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…
Luca Guzzabocca – Banking on Procurement (Part 2)
In our last article, we introduced you to "friend of the site," Luca Guzzabocca, the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE, Security Management (or “Chief Procurement Officer”) at Banca Monte Dei…
ePayables Primer (4) – The Main Metric
Part Four of our ePayables Primer starts right in with a discussion of the key AP performance metric that can be used to build a case for investment in ePayables.…
An ePayables Primer – (3) The Approach
We continue to build out our ePayables Primer with this article focused on how to begin a push for AP transformation, The Approach. The first two articles are found here:…
CPO Shop Talk – More Webinar Q&A
This edition of Chief Procurement Officer Shop Talk is part two of the Q&A portion of a webinar that I delivered on July 7th for Zycus - an archive of…
Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis (Part 2B)
We’ll hop right into today’s article which follows this article (link) chronologically as part of an extended series where we have gotten to know Mario Mosca (amico del sito) and…
Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis
Last week we introduced you to the procurement operations at Europe's second largest utility company, Enel and its procurement executive in charge of the technology infrastructure and the company processes…
People Get Ready, the Visibility Train is Coming
Dateline: Sunday June 27 – FIFA World Cup Round of 16: Germany 4 England 1 Full Story on Lampard’s goal that never was. Replay of Lampard's goal that never was.…
BIG Trends
In business circles, supply management is the new black. Next week, I will be discussing some of the BIG Trends that I see shaping spend (or supply) management in the…