Supplier Management
Struggling to get your supplier data under control?
Business bottom lines, and reputations, rely on a huge variety of suppliers daily, so it’s vital that information held about them is up-to-date and compliant....
Blog, Finance
3 answers to your Accounts Payable nightmares
A typical day for an Accounts Payable officer, see if this sounds familiar…. Invoices are rolling in by email, by post, even by fax. Then...
News, Research & findings
“Invoices are the bane of our life”, Finance teams reveal
Our latest research has shown that the heavy burden of supplier invoice processing is leaving UK finance teams struggling with productivity. 82% of 200 UK...
IT & Technology
What can procurement do with Blockchain?
Staff fraud and corruption affects many organisations all around the globe, and in the UK alone businesses lost over £40million just last year due to...
News, Research & findings
Finance departments falling behind with digital transformation
Millions of invoices delivered by hand, fax and post are still manually processed by UK accounts teams Four out of five finance professionals have said...
Supply Chain Management
Do you know what surprises lurk in your supply chain?
Ok, so it’s not quite Halloween yet, but the recent announcement by the British Egg Industry Council that they’re drawing up a list of approved...
Procurement
Integration: is it the most important word in procurement?
We all know technology advancements changed the way we live and work, so the fact that integrated working should be at the heart of procurement’s...
Supplier Management
Hot on the procurement agenda: Supplier Relationship Management
Many businesses struggle to manage their supplier relationships properly, due to limited visibility of their supplier’s activities, making it hard to collaborate. Find out how...
Blog, Finance
5 reputation-saving ways to avoid late payment
It’s estimated that 1 in 3 payments to small and medium businesses are late, according to The Federation of Small Businesses, with The Guardian reporting...
Blog, Procurement
3 steps to optimise strategic sourcing
Our recent research revealed that a whopping 83% of growing UK organisations don’t challenge their suppliers on cost or performance, leading to difficulties in managing...
Procurement
The spend analysis dilemma
How do you report on supplier spend when your data is all over the place? We recently conducted some research, asking 200 senior business management...
News, Research & findings
Businesses’ tipping points for professionalising procurement
New research by eProcurement provider Wax Digital reveals that procurement is just as vital for SMEs at it is for large organisations, with formal procurement...
