The Blog - Part 56

Supply chain finance – a strategy for procurement – a new white paper from Purchasing Insight and Taulia

10 Jul 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in The Rest

Most procurement people would describe their role in terms of getting the best prices, managing supplier risk ensuring certainty of supply. But it’s more than this. If you can get the best price but the logistics costs are extortionate then it’s not the best cost…

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Never mind the engine, dig the groovy fins

09 Jul 2012 Posted by Ian Burdon in e-Procurement Software

When it comes to e-procurement, the proper concerns of supporting and enabling Procurement have been put to one side in the excitable chatter and discussion of the technology. The signal gets lost in the noise. It’s like going to a showroom where the salesmen and…

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Fast Track to e-invoicing – another innovation from Tradeshift

03 Jul 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing, News

Tradeshift are known for their disruptive technology approach. Launching their free-to-suppliers network in 2010, other players have since followed suit and now, they’re making it easy for buying organization too.

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I’ve banned the word “meeting”. And I’m going to ban the word “data” next

02 Jul 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-Procurement

A meeting is not what you do. It is the forum in which you do something. You discuss problems in order to develop a plan to resolve them. You provide updates on progress of a project in order to gain approval to move to the…

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The Order to Cash business case for e-invoicing

29 Jun 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing

The business case for e-invoicing is normally measured from the perspective of the accounts payable process in the buying organization. Indeed, it is often said that most if not all of the benefits are stacked in the buyers favor – it’s the buyers that get…

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e-procurement in Europe – why PEPPOL cannot address the fundamental economic realities

28 Jun 2012 Posted by Ian Burdon in e-Procurement, P2P Europe

In my recent article, “e-wheels on my Wagon” I explained why I think PEPPOL is a decade behind the curve. Actually, I want to go further than that and explain why PEPPOL fails to address one of its primary targets – stimulating cross-border trade, particularly…

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e-wheels on my wagon – why the e-procurement debate is at least ten years behind the curve

26 Jun 2012 Posted by Ian Burdon in e-Procurement

At the recent PEPPOL conference in Rome I tweeted, in a fit of mischief and ennui, that the discussion seemed to me to be at least 10 years behind the curve. All it needed was a blinding flash of light and Michael J Fox climbing…

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