any adjustments, delivered to a party by an enterprise.
Create Party Bill Invoice produces a timely and accurate bill/invoice in accordance with a specific billing cycle, on demand after the purchase of an offering, on request by a party, and so forth. It ensures that a bill/invoice is reflective of the final charges for products, together with any adjustments, delivered to a party by an enterprise. It renders/formats a bill/invoice and verifies a bill/invoice quality prior to distribution to the process responsible for invoice production and distribution. The flow of this process can be viewed as an extension of an enterprise's e-business strategy. In this case, an enterprise would render an invoice electronically, via the Internet for example. Furthermore, this process uses a specification, defined by Establish & Maintain Party Bill Invoice Format, for formatting a bill/invoices in different ways and to achieve different publishing possibilities. The specification supports the creation of different bill/invoice formats for different publication media. The process is further responsible for splitting and re-arranging a bill/invoice for a party (particularly a party with a complex account structures) according to agreements made with a party.