Portal based tools that deliver tremendous value and reduce risk. Vendor self-service is becoming a very popular trend in procurement, accounts payable and finance because of the tremendous value it delivers. Very simply “vendor self-service” is the process by which vendor management activities are directed away from the buying company to the the vendor, or […]
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As budget season approaches it may be time for your organization to take a look at cloud hosted solutions for portal based procure-to-pay processes. In addition to cloud hosted AP Automation, there are a number of other processes that lend themselves to automation and vendor self-service via vendor portals or supplier portals. Join ICG for […]
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Vendor portals (supplier portals) can be a powerful tool in enabling vendor self-service in your organization from your procurement and purchasing operations to the accounts payable department. By leveraging the flexibility of a supplier or vendor portal, companies can automate non-value add processes and let vendors collaborate with your organization on-line, 24×7 from anywhere in […]
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While finance and treasury departments are arming themselves with tools and processes to help monitor and conserve cash in these uncertain times, Accounts Payable can play a prominent role in this process as well.
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…while these systems provide lots of value they also leave behind gaps of functionality that may seem small but none-the-less can have significant downstream impact.
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In this new social distancing world, push non-value add tasks back to your vendors. Vendor self-service is hardly a new concept, it has been gaining traction steadily, especially with larger companies. Using the many procure-to-pay tools and systems in the marketplace companies can reduce costs and gain efficiencies by pushing non-value add activities out to […]
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A vendor portal (or supplier portal) refers to a portal that allows vendors to access and provide the buying company with necessary information in the form of documents or data as well as access documents and data provided by the buying company related to the transactions between the two organizations. Submitting invoices, tracking payments and […]
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Back Office Word of the Week – 9/9/19 A Supplier Portal (or Vendor Portal as some people call it) is a web-based, supplier management solution that allows you to collaborate with your suppliers in a secure, online environment. Among the functions a Supplier Portal can provide is to allow organizations to streamline the Supplier Onboarding process via supplier […]
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Vendor Onboarding Vendor onboarding, or supplier onboarding, is the process of gathering the documents and data needed to set up a company as an approved vendor and to enable your organization to efficiently conduct business, purchase goods and services, and make payments to that company. A vendor onboarding or supplier onboarding solution should offer functionality […]
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Data Capture Is the process of “capturing” and converting information from documents (paper or electronic) into a form that can be handled electronically, and preferably with little or no human intervention. In an Accounts Payable (AP) environment this information is extracted from invoices of varying formats and file types so the invoices can be processed […]
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