First published in May 2013 – this interview is still valid and we’d like to push it again. Quite often discussions about e-procurement and e-invoicing tends to focus around – the e – rather than the process itself. E as in electronic as in systems and IT. It is however clear that “e” is more […]
EBG | Insight: Swedish government taking public sector e-procurement one step further
The Swedish National Financial Management Authority are recommending the use of PEPPOL infrastructure and message formats being used in future procurement and finance operations to and from public sector. The PEPPOL structure is aimed at cross border business and cross border transactions being sent. It can be used – as it is to some […]
EBG | Insight: CFO Talk with Mikael Ebefors – Shared Competence Center’s part of end-to-end control enablement
Centralizing finance has been a strategy for many years now. The initial reasons are often to reduce administration costs and lower wage arbitrage as well as enable transactional control. Moving from a pure transactional perspective place other opportunities and challenges in the center such as: How can downstream accounts payable help develop upstream procurement and […]
EBG | Insight: Unifying control with common strategies enabling global purchasing power
There are few global organizations who are not looking at ways to leverage on their global purchasing power. Finding ways to unify control and execute common strategies along the procure to pay process takes time but is a crucial part in controlling spend, finding ways to reduce cost and enabling transactional follow up and control. […]
CFO Talk with Nuno Guerreiro at Sonae about touchless processes and the need for stakeholder management
As downstream Shared Service Centers find themselves managing numerous errors, realizing the need for upstream process development, the question is – how do you enforce that? If touchless processes are the goal – in what ways do you influence metrics and behavior in sourcing and procurement departments? Nuno Guerreiro, Head of Accounts Payable at Sonae […]
EBG | Insight: 10 advice when sending e-invoices to your customers
Ever heard of buyers asking their suppliers for more structured invoice data? The debate about how to get suppliers to send e-invoices has been loud and clear for the past decade, at least from the buyer side. The benefits are clear on the buyer side but what about the supplier side? When the buyer side […]
EBG | Insight: A supplier approach to e-invoicing adding value to the customer
When talking about e-invoicing it usually comes from a buyer perspective. Receiving an electronic invoice in its basics mean cutting manual handling costs. In the long run standardization and automation mean business control. But what about the suppliers point of view? Even though it is not necessary to actually send an e-invoice in order for […]
EBG Webinar Nov 20th: Are your finance processes up to date?
Date: Thursday November 20th Time: 11:30-12:15 AM CEST Language: Swedish Location: Your computer/phone/tablet Cost: Free of charge but requires registration Organizer: EBG | Network & OpusCapita >>Click here to register >>Click here to read a Swedish summary Do you remember what the world looked like 15 years ago? It seems only yesterday but we can […]
EBG Play: Source to Pay panel discussion on how to develop world class compliance
There are numerous finance, procurement, CRM and other systems in the market. A lot has happened in the past, systems are merged as are companies. Finding the balance between knowing exactly what your organization is spending, how and why, is a challenge in itself. At Source to Pay Summit 2014 EBG brought together wise men […]
EBG Webinar: Take control over your purchase orders!
Date: Tuesday September 16th Time: 09:30-10:300AM CEST Language: Swedish Location: Your computer/phone/tablet Cost: Free of charge but requires registration Organizer: EBG | Network & Qlik Imagine having complete control over your direct and indirect purchase orders – covering billions of spend and affecting forecasting and sales in a huge way. EBG | Network are happy […]