Basware’s new purchase to pay platform – they’ve been peeking at my wish list

01 Mar 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in AP Automation, e-invoicing, e-Procurement, Financial Supply Chain Management, P2P Europe, Purchase to Pay, SaaS, Social Media, Supplier Networks, Supply Chain Finance

Basware have just made a very interesting announcement and launched Alusta, a “cloud-based platform for business-to-business transaction collaboration.” According to their announcement yesterday, Alusta (Finnish for “platform”) provides “open, centralized access to all Basware services via a scalable, secure, open collaborative commerce ecosystem for buying…

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The Oscars and the thought leadership ecosphere

28 Feb 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Social Media

I have a great deal of respect for the analyst community. They provide a valuable service, if somewhat overpriced but they have for a number of years suffered from the same problem that Hollwood suffers from. They take themselves too seriously. Jason Busch has written…

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Supply chain democracy relies on your vote

24 Feb 2012 Posted by Lars Rolf Jacobsen in AP Automation, Dynamic Discounting, e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing, Financial Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Finance

Today, we’re delighted to welcome a guest post from Lars Rolf Jacobsen – Financial Solutions Manager at Tradeshift. Size matters. Throughout history, it has always been the case that the bigger company in a relationship has all the power. And financial transactions are no exception…

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OB10 partners with Buzón E in Mexico

22 Feb 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing

OB10 have just announced an important partnership with Buzón E, a Mexican government accredited e-Invoicing solution provider. This strengthens OB10’s service in terms of both compliance and local presence. According to the press release “The partnership with Buzón E will offer OB10’s depth of knowledge in purchase-to-pay…

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