Cost Distribution across hundreds of Cost Centers

Hi,

First timer to the network...

I have a situation where finance currently uses an internally developed application to upload invoices and manage approvals. As part of this process they are able to upload a spreadsheet of invoices referencing hundreds of cost centers.

We are trying to migrate this location's office supply spend onto SRM 5 and we believe there is a better way to manage this business process besides spliting costs across hundreds of cost centers in SRM. There is also a known SAP problem in SRM 5 that has been resolved in SRM 7 under SAP Note : 1387485, but we are not ready to move to SRM 7.

Can anyone recommend alternative approaches for how we can support this business process and split a single cart for multiple low-value office supplies across hundreds of cost centers supported in a location?

John