supply chain finance Tag

14 Oct

Posted at 15:33h in e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing, Financial Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Finance by
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Tradeshift are an enigma. Their revenue model may have you perplexed. Their tagline "Shift Happens" might raise an eyebrow and their animation for the launch of their Instant Payment offering - well is isn't exactly Pixar. But don't let it fool you. Behind the enigmatic facade of Tradeshift is a brave business model - a business model that is going to fundamentally change the rules of supply chain finance. And this week, I spoke to Tradeshift's charismatic CEO, Christian Lanng, who, in his own words, began to "reveal the riddle that is Tradeshift"

05 Jun

Posted at 06:48h in e-invoicing, e-Procurement, Electronic Invoicing, Financial Supply Chain Management, Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process, Purchasing Card, Supply Chain by
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The purchasing card is a great business tool. It empowers people to make purchases without the need for a complex and often expensive purchasing process. When a low value item costs less than the cost of the purchasing process itself, it makes sense to cut through the purchase to pay red tape. But the purchasing card is beginning to show it age.  It hasn't really kept up with technological change surrounding it. The merchant fees are excessive, in a low interest rate economy the business case makes no sense and as far as reporting goes, purchasing cards have been trumped by electronic invoicing. Is it the end of the road for the purchasing card?

26 May

Posted at 05:20h in Procurement Software, Supply Chain by
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This is the second article in the series reflecting on how we got here. In the facebook age, when the digital natives – those who don’t remember a time before the internet – are emerging as the new generation of business leaders, thinkers and politicians, it can be easy to forget how today’s business technology evolved. And it’s easy to dismiss it. But knowing a little more than best practice and understanding why we do stuff the way we do is enlightening and helps inform us about the future evolution of business technology.

24 May

Posted at 04:06h in Dynamic Discounting, Financial Supply Chain Management, News by
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Supply chain finance generally and dynamic discounting in particular has been has been featured quite heavily in Purchasing Insight. It's not an entirely new concept but in the last year or so it has gained a great deal of traction as a means of getting a real and significant commercial return by being clever with the way invoices are settled and this week, Purchasing Insight is delighted to welcome Taulia, the leading dynamic discounting solution provider, as its first sponsor.