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MSME 45-day payment rule vs strategic vendor flexibility

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Suresh Iyer

Logistics Sourcing Manager, Flipkart

Legal wants 45-day terms everywhere, ops needs longer cycles with a few strategic suppliers. How are large enterprises balancing MSME Act compliance with real-world payment workflows in SAP?

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Kavita Nair

6 days ago·Jul 28, 2026, 4:21 PM

Ops flexibility milti hai if you pre-approve a small strategic exception list quarterly.

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Vikram Singh

7 days ago·Jul 27, 2026, 3:28 PM

We automated MSME flag from Udyam API during vendor creation. Reduced manual errors.

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Ananya Reddy

8 days ago·Jul 26, 2026, 2:35 PM

45-day clock starts from invoice acceptance, not GRN in some interpretations — clarify with counsel.

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Rahul Mehta

9 days ago·Jul 25, 2026, 1:42 PM

Legal ke saath written exception policy rakho for strategic non-MSME vendors.

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Priya Sharma

10 days ago·Jul 24, 2026, 12:49 PM

Segment vendors into MSME and non-MSME buckets with different SAP payment workflows.