Vendor Management – Are You Doing it Right?
September 22, 2022
Does your company view vendor management as just another back-office function to be administered by procurement and accounts payable (AP)?
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August 29, 2022
As managers search for areas of opportunity to shore up the bottom line in these economic times, one area of hidden value that is often overlooked is the financial back-office.
Read FullDynamic Discounting: A WIN-WIN Scenario
August 4, 2022
In the unstable economic times we are are currently in Dynamic Discounting provides an efficient way to optimize cash flow in a highly dynamic, real-time environment.
Read FullAre You Ready for a Financial Slowdown?
July 7, 2022
The time is now to drive efficiencies in your back-office operations The signs are all there: supply chain disruptions, increasing interest rates, high levels of inflation and now we are starting to see layoffs in certain companies and industries. An economic slowdown, perhaps even a recession, is here and for those of us who have […]
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June 14, 2022
Procurement. Finance. Vendors. Keys to an effective vendor management program. An important part of smooth operating supply chains is onboarding and managing the vendors and suppliers that are key to your organizations success. Once onboarded it is critical that all the key stakeholders from procurement (purchasing), finance (accounts payable) and the vendor (supplier) communicate and […]
Read FullTailor Vendor Portals to Meet Your Needs
May 10, 2022
One size does not fit all, don’t limit your options. Vendor portals are powerful business tools that can address numerous pain points in your current Accounts Payable operations. Vendor portals can provide a platform for vendor self-service that can have immediate financial and human resource impacts on your organization. But beware, not all vendor portals […]
Read FullWorkflow & Process Automation
Workflow is key to Process Automation Process automation is an ongoing part of the business landscape in most organizations. Companies are continuously looking for ways to improve internal and external processes to accomplish a number of goals: Process automation is enabled in large part by technology that is able to perform tasks that were previously […]
Read FullVendor Portals Drive Vendor Management
February 22, 2022
Why your organization needs vendor portals Vendor portals (supplier portals) can be a powerful tool in enabling a vendor self-service based vendor management program in your organization. The functionality can provide tremendous benefits to your procurement and purchasing operations as well the finance and accounts payable departments. By leveraging the flexibility of a supplier portal, […]
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Learn more about ICG’s software analysis process As a software business analyst, it’s a fun job to work along side software developers and test the client applications they develop. It’s intriguing to help and watch a solution being developed that will eventually be used by a myriad of users in many different locations, performing many […]
Read FullAre you Ready for 2022?
December 13, 2021
Back-office changes coming in 2022 As we head closer to 2022 the new year promises a time of continued challenges and lots of opportunity. With the emergence and wider adoption of new information management technologies like Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation, Big Data or IOT, companies have more options for managing actionable data than ever before. […]
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