The Blog - Part 32

I’m walking backwards for Christmas

09 Oct 2013 Posted by Ian Burdon in AP Automation, e-invoicing, e-Procurement, Electronic Invoicing, EU Commission, P2P Europe

In October 2008, some colleagues and I were in Brussels for a European Commission/PEPPOL session. Halfway through the morning we called our office travel agents and asked if they could book us onto earlier flights home and left. During the morning session I wrote in…

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Jack Perschke joins the Crossflow team

08 Oct 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Financial Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Finance

Crossflow Payments has made two senior appointments in as many weeks. They have just announced that Jack Perschke has joined the company as Commercial Director. Jack brings significant experience of complex commercial-led change from both his past roles with Ernst and Young’s advisory practice and his own commercial strategy business. He…

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BPO – the enabler of best practice

07 Oct 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in AP Automation, BPO

The nature of business process outsourcing has evolved and changed. In the past, it was simply about reducing cost – shipping jobs abroad where skills were cheaper. And while that rather unsophisticated body shopping model is not yet entirely a thing of the past, it…

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A key appointment at Crossflow Payments strengthens their London team

03 Oct 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Financial Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Finance

New appointments in the supply chain finance arena provide further confirmation if any was needed that this is a space to watch. Crossflow Payments, a relatively new entrant, has just announced the appointment of Tony Pinn, former Head of Supply Chain within Trade Finance at…

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Taulia to bolster their presence in Europe

01 Oct 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Dynamic Discounting

For those who don’t know them, Taulia offer one of the most compelling supply chain finance offerings around. Based on the simple concept of dynamic discounting – exchanging early payment for a discount – they help buyers and suppliers alike to better manage the cash…

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MasterCard and Basware announce new partnership

23 Sep 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in AP Automation, Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process, Supplier Networks, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Finance, Working Capital Management

On the back of the extraordinary announcements over recent weeks , MasterCard and Basware have just declared another supply chain finance deal. It’s a big deal and it’s another sign if we needed it that products and services providing working capital support to business is…

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Nipendo guarantee – too good to be true or too good to ignore?

17 Sep 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in AP Automation, Purchase to Pay

I love the way Nipendo describes itself– “the leading provider of P2P extreme platforms” – it’s like purchase to pay is a sport and Nipendo’s products are like cliff diving. I saw this description in their press release today about the Nipendo guarantee – a…

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