The Blog - Part 44

Research just released reveals a new driver for electronic invoicing

05 Feb 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing, Financial Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Finance

This is an important piece of research. For the first time, independent evidence points to a rapid growth in the adoption of e-invoicing and a significant change in the motivation for implementation. A wide range of organizations, from SMEs to large global businesses were surveyed…

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Hallmark selects Taulia for dynamic discounting

04 Feb 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Dynamic Discounting, News

Taulia, the only SAP-certified SaaS platform for dynamic discounting, today announced Hallmark will provide its global supply base with Taulia’s comprehensive suite of services, including e-invoicing, dynamic discounting and supplier self-services. The largest and most successful greeting card brand in the world, Hallmark has long…

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Software selection: Who’s cool and who’s the fool?

04 Feb 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Procurement Software

Hipsters look cool. But that’s all. They’re good at it. That’s why they’re hipsters. Hipsters know how to look, how to walk, what shoes to wear, places to be seen, habits to adopt, coffee to drink, names to drop. They have a kind of fetish…

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Early payment – the new normal

01 Feb 2013 Posted by Ian Burdon in Financial Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Finance

One of the interesting things about the debates around financing models is the notion of paying “early” and the use of paying “early” as a negotiating tactic to secure a discount. The obvious question is “early” in relation to what? The answer is usually “early”…

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Technology taking on a life of it’s own in accounts payable

29 Jan 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in AP Automation, e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing

I often recall the image of the Dickensian bookkeeper when I look at an AP department. In the 19th century, ledgers were hand written with quill and ink, sometimes in triplicate, which meant doing the same things, literally, again and again. Today, we still have…

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Will the rise in peer to peer lending end in tears?

29 Jan 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Financial Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Finance

In 2012, the supply chain finance debate became louder and more relevant to more businesses. It’s been described as the perfect storm – the combination of constrained liquidity and very low interest rates means that the gradient between the business “haves” and “have nots” has…

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