Monday Morning Query – Should Procurement Own AP?
It's mid-season and time to reintroduce the “MMQ” concept: during football season in the US, sports reporters, commentators, and fans wake up on Monday morning and start calling, posting, emailing,…
Suppliers: Pay Them Now or Pay Them Later?
They say that “fast money makes fast friends,” but paying slow will make you friends in the finance department. As Chief Procurement Officers and their departments become more involved in…
Free Money (Details Inside)
With interest rates hovering near their all-time lows, finding a good yield on an enterprise’s cash has been all but impossible for the past few years. Things have gotten so…
The Future of P2P – Networks
For those that have been following this series, you’ll recall that since we had recently completed an ePayables Primer, the focus of our "Future of P2P" series has been primarily…
The Future of P2P – eProcurement (Part 4)
The “Future of P2P” series continues today with a look at integration. Every time we think we're nearing the end of this series, more ideas keep popping up that we…
The Future of Procure-to-Pay – eProcurement (Part 3)
No prelude for part three of this miniseries on the Future of P2P – eProcurement - other than to say part one which looked the key problems and future of…
The Future of Procure-to-Pay – eProcurement (Part 2)
Today, part two of our “mini-series” on the Future of P2P – eProcurement (part one is here) which is part of our larger look at the future of supply management…
The Future of Procure-to-Pay – eProcurement (Part 1)
September was another fantastic month for traffic growth at CPO Rising. Our best yet and we thank you. Increasing traffic, however, is not the primary goal of CPO Rising, (writing…
ePayables Primer (6) – The Summary
We’ve dedicated quite a few of our August articles to accounts payable automation or ePayables and we hope that you’ve found them to be helpful. (For those of you looking…
An ePayables Primer (5) – Other Key Metrics
I did not forget about ePayables. I did not forget about accounts payable (“AP”). It’s not like I’m your typical F-1000 CFO or Treasurer (most of whom have forgotten about…