Archive for the ‘Supplier onboarding’ 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A sneak preview into AP automation 2010
Posted by: susiewest on: August 12, 2010
It’s a little odd thinking about winter in the middle of summer, but we’re finalising our annual Accounts Payable Automation conference (8-10 December) and wanted to give you a glimpse of what we’ll be discussing and who’s going to be there. Matthew, our Head of Research, has designed the programme based on the issues you’re tackling [...]
Join the interoperability discussion
Posted by: Sandra on: July 14, 2010
At e-Invoicing Europe last week there was a lot of debate around interoperability and the different approaches being taken by service providers. We will explore roaming in more detail over the coming weeks, but in the meantime, we want you to be part of the conversation. We’ve started a discussion on this subject on our sharedserviceslink.com [...]
E-invoicing success factors from Unilever
Posted by: Sandra on: July 8, 2010
Not involving the supply-management function in an e-invoicing project is inconceivable to Unilever. Speaking at e-Invoicing Europe, Roland van den Bossche, European Process Manager, said, “Seventy-five per cent of a purchase-to-pay process is supply chain.” For e-invoicing to succeed, supply management must be part of the project team. After running a series of road shows [...]
Struggling with supplier onboarding? Make sure procurement is onboard too
Posted by: Sandra on: July 7, 2010
Sharedserviceslink.com is spending a few days with 80 delegates in the 16th arrondissement of Paris at our 2nd annual e-Invoicing Europe conference. The agenda is full to bursting with insightful speakers and opportunities for robust discussion. To kick off proceedings, Susie gave an overview of the market and picked out key findings from the pre-event [...]
We’re ready for e-invoicing, are you?
Posted by: susiewest on: July 5, 2010
Sharedserviceslink.com HQ is bustling with more activity than usual as we put the finishing touches to e-Invoicing Europe that kicks off on Wednesday. If you’re joining us in Paris, you’ll receive the results of our latest survey, which will help you benchmark yourself against your fellow delegates. You’ll learn how far everyone has progressed with [...]
Susie’s Top Ten to E Invoicing Success
Posted by: susiewest on: July 17, 2009
If you are involved in an e-invoicing project right now, be it the evaluation of solution providers in the market, or the actual project deployment, I am assuming you might be interested in hearing the top ten factors to consider to make e-invoicing a huge success. Last week in Paris I chaired the E Invoicing [...]
Here and Now is a Fertile Ground For Implementing Supplier Participation Projects
Posted by: susiewest on: July 6, 2009
Basware invited me to join a chaired and recorded round table discussion in Hoxton, London last week. We talked for 90 minutes about how this climate is impacting the speed at which we pay suppliers. As a supplier to big multi-nationals, I’m at the sharp end when it comes to P2P ‘tweaks’, like unannounced payment [...]
