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Is Your AP Dept. Making an Impact on Working Capital? Why Not?

By Vishal Patel June 7, 2013Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Changing the standard payment terms in supplier contracts is one way that procurement departments are impacting working capital. It was a popular strategy in 2009-2010 like when we wrote about with…

InSEPArable – Payments across the Eurozone

By Vishal Patel May 3, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Executives and other leaders in procurement (and accounts payable) increasingly have roles with global responsibilities and implications. For this reason, I have taken a European focus with a few of…

Payer Beware: The EU’s New Rules about Vendor Payments

By Vishal Patel April 22, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

During the tough days of the global recession, extending vendor payment terms became very popular in the halls of procurement and finance. In fact, this became an area that brought…

The Value of Accounts Payable

By Vishal Patel February 8, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Another great article from Vishal Patel, the research director in charge of all ePayables research at Ardent Partners. He is also the editor-in-chief of Payables Place, a site that is…

Stop, Collaborate & Listen

By Vishal Patel January 31, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Today, I am pleased to welcome Vishal Patel back to these pages. Vishal will be a more frequent contributor to CPO Rising in 2013, which is good news for everyone.…