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6 thoughts on what the SAP purchase of Ariba might mean
Posted by: susiewest on: May 23, 2012
- In: e-Invoicing | Electronic invoicing | News | SAP
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We have had about 12 hours for the SAP/Ariba news to sink in. And now the market players are beginning to think about the ramifications. Here are 6 thoughts on what this acquisition means: 1. It’s good and bad for other P2P/e-invoicing networks. Good because SAP bought Ariba for 10 x revenue. This is partly because of [...]
Game-playing spreads to purchase to pay
Posted by: susiewest on: February 7, 2012
- In: Accounts Payable | P2P | Purchase-to-Pay | SAP
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What’s the fuss about? Gamification. Heard of it? It’s a concept that’s been around for years. And it’s coming to purchase to pay. I wish I could use different words, but the only phrase that seems to reflect its forecasted impact on the process is “game changing”. How does it work? Imagine you’re an accounts [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Changes to supply-chain structures and business flows present significant VAT risk
Posted by: Sandra on: May 18, 2011
- In: Conference | SAP | Uncategorized | VAT compliance
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Seventy tax and technology specialists travelled to London this morning for the first day of our SAP Control for VAT Compliance conference. With our usual mix of plenary sessions, roundtable discussions and impromptu Q&As, everyone was ready to share successes and challenges. Our delegates were keen. By the time registration opened at 8:30am, we’d already [...]
Shared services is changing – is your ERP keeping up?
Posted by: Sandra on: October 28, 2010
- In: Conference | SAP | Shared Services
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As day two of our SAP conference gets under way, here’s a run down of just ten of the many lessons shared by our speakers: Shared services is changing so SAP needs to keep in step as an enabler SAP is focused on systems landscape optimisation by helping clients reduce the number of instances of [...]
Bringing together Finance and IT to improve SAP
Posted by: susiewest on: July 23, 2010
If you’re part of an SAP project, you don’t need us to tell you the how much effort and investment are required for the system to meet your business’ needs. Ensuring Finance and IT continue to work together effectively is just one of a number of hurdles. Finance is under pressure to deliver more detailed [...]
VAT and SAP Observations
Posted by: susiewest on: May 24, 2010
I chaired a masterclass this month in London. It was an event sponsored by Meridian looking at how companies needed to align VAT needs and SAP expertise. The gap between what VAT wants and what is actually provided by SAP only seems to grow. As legislation changes in Europe, especially with the introduction of the [...]
Some SAP Stats to Shine a Light On
Posted by: susiewest on: August 4, 2009
- In: SAP
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I am coming to the end of researching and completing the October sharedserviceslink.com conference in London on Maximising SAP to Enable Finance Shared Services Process Excellence (it’s a long… and yet, I’m sure you’ll agree, very memorable title). The baffling thing is that, with all the people and companies using SAP, they all seem to have used the [...]
