The Blog - Part 6

P2P over IP – How Blockchain will Transform Purchase to Pay

12 Sep 2016 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Blockchain, Purchase to Pay

It’s been called the most important, most disruptive technology you’ve never heard of but if you haven’t heard of Blockchain, you’ll have certainly heard of its killer app – bitcoin. Blockchain, the underlying technology of bitcoin, has been attracting a great deal of attention over…

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The history of average and why we need ergonomic business processes

11 Sep 2016 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Procurement Best Practices, Procurement Process, Procurement Software, Purchase to Pay, Purchasing Process

I’ve learned over many years that when faced with a complex problem there is always a very simple solution that is wrong. There’s a standard approach to everything that will not work most of the time and one size fits all never quite fits. Relying…

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Hammer time!

19 Aug 2016 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-Procurement

What am I thinking about? Here’s a couple of clues: Big in 1990s. “Hammer time!” You got it – e-auctions. They were big – very big. They were going to transform procurement and drive prices for everything right down. But 20 years later, what happened…

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Zervant – part of the new wave of P2P and e-invoicing?

18 Aug 2016 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Electronic Invoicing, Purchase to Pay, Zervant

Just when I thought it was all getting a little boring, it looks like the world of P2P and especially e-invoicing is getting exciting again. Remember the days when something dramatic happened regularly – when Tradeshift were disrupting and OB10 were getting upset? Then Ariba…

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Purchase to Pay best practice – you can’t collaborate from an ivory tower

17 Aug 2016 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process

It can be amusing to listen to peoples’ claims of expertise. People that say they are photographers when they mean they enjoy photography. People who say they play a musical instrument when really, they just own an instrument. You’re not a photographer unless you earn…

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P2P round table – where great ideas get shared

20 Jul 2016 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Coupa, Purchase to Pay

When talented people get round a table of food, great conversations happen. Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting a round table event in London and I shared the company of a group of senior procurement and finance professionals all with a common interest…

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P.O. Flip is Flipping Flawed

17 Jul 2016 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Procurement Software, Purchase to Pay

I’m fortunate. Like most people, I’ve never been in a serious car accident but accidents do happen and seat belts save lives. I must have been on tens of thousands of car journeys and despite the fact that I’d be no worse off if I’d…

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