Royal Wedding Fever – catch it if you can
29
Apr
2011
Posted by Pete Loughlin in Electronic Invoicing, News
The world of commerce is all about the numbers. Top line, bottom line, FTEs, KPIs and ROI but, to borrow and paraphrase the words of the great Albert Einstein – not everything that counts can be counted. In London today – the streets are filled…
Palette and ReadSoft Extend Global Partnership
28
Apr
2011
Posted by Pete Loughlin in News, Purchase to Pay
Enterprise purchase-to-pay specialist Palette has extended its partnership with ReadSoft, a world leader in document process automation, to provide advanced, closely-integrated solutions to customers internationally. The partnership will integrate PaletteArena, a complete purchase-to-payment suite, with ReadSoft’s advanced document capture solutions. This will enable users to…
Electronic invoicing – what’s so important about Germany?
25
Apr
2011
Posted by Pete Loughlin in Electronic Invoicing, P2P Europe, Purchase to Pay
Those following developments on electronic invoicing will be very familiar with the news from earlier this year that the rules in Germany are about to be relaxed. From 1st July 2011 the technical requirements imposed on the use of electronic invoices in Germany will be…
Cloud Crash – an all too predicable disaster
22
Apr
2011
Posted by Pete Loughlin in Vendor Risk Management
In the last 12 months or so there has been a number of natural events that have had unpredicted consequences to business. There was the Volcano that grounded Europe and created significant disruption to some global supply chains. There was (and still is) unrest in…
Electronic invoicing – putting the risk of non-compliance in perspective
15
Apr
2011
Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing
In this video, courtesy of Ariba, Christiaan van der Valk talks about the compelling business case for e-invoicing and makes some common sense, down-to-earth remarks on the business risks associated with non-compliant electronic invoicing.
Coupa and Receivables Exchange in deal to offer access to working capital
14
Apr
2011
Posted by Pete Loughlin in Financial Supply Chain Management
Receivables Exchange announced this week that they and Coupa – the cloud based e-procurement player – have combined forces to offer small and medium enterprises greater access to working capital through the Exchange’s innovative cash flow solution. The Receivables Exchange allows suppliers to auction their…