P2P

Five Recommendations for Overcoming Flaws in a P2P Process

Finance organizations that wish to optimize their procure-to-pay (P2P) processes need to focus on achieving “true straight-through processing (STP).” "STP allows invoices to travel from the… Read More

Collaboration Between Finance and Supply Chain Makes Good Dollar Sense

One of the most powerful ways to boost the bottom line is for finance to create a partnership with supply chain, reveals CFO and the supply chain: Partnering for performance, a global survey of 423

10 Attributes to Look for in Procure-to-Pay Solutions

By Mark Brousseau Adoption of procure-to-pay solutions—technology that automates procurement, contract management, accounts payable and spend analysis—is growing as organizations look for ways to

Implementing a Self-Service PO Process

Improving With Enthusiasm Problems with PO numbers recently led the AP department at Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana Inc. (Indianapolis) to implement a smart new self-service PO process,

Communicate With Purchasing to Stay on Top of Contractual Changes & Expiration

By Pam Miller, APMD Accounts payable is forever working to complete projects, heed compliance requirements, meet closing dates, and complete payment runs on a deadline. But these are not the only

P2P: Close the Purchasing/AP Divide

To some–especially those with a vested interest in keeping them separate–purchasing and AP might be considered distinct entities, reports Jamie Liddell of the Shared Services and Outsourcing

Take Your AP Department Out From Under the Paper and Into the Limelight

Thanks to advances in ERP and web-based P2P systems, purchasing and AP professionals are now working more closely together to reduce costs and increase service.

The advantages gained by the… Read More

WAMU and Paperless P2P

Managing the organizational change that comes with implementing an e-invoicing solution is challenging. At Washington Mutual (WaMu), this challenge was heightened by the company’s fractious and… Read More

ERP and the P2P Process

An enterprise can appear almost chaotic from the outside looking in, as different departments perform a multitude of seemingly unrelated tasks. One of the most difficult things for many companies is… Read More

Case Study: University Implements Procurement and Settlement System

Jerri Painter, accounts payable veteran at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, was faced in AP with the recurring challenge of lost or misplaced invoices. “We were using a paper filing… Read More