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21st December, 2012

As the year draws to a close, the question is – did 2012 deliver? Of course, as with many things, the answer depends a lot on who’s asking – and perhaps predictably the ultimate answer can only be one of yes...and no.  Take the cloud for example. At the start of the year there was a lot of optimism around how the cloud was going to revolutionise B2B communications, and although to some extent it has, overall the uptake has been slower than predicted - mostly because of confusion over its application and concern over pricing structure and security.

Monday 17th December, 2012

Manual processing and paper invoices continue to hamper accounts payable operations. Keeping suppliers in the dark and failing to provide finance the visibility it needs to actively manage the enterprises' cash positions is still the case in most of the organisations, especially it seems in Asia.

Friday 23 November, 2012

Evolution is a slow process. It’s what happens when something starts off one  way and ends up another – usually with only limited resemblance to how it started. Evolution is something that happens when you’re not looking – a bit like when a child comes down the stairs “kevin” style and you wonder – “when did that happen?”

Something similar is happening in accounts payable. Last week at the IAPP UK conference in Reading, the talk was of process, efficiency and cost savings, but look a little closer and there was a deeper theme running through.

Monday 12th November, 2012

Three free presentations on optimising Accounts Payable and Procure-to-Pay processes

If you missed SSON's 9th Annual P2P Accounts Payable and Purchasing Processes Asia summit in February this year, you'll be pleased to know that the summit speakers have agreed to share the following presentations for free: