The Blog - Part 92

Dolphin’s Accounts Payable Solution – Now With Dynamic Discounting

12 Jul 2010 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Dynamic Discounting, Electronic Invoicing

Dolphin and Taulia today announce a strategic partnership to unveil a fully integrated solution that includes discount management, vendor portal and an accounts payable automation and optimization solution for the SAP environment. The SAP-certified solution enables corporations to reduce total spend, improve supplier relationships and…

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Spend Analysis – the Key to Managing Through A Recession

09 Jul 2010 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Procurement Best Practices, Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process, Spend Analysis, Vendor Risk Management

What gets measured gets managed. It’s a slightly tired truism but it’s very relevant to Purchase to Pay and, sadly, often overlooked. Most P2P (Purchase to Pay) projects are justified as a means to reduce cost. They introduce efficient processes that allows purchasing payment and…

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P2P – The Uncomfortable Truth Revealed by Basware Research

08 Jul 2010 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process, The Rest

Companies across the globe are missing out on the opportunity to make huge financial savings by introducing efficiencies in accounts payable. There’s nothing new in that. But it’s not just the opportunity to save cash by using P2P efficiencies that is being missed. Current practices…

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Global Sourcing – Think Global. Act Local

06 Jul 2010 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Global Sourcing, Vendor Risk Management

The supply chain world is changing. The disruption in Europe recently caused by the grounding of aircraft as a result of the volcano in Iceland; the soaring labor costs in Asia and the far East; the green and ethical agenda that has taken hold in…

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Purchase to Pay – So You Think You’re World Class?

05 Jul 2010 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process, The Rest

Whatever stage of P2P maturity your organisation is at, it is almost certainly not world class. You see, you might be good. You might even be very good but you’re never as good as you could be. That’s why it’s good sometimes to know how…

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Purchase to Pay – All Talk and No Communication

18 Jun 2010 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process

Whenever I hear professionals using jargon, I’m reminded of the story about the newcomer to the monastery. The new monk is enjoying getting to know his surroundings and learning the customs of his new communal life. After dinner on his first evening, one of the…

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e-invoicing with sex appeal

11 Jun 2010 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Dynamic Discounting, Electronic Invoicing, Sustainability

It takes several iterations of a good idea and a bit of sex appeal before it catches on. The iPhone wasn’t the first multifunctional device – it was just the first on the market to package everything up into an object of desire. I clearly…

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