Purchase to pay process, SOX controls, segregation of responsibilities – to a business they can, and are, seen as obstacles to just getting things do. But they are a necessary evil. Without them fraud would be rife. So what are the most common purchase to…
Ready for the new year, Patrick Harbin has published and amazing 50 ways to reduce costs in accounts payable. They say about new year’s resolutions that you should ensure they are achievable so for those that think 50 major change management programs in one year…
This is how it will be read. When the European regulators produced guidelines on how bent a banana could be, there was a media frenzy. Headlines like “Europe Bans Bent Bananas” and “It’s Official – Bananas Banned by Brussels”. It was a Euromyth of course…
OB10 can make some great claims. They might like to claim to be the biggest and they’d certainly want to claim best. I think they can legitimately claim to be the first. But these superlatives are very much double edged. “First” also means oldest and…
We’ve all seen it at the airport check-in. Mr. More-Important-Than-Everyone-Else complaining about something or other. He’s late to board and they won’t let him on. Maybe he’s exceeded his luggage allowance, or, best of all, because he’s a frequent flyer, he wants an upgrade. “I…
Some great things have come out of Australia but leaving Rolf Harris and Skippy aside, passion for procurement doesn’t seem to be one of them. Why is it that Aussies don’t get as passionate as the poms about procurement? Well I’m not sure that the…
Ariba is falling behind. It’s falling behind in customer growth and it’s failing to innovate. So why has Ariba got such a rosy future?