BLOG 2017
Oct
13
Costs in One Bucket, Benefits in Another?This Is How P2P Works to Remove Silos
Siloed thinking in P2P prevents businesses from doing the right things. Read Pete Loughlin’s guest blog and find out how the new business paradigm will change the situation!
1.6 billion e-invoices. The figure from EESPA confirms that e-invoicing continues to make headway in Europe, showing increase of 29% on previous year’s volumes. But is it enough?
There’s been a lot of hype and an enormous investor interest around blockchain over the last few years. But what does all of this mean for the technology in the near future?
In the post-invoice economy, source-to-pay and cash management will become key value drivers for an organization. A new way of thinking is needed to stay competitive.
100 procurement leaders shared their views on the future of procurement in the ProcureCon survey. Here’s why you should be interested in their answers.
There are many debt collection surveys. But only one focuses on the consequences of debt collection. Read why OpusCapita decided to conduct a debt collection survey of their own.
Jul
06
How Well Do You Sleep at Night? Are Your Global Cash Flows Safe From Cybercrime and Fraud?
Despite all the recent talk concerning cybercrime and fraud, surprisingly many corporates are still unaware of the risks, or strikingly unprepared to mitigate these risks.
Payment fraud is an ever increasing part of doing business and though we are all aware that it is occurring, we often do not understand the size and scale of the problem.
In the following blog post I’ll try to summarize my thinking on the recent report produced by SSON and OpusCapita titled Indirect Procurement: 2017 Market Report.
Web-based procurement (or eProcurement) was originally seen first and foremost as a better way to order catalog products than with older desktop-based procurement systems.
Have you already found out how to take the most out of digitalization? Perhaps you have already set a goal to make your office and customer related processes paper free?
In less than 300 days, EU member states need to have implemented the Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) into their legislation. Change in the financial industry is evident.
MRO management is a balancing act that demands a modern procurement platform with workflow automation. It’s about allocating and managing resources as efficiently as possible.
When operations are demanding and time is of the essence, an effective procurement process should bring simplicity and peace of mind.
There is a Finnish saying that if you try and steer your car forward by looking into the rear view mirror, you’ll probably encounter some unintended off-road terrain.
I bet all of you have either been or seen that guy in a department store, sitting on the courtesy couch (love that couch!) near the changing rooms waiting for his wife.
There’s an HBO drama called ‘House of Lies’. The series is entertaining, but plays on many of the negative stereotypes that prevail about management consultants.
The PEPPOL network is expanding rapidly in different parts of Europe. If you are not yet familiar with this acronym, I encourage you to take a closer look.
Mar
06
Concrete steps for fraud prevention in your organization - Five measures you can take right now
The key to fighting of cyber attacks lies within careful combining technological and human measures. It all starts with a strong corporate culture.
Feb
28
C-level fraud or when you are asked to make this money transfer asap! A look at common forms of cyber fraud
Please make this money transfer fast! This or similar might be the start of an email that brings us directly into one of fastest growing forms of cyber fraud, namely CEO fraud.
Digital transformation is the talk of the town, or should we say industry. Left and right you read about it, and you hear that if you ignore it your business is doomed to fail.
Having worked with various types of companies for years, I have noticed that companies manage their documents in a surprisingly decentralized manner.