It’s a statement any project implementation team in any function could make, which isn’t necessarily helpful  if you’re in the middle of automating purchase to pay (P2P) and struggling with adoption. Nigel Chapman, Change Management Facilitator at ABB, a provider of power and automation technologies, revealed how he helped to transform P2P.

Speaking on a sharedserviceslink.com webinar with Basware, he told the audience how they not only increased ABB’s purchase-order-compliant invoices from 60% to over 99% but also achieved closer relations with its suppliers and internal businesses.

It’s worth taking note of ABB’s key lessons learnt for delivering a successful automation programme:

• Be clear in your communications about why changes are happening and provide a high-level route map for your P2P journey
• Change management is key
  • Adopt a robust methodology
  • Build and maintain stakeholder engagement and communication
  • Deliver consistency in messages and actions
• Involving the supply chain management function was critical to our success
• Maintain commitment and be willing to dig deep and provide support during tough times
• Recognise that this is a journey and be prepared to work with changes that emerge as the project proceeds

Sound advice for all project managers.

If you missed the webinar, the recording of this session will be available soon.

This article is from E-invoicing Platform. Read the original post at: Basware/ABB webinar useful for project managers.

For example, not only does e-invoicing generate transactional revenue, it also gives banks the opportunity to further embed themselves into their corporate customer accounts, enabling them to better understand their customer’s cashflow situation offer new and extended services, thus improving customer retention.

Banks are in the enviable position of having established relationships with corporates and can therefore be considered to be ‘off the starting blocks’ in the competitive race to offer e-invoicing services.  What banks need to do is to move quickly so that they don’t get left behind.

In this free webinar we explore exactly what banks need to do to get ahead of the game in e-invoicing.

It will explain what banks should be offering to their corporate clients and how they can implement these services quickly and simply to maximise benefits. The time for e-invoicing is now. To make sure you don’t get left behind register now for our free webinar.

Click here to register >

This article is from E-invoicing Platform. Read the original post at: Webinar: Banks – How to succeed in a booming e-invoicing market.

Despite encouraging signs, there’s uncertainty about the underlying strength of the economy’s recovery. And people seem equally cautious about long-term demand.

How should you adjust your sourcing strategies to compensate for that? Replay this webinar to find out.

You’ll learn how and why you should be closely examining certain market dynamics before launching any contract renegotiation or sourcing initiative. And listen closely as Ariba’s global category management team spotlights the indirect categories that you should be sourcing today.

Download this on-demand webinar to learn how you can drive more value from contract management, build relationships and creditability with suppliers, and measure your success.

Download and watch the Ariba webinar here

This article is from E-invoicing Platform. Read the original post at: Ariba Sourcing Webinar for the European market.

Event
ISIS Papyrus offers an event with a wide range of sessions, case studies, showcases and fora during the ISIS Open House and User Conference from 2-4 May 2010.
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Experts sessions will focus on the unique challenges in your industry. This is your chance to hear how you can make a measurable impact in your organization with Papyrus. It’s a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded document professionals to discuss best practices and pragmatic solutions to common real-life challenges.

Check the programme

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This article is from E-invoicing Platform. Read the original post at: Isis Papyrus organises Open House and User Conference.

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Encuentro de Expertos en Factura Electrónica, XBRL y Contratación Pública

The Encounter of Experts in Electronic Invoice, XBRL and Public Hiring, organized by the Association of Industrialists of Technologies of the Information and Communications of Andalusia, ETICOM and SANDETEL, public company of the Council of Innovation, Science and Company of the Andalusian Government, is the main event on Electronic Invoice, XBRL and and-administration organized to date in Andalusia.
 
With the participation of some of the best international and national experts in these fields, pertaining to organizations like the European Union, the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce of Spain’s Govenment, the Tributary Agency, the Chamber of Commerce of Andalusia and RED.ES and FUNDETEC, the event has the objective of being a key event when it comes to electronic interchange of invoices, documents and financial statements, for both companies and public entities.
 
This new panorama appears to be a great opportunity of business for the companies of the sector TIC, besides to become for the administrations and public companies an instrument that remarkably improves the productivity and the quality of the service of attention to citizens and companies.

The entering in to force of the obligatory terms for companies to send electronic invoice to the Administration that will begin first at the beginning of 2009 for large companies. In November of 2010 it will extended to the entire private sector. It will also including hiring processes, administrative conflicts, tenders, VAT, et cetera. 
 
This first encounter of Experts in Electronic Invoice, XBRL and Public Hiring, will be held on 6 November 2008 in the Centro de Convenciones del Hotel Barceló of Seville. The event is invaluable for companies and public administrations.

Registration and ore information on www.efacturameeting.com

This article is from E-invoicing Platform. Read the original post at: 06-11-2008: Spanish Conference on electronic invoices in Seville.

These meetings concern a diversity of aspects surrounding e-invoicing and automated invoice processing. Subjects that might be dealt with are for instance SEPA, standardization, credit management, archiving and international developments.

The next expert meeting will take place on October 30th, at the Congres ” Administrative Software”.

For more information, please check the Platform ELFA website.

This article is from E-invoicing Platform. Read the original post at: 30-10-2008: Platform ELFA Expert Meeting.

The main topics to be addressed by its 4th meeting are:

- Niche areas for eProcurement;
- Streamlining VAT reclaim;
- eInvoicing overview and potential benefits;
- Update from VISA, Mastercard and AMEX on the likely impact of eInvoicing on the P-card market.

The official agenda of the meeting will soon be published at the Purchasing Card Forum website.

Meeting attendance is traditionally reserved to members of the Purchasing Card Forum, which pay an annual membership fee. However, for this edition of the meeting, two free places will be available for eProcurement experts from ePractice.

The eProcurement Forum team will assign the free places to experts fulfilling the following conditions:

- Have a complete profile on ePractice;
- Be a member of the eProcurement community;
- Have expertise related to the following topics: ePayment, purchasing card and eInvoicing.

A first-come first-served policy will be applied if several people are selectable. ePractice members interested in the free spaces should send a request by email to eprocurement@epractice.eu by 24 October 2008, providing explanation on how they fulfil the above conditions.

Event email: richard@smartex.com

This article is from E-invoicing Platform. Read the original post at: 29-10-2008: 4th meeting of the Purchasing Card Forum.