It’s that time of year again. It just would not be April without the annual IAPP conference. I was fortunate enough again to have a speaking slot at the conference in Orlando yesterday. This made it my sixth time telling my tales of AP life, and the journey towards paperless invoicing. I was happy to [...]

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In times of uncertainty and rapid change, whether in sales, operations or spend management, fortune favors those who are positioned to confidently take decisive action and efficiently execute decisions.
For Spend Management organizations, spend data is the currency that allows us decide with confidence and move quickly to implement changes to our supply base. Time [...]

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The technology sector is full of upgrade and implementation horror stories. Who could forget the pain of early 90s ERP installs? Or the struggles with an overzealous IT department’s anti-virus settings that pretty much prevented you from doing any work online? The latest batch of problems making headlines are largely around consumer applications and software. [...]

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A reader left a great Comment last week on my WSJ Pushes Spend Management as a Recession Remedy post. He was looking for an effective way to make the case for Spend Management initiatives - with ROI projections - at a time when it’s difficult to free up budget for new programs. Rather than give [...]

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A recent article on WSJ.com profiled how some companies have increased their spend management efforts in order to weather the economic downturn. For example, PPG trimmed their number of suppliers, negotiated better contracts and wound up saving 15%. GlaxoSmithKline cut T&E expenses by rolling out new online tools that show employees their various options for [...]

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