White Papers and Guides
Invoice Automation: The CFO Perspective
This survey details the impact of invoice automation on the financial performance of an enterprise. It highlights the challenges and opportunities faced by organisations to streamline the Accounts Payable process and minimise the time and money spent on invoice-receipt, validation, coding, matching and approval. Finance, IT and Heads of Accounts Payable should use this research to formulate a strategy for invoice automation.
Executive Briefcase Guide for Purchase-to-Pay: Get a Handle on How Your Organisation Really Buys
This guide has been developed to give senior financial managers a practical way to get started in the pursuit of the savings that are to be found in the Purchase-to-Pay cycle. It raises five fundamental questions every CFO should ask about their organisation’s Purchase-to-Pay process.
Purchase-to-Pay Evaluation Guide
The selection of a Spend Control solution is probably one of the most critical IT decisions your organisation will make and, when chosen correctly, can deliver great savings. This guide is an invaluable resource for companies looking to select and implement a Spend Control solution. It provides guidance on what you need to ask prospective vendors and how to objectively rate providers on the solutions they offer.
Accounts Payable Optimisation: The CFO Perspective
This research and insights paper details the impact of Accounts Payable automation on the financial performance of an enterprise. It highlights the challenges and opportunities faced by organizations to reduce the cost of indirect goods and services and improve responsiveness to financial pressures.
Tightening the Corporate Belt: 7 Practical Ways to Cut Costs
In today’s challenging economic climate, business executives are battling to drive down costs. Spend Control, more than any other initiative, has risen to the top of the organisational “must-do” list, offering a compelling return on investment with the opportunity to drive down indirect expenditure. This paper reveals seven practical ways to cut costs, backed by real-life examples from across the Public, Commercial and NfP sectors.
Seizing Seizing Control of Public Spend
To achieve the efficiencies identified by Gershon, Finance Directors are turning to the initiatives that emanated from the Commercial sector. The visibility of costs and proactive management of budgets are imperative for all Local Authorities. This paper examines how Spend Control software is deployed across some of the world’s leading organisations to control expenditure, improve cost-base visibility and ensure that value for money is achieved.
Seizing Control of Corporate Spend
Few Finance Directors can truly say they have expenditure under control. Even in today’s world of expensive ERP, business intelligence and corporate automation systems, few have visibility of costs and commitments and few can proactively manage budgets. This paper examines how Spend Control software is deployed across some of the world’s leading organisations, and in multiple business sectors, to tackle these problems head-on.