Archive for the ‘Conference’ Category
Welcoming several industry solution providers this month (and how we really do care)
Posted by: susiewest on: February 1, 2012
We have had a great start to 2012 in signing many key industry solution providers to support our events and webinars through sponsorship this month. We welcome all these companies who are helping to drive the most relevant information we provide to our members: Ariba Avid Exchange BancTec Certipost Fundtech Invest in Lithuania Invest Northern [...]
Top ten tips from our Maximising SAP to Enhance Finance Shared Services Excellence conference…
Posted by: susiewest on: November 4, 2011
- In: Accounts Payable | Benchmarking | Conference | P2P | SAP | Shared Services
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We ran our fantastic ‘Maximising SAP to Enhance Finance Shared Services Excellence’ conference on 18th – 20th October. There were so many ideas shared in the case studies and interactive discussions at the event, but I thought I would share with you some top tips from the first main day of the conference: Train users [...]
Exploring the e-invoicing landscape at Sibos
Posted by: Sandra on: August 15, 2011
Sibos is one of the biggest events in the financial services’ calendar and we’ve just announced that this year it will welcome Susie West to its panel debate on e-invoicing in Toronto. The session will explore the evolving landscape for electronic invoicing, in particular how collaboration between banks, solution providers and corporates is crucial to [...]
Time for e-invoicing to learn from the railways
Posted by: Sandra on: July 18, 2011
When you pick up the phone, you don’t worry about whether Vodafone and Orange have worked out how to pass your call between them. If you jump on a train at London’s St Pancras station, destination Gare du Nord, Paris, you’re not concerned about whether it can run on French rails (not when you have [...]
e-Invoicing Europe: one year on
Posted by: Sandra on: July 5, 2011
- In: Conference | e-Invoicing | Electronic invoicing | P2P | Procurement | Technology | Working Capital
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Goodness! What a morning at e-Invoicing Europe 2011 in London. In four hours we’ve covered ten success factors for e-invoicing; explored the future e-invoicing landscape from the perspectives of the European Union, government policies, and public and private-sector adoption; and had practitioner insight from Orange Business Services, easyJet, Kimberly Clark, Finncontainers and BBC. This is [...]
Toning up P2P – what we heard on day one
Posted by: Sandra on: June 23, 2011
- In: Conference | P2P | Procurement
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To sum up the discussions that took place at Toning Up Purchase to Pay to Attain Touchless Processing in London yesterday, here are our top take aways: If you want to drive change in P2P, don’t think you can do it alone – finance and procurement need to work together Establish process owners who are [...]
Making automation stick
Posted by: Sandra on: June 22, 2011
It’s lunchtime at Toning Up Purchase to Pay to Attain Touchless Processing and we’ve already explored a plethora of streamlining approaches for P2P functions and, importantly what you need to do to make them stick. American Express shared the three key themes from this year’s European Indirect Spend Management Study. With detailed information from 162 [...]
What’s new in outsourcing?
Posted by: Sandra on: June 16, 2011
When the invitation to an Innovation Day run by the National Outsourcing Association appeared in my inbox a couple of months ago, I didn’t think twice about registering. As a word, innovation is alluring, it promises to reveal secrets and give you a peek into the future. As a subject it regularly crops up at [...]
Top tips from day one at SAP Control for VAT Compliance
Posted by: Sandra on: May 19, 2011
- In: Conference | SAP | Technology | Uncategorized | VAT compliance
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Ryan Ostilly, Commercial Director at Meridian International VAT Consulting, and our event’s co-chair, summed up the most practical pieces of advice shared yesterday by speakers and delegates. Partly exempt organisations (from Lars Gartenschlager, SAP) – there is new functionality in SAP’s enhancement pack 4. If any part of your business has VAT restrictions (eg, insurance, [...]
