The Blog - Part 91

Spend Analysis Payoff

18 Jan 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-Procurement, Spend Analysis, The Rest

A significant amount of effort – and money – is spent by procurement organisations on spend analysis. It’s a complete no brainer. Without understanding what you spend, how can you begin to manage it. Knowledge is power. What gets measured gets managed. All true of…

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Grant Thornton Chooses Palette for Hosted Invoice Management Service

18 Jan 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Electronic Invoicing, Financial Supply Chain Management, P2P Europe, Purchase to Pay

One of the leading financial and business advisers, Grant Thornton Sweden, has deployed an invoice processing solution from enterprise purchase-to-pay specialist Palette as the backbone of its internal and hosted electronic invoice management (EIM) service. Grant Thornton Sweden is one of the leading financial and…

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When the Cloud Becomes Smog

16 Jan 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Cloud Computing

When I want to read in bed, I press a button and a light goes on. When I want to fry an egg, I turn the dial on my stove and it gets hot. When I want to take a shower – I just do…

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P2P Perspectives – Why Procurement and Finance Need Each Other

10 Jan 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Purchase to Pay

Purchase to Pay is crucial to making promised savings a reality. A great promised saving for a particular procurement category is worthless if you can’t prevent people in your organization going off piste when it comes to purchasing. And a great supplier relationship will be…

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Electronic Invoicing – The Green Options

06 Jan 2011 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Electronic Invoicing

Interviewed at the Accounts Payable Summit in London late last year, Pete Loughlin described the importance of taking the environmental impact of paper invoices seriously. But is it quite as clear cut as all that?

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Electronic Invoicing – Top Ten Tips To Choosing a Partner

21 Dec 2010 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Electronic Invoicing

Electronic Invoicing – Choosing the Right Partner Make no mistake – you’re not buying a solution – you’re buying into a partnership. Electronic invoicing has some major challenges: technical challenges; legal and tax challenges and commercial challenges. The success of an e-invoicing project is highly…

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No PO – No Pay – No Exceptions

20 Dec 2010 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Purchase to Pay, Purchasing Process

When attempting to enforce a Purchase to Pay policy getting suppliers on your side is one of the most effective measure you can take. When suppliers buy into your P2P processes, you’re halfway there.

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