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A new professional association born of the roll-up of four existing groups was unveiled yesterday at its annual conference and trade show: Fusion 2011, taking place this week in Orlando. The Institute of Financial Operations is the coalition of International Accounts Payable Professionals (IAPP), International Accounts Receivable Professionals (IARP), the National Association of Purchasing & Payables (NAPP), and The Association for Work Process Improvement (TAWPI).

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. Royal WeddingIn London today - the streets are filled with people from all over the world - from the United States, from Germany, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and Brazil as well as all corners of the British Isles - all coming together to celebrate the wedding of a young couple. It's an unparalleled media event - The Mall is swarming with news readers, surrounded by revelers, somehow maintaining a degree of dignity as they report to the folks back home the party atmosphere. Good Morning America broadcast live from London. The feel good factor is palpable. Even a miserable old git like me that hand on heart believes the monarchy to be an anachronism that's unlikely to survive long enough to see Charles on the throne never mind William, is prepared to put his cynicism to one side to celebrate a great day. We may be in the middle of a recession but even that can't dampen the enthusiasm of the crowds. And after the excitement settles down it will be back to the numbers. The impact on the British economy of having four public holidays in two weeks. The money spent on security and the cost of clearing up.

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 achieve rapid, significant cost savings and efficiency gains by automating their supplier invoice and sales order processing, from scanning through to approval and archiving.

February 2010 – Stena Line, the leading ferry operator, has streamlined and optimised its financial management across the company’s operations in Europe using PaletteInvoice, the advanced, web-based invoice automation solution from enterprise purchase-to-pay specialist Palette.