Message-ID: <14636936.1075856564711.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:32:00 -0700 (PDT) From: shirley.crenshaw@enron.com To: stinson.gibner@enron.com, vince.kaminski@enron.com, pinnamaneni.krishnarao@enron.com, maureen.raymond@enron.com, vasant.shanbhogue@enron.com, patricia.tlapek@enron.com Subject: Reimbursement of Individually Billed Items Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Shirley Crenshaw X-To: Stinson Gibner, Vince J Kaminski, Pinnamaneni Krishnarao, Maureen Raymond, Vasant Shanbhogue, Patricia Tlapek X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Vincent_Kaminski_Jun2001_5\Notes Folders\Accounting X-Origin: Kaminski-V X-FileName: vkamins.nsf Hello all: According to the email below, we are going to have to bill your cell phone= =20 invoices to your credit cards and receive reimbursement on an expense=20 report. If you want me to do this, I will be glad to - I will just need your credit= =20 card number that you want it billed to. I think it will only have to be done on= e time and then they will automatically bill it to your card. Let me know. Thanks! Shirley ---------------------- Forwarded by Shirley Crenshaw/HOU/ECT on 06/23/2000= =20 03:27 PM --------------------------- =20 =09Enron North America Corp. =09 =09From: Corp Accounts Payable Department @ ENRON = =20 06/22/2000 06:54 PM =09 Sent by: Enron Announcements@ENRON To: All Enron Worldwide cc: =20 Subject: Reimbursement of Individually Billed Items The use of cell phones and pagers has increased dramatically in the past fe= w=20 years. As a result the Accounts Payable department has seen a rapid increa= se=20 in the number of invoices and vendors. With the higher volume, we have=20 reviewed our processes in order to continue our rapid payment cycle. Although we encourage vendors to address their invoices to individual=20 employees, they often mail invoices directly to Accounts Payable. At times= =20 they fail to list the individual who uses the pager or cell phone. In thes= e=20 cases we return the invoice to the vendor. If the employee is designated, = we=20 try to track him/her down and forward the invoice. The high level of=20 employee movement among jobs and locations at Enron has made this=20 increasingly challenging. Either way, we end up doing something less=20 productive than paying invoices. To maintain satisfactory response to our vendors and to reduce time necessa= ry=20 for research, we request that employees who have pagers, cell phones, and= =20 other individually billed items such as licenses, subscriptions, etc., pay= =20 for them by personal check or charge card (if applicable=01*payment instruc= tions=20 are usually indicated on the invoice) and request reimbursement through=20 employee expense reports.=20 By submitting these charges on your expense report, you can help us reduce= =20 the amount of time spent researching and forwarding invoices, the number of= =20 checks generated by Treasury, the number of vendors in our database, and th= e=20 turnaround time for payment of invoices. =20