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Procurement Fraud – An Issue for Public and Private Enterprises
On Wednesday, the Governor of my home state (and where I am this week), Maryland called for a review of Maryland’s procurement and contracting processes after “repeated” problems have been... Read more
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Research Survey: ePayables 2012 – State of the AP Market
Today’s article from Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners is more of a request to participate in our one large AP-themed market research effort. Please read the whole article,... Read more
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Collaborative Sourcing
The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business... Read more
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Aligning Processes and Systems II – Reprise
More on the universal challenge of properly aligning processes and systems… When you talk to procurement organizations large and small about the primary challenges that impede that group’s ability to... Read more
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Aligning Processes and Systems I – Reprise
Traded comments this week with a friend of the site, where I made the point that many challenges facing procurement departments are universal – for both large and small enterprises.... Read more
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MMQ – Batteries Not Included
Batteries Not Included. If you were born before 1985, you know this phrase and it is likely to evoke memories of opening a toy gift during the holidays and having... Read more
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Shhhhhhhhh! – (Tricks) To Catch a Fraudster
In our recent procurement fraud series, we intentionally chose not to share a few of the tricks that are commonly used by auditors and fraud specialists to catch potential fraudsters.... Read more
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Procurement Fraud Prevention – Two More Strategies
We hope you have enjoyed our procurement fraud prevention series series and we hope we have successfully made the case that procurement fraud prevention is something that needs to be... Read more
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Procurement Fraud Prevention – The Expert (Part 2)
Our procurement fraud series continues today with our anti-fraud expert (and star of the upcoming television series “CSI: Procurement”) Matt Rogers, a Director in the Financial Advisory Services practice at... Read more
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Procurement Fraud Prevention – The Expert (Part 1)
Today, we are pleased to bring a fraud and accounting forensics expert into our discussion of Procurement Fraud Prevention: Matt Rogers, a Director in the Financial Advisory Services practice of... Read more