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Compliance is Good
On the heels of a long week and a long weekend, I’ll keep this final article on compliance short and to the point (click to read the two preceding articles,... Read more
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Sourcing for Value: Using Non-Price Attributes to Find the Best Suppliers
We recently published a series focused on the use of non-price attributes to improve the sourcing and supplier selection process. And now, that series has spawned a webinar and a... Read more
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Instant Analysis: Acquisition in the Clouds – SAP to Acquire Ariba for $4.3 Billion
The procurement-themed events held at SAP’s SAPPHIRE in Orlando last Monday night were abuzz with the rumor that SAP was going to make a huge cloud procurement announcement the next... Read more
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Showdown at the Compliance Corral
Ardent Partners’ Report, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, showed that the average compliance rate in the market today is 62.9%. Not exactly great but it is... Read more
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Support Your Local Maverick?
A maverick is defined as “a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates. Synonyms: nonconformist, individualist;... Read more
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ePayables 101: Graduation
Congratulations! If you’ve read the links below, you have successfully completed CPO Rising’s ePayables 101 course, an immersion program focused on AP Automation and Transformation. The Challenges The Opportunities The... Read more
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ePayables 101: More Metrics
ePayables 101 – More Metrics Today we’ll look at the other key metrics (besides the average cost per invoice discussed last time) that can help an AP department better understand... Read more
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ePayables 101: The Metrics
ePayables 101 – The Metrics Part 4 of our ePayables 101 series starts right in with a discussion of the key AP performance metric that can be used to build... Read more
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ePayables 101: The Approach
We continue to build out our ePayables 101 series with this article focused on how to begin a push for AP transformation or “The Approach” (The first two articles are... Read more
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ePayables 101: The Opportunities
ePayables 101 – The Opportunities Last time, the ePayables 101 series began with a look at some (but, not all) of the key challenges facing the average accounts payable organization... Read more