The Blog - Part 9

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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Brexit to cost the NHS £1 billion a year

14 Jul 2016 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Public Sector Procurement

Procurement professionals in the UK’s National Health Service have their work cut out. The effect of Brexit on the NHS is going to cost an estimated £1 billion per annum according to Colin Cram, a veteran of Public Sector procurement in the UK. Speaking at…

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Invoiceware International acquired by Sovos

12 Jun 2016 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Electronic Invoicing

Sovos Compliance, a global leader in tax and business-to-government compliance software, announced today that it plans to acquire Atlanta- and Sao Paulo-based Invoiceware International, expanding the company’s capabilities in Latin America and adding the industry’s only solution for handling electronic invoicing and fiscal reporting in…

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