The Blog - Part 72

What’s the point of purchase to pay?

09 Aug 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Purchase to Pay

I wonder if it’s just me that recalls that embarrassing teenage episode when one of your friends declares their new membership of the biker club. Proudly carrying their full face helmet, they don’t volunteer that they haven’t actually managed to save enough money for the…

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Pseudo-scientists, stat whores and one trick ponies

07 Aug 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Insights

In a piece on communication from a few months ago – you can read it here – I explained why I believe that management consultancy speak it is a substitute for plain speaking. And it’s not just management consultants – analyst are much the same….

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Purchasing at its best – why great customer experience makes it easy to part with cash

03 Aug 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Procurement Best Practices, Purchase to Pay Process, Purchasing Process

I love the Apple Store – they make it so easy to part with your cash and the pleasure is only accentuated when you contrast it to the level of customer service that the banks offer.

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Patent laws stifle innovation

02 Aug 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-Procurement, e-Procurement Software

Embracing innovation is crucial in the procurement world. Peter Smith’s recent series on procurement innovation has produced some fascinating debate, but it’s not only innovation in our procurement processes that are important, we need also to be mindful of new products and new way of…

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John Deere offer accelerated invoice payment to suppliers

02 Aug 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Dynamic Discounting, News

Taulia have announced that their Dynamic Discount Optimizer solution has been chosen by John Deere to give the company’s worldwide suppliers the option to accelerate invoice payments.

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