While very few of us will miss 2020 and are happy with the arrival of 2021, certainly many challenges remain before us. At ICG we are optimistic about the weeks and months ahead and with the proper planning and preparation opportunity abounds. We see three major themes emerging for 2021 and beyond for financial back-office […]
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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 selling […]
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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 available, companies can reduce costs by delegating non-value add tasks to their vendors. Vendor self-service is a tool that applies to almost every […]
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What choices do you have for vendor portal technology? 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 […]
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New Years brings new technologies
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Financial Back-Office Compliance Financial back-office compliance is the confirmation that a provider of a service or a manufacturer or supplier of goods adheres to all the requirements, regulations, legislation, and specific standards of a contract. Ongoing maintenance and tracking of expiring certificates, licenses, permits and contracts is necessary to ensure compliance. Manual tracking of such […]
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What is a vendor packet? A vendor packet is a collection of forms and documents that a buyer sends to a potential new vendor before starting a relationship. The packet includes all the necessary information needed to set up a new vendor for payment and compliance. Vendor packets can be relatively simple or robust depending […]
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What is Supplier Onboarding? Supplier onboarding, or vendor 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 supplier onboarding solution should offer functionality such […]
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What are supplier portals? Supplier PortalsĀ (or Vendor Portals 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 self-service as well as […]
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What are Vendor Portals? A Vendor Portal (or a Supplier Portal as some people call it) is a web-based, vendor management solution that allows you to collaborate with your vendors in a secure, online environment. So what are vendor portals? Let’s talk about it. Among the functions a Vendor Portal can provide is to allow […]
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