The Blog - Part 44

Cloud computing and the constraints of 2006 thinking

12 Mar 2013 Posted by Ian Burdon in Cloud Computing

There remains a lot of gobbledygook talked and written about “Cloud” computing, as anyone who has been around the industry for any time is very well aware. For the most part it is a species of marketing for a particular consumption model which does not…

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The Post Office – the most compelling business case for e-invoicing

11 Mar 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in AP Automation, e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing, Financial Supply Chain Management, Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process, Supply Chain Finance

New York – the lights, the excitement, the glamor, the Post Office. A compelling argument for electronic invoicing.

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OB10 Express Payments named as innovator finalist

08 Mar 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in News

OB10 has been named as a finalist for a 2013 Innovator award in the category of Best B2B Payments Innovation for OB10 Express Payments, a unique early payment solution. One of five finalists in their category, OB10 is being recognized as a leader in the…

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Close encounters of a celebrity kind in New York

08 Mar 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Shared Services

Travel is always an adventure and I love coming home with tales to tell of unexpected encounters and once in a lifetime experiences. In New York this week, I was absolutely thrilled to find myself amongst a bunch of paparazzi at JFK waiting to shoot…

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Tradeshift – the way it looks from the Intuit side of the fence

05 Mar 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in AP Automation, Electronic Invoicing

In the fast moving space that is e-invoicing, like many other areas of business, the impressive announcements of vendors can become tiresome. Claiming customers that everyone claims – promises of new approaches and ludicrous claims about the use of bleeding edge technology that turn out…

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Coca Cola and Coupa – wall to wall P2P

01 Mar 2013 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-Procurement, e-Procurement Software, Procurement Best Practices, Procurement Process, Procurement Software, Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process

Over the years I’ve had some great ideas. I’ve had some pretty dumb ideas too. I’ve followed through on some – both the good ones and the dumb ones but most, I have to admit, have been left as just ideas. But it still gives…

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Centralized procurement and the costs of savings

01 Mar 2013 Posted by Ian Burdon in Public Sector Procurement

UK Government procurement reform is being “stifled by departments” being tardy in moving to new central contracts based on large-scale aggregation of demand. Because of a lack of enforcement of the use of centralized purchasing of goods and services maximum savings are not being achieved….

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