e-invoicing
EBG Play: Norway: Nets and the banks on Norwegian e-invoicing
In Norway there has long been a discussion about the interoperability difficulities between the financial and non-financial network. Partly the entire infrastructure now growing in Norway is due to … [Read More...]
EBG Play: Norway: DIFI and Olav Kristiansen on the Norweigan e-invoice legislation
This is the first video out of several digging into the Norweigan development in e-invoicing, led by the public sector. There have been many turns in the path towards the upcoming legislation on the 1 … [Read More...]
Sweden: Whats going on with e-invoicing in Sweden?
EBG took part in developing a survey that went out to 6 000 respondents in Sweden covering six ranges of companies going from 0, 1-9, 10-49, 50-249, 250-999 and +1000. The respons rates were as can be … [Read More...]
Purchase-to-Pay
Sweden: Videos and pics from P2P Summit 2012 part 2
Following the Swedsih P2P Summit 2012 we want to share a couple of videos from that day. The second video comes from Pete Loughlins presentation at P2P Summit 2012. In a very hands on and … [Read More...]
The link between P2P and O2C optimation
To what extent should business processes be aligned, to what extent is it worth while mapping transactional flows and to what extent can a customer and its suppliers co-operate to improve cash flow … [Read More...]
Why the need for change management?
We keep talking about it - others are starting to talk about it. The need for cross functional discussion on both spend control, transaction improvement and payment optimation. When talking about … [Read More...]
e-procurement
Luleå Municipality, Sweden: e-procurement and change management
Jerry Öhman participated in a conference held by SKL, ESV and Kammarkollegiet ”Good Examples Day” at Näringslivets Hus in Stockholm on November 29th, 2010. In a gripping half-hour, he outlined … [Read More...]
About PEPPOL — PEPPOL | Pan-European Public Procurement Online
The broader vision of PEPPOL is that any company (incl. SMEs) in the EU can communicate electronically with any EU governmental institution for all procurement processes. The objective of the PEPPOL … [Read More...]
e-invoicing as easy as sending mail?
NemHandel is an open e-business framework which allows businesses to send standardised electronic invoices directly from their PC via the internet in a secure and reliable fashion. What is … [Read More...]
The Guide
Europe press release: E-Invoicing as opportunity in a challenging market environment
Press release from EXPP E-Invoicing as opportunity in a challenging market environment Results from the new market report of Bruno Koch, Billentis Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, April 25, 2012 - In … [Read More...]
Dynamic Discounting part 2 – getting it?
The second article on dynamic discounting comes from Torsten Budesheim, Director of Marketing at Taulia Inc (www.taulia.com).In our recent study - so far 75% of the respondents have not used or even … [Read More...]
Listing of e-invoicing and AP resources
Great job from EEI Platform and of course we should all support and share details about each other. With different approaches and backgrounds the different web resources form a solid basis for … [Read More...]
Finland: P2P Summit sponsor connecting buyers and sellers
Why build it from scratch if you can have the solution ready made? Pagero Finland Oy has signed an agreement with Suomen LVIS-Tietoverkko Oy which is owned by the largest HVAC (heating, ventilation … [Read More...]
Order-to-Cash
The link between P2P and O2C optimation
To what extent should business processes be aligned, to what extent is it worth while mapping transactional flows and to what extent can a customer and its suppliers co-operate to improve cash flow … [Read More...]
Customer service in O2C process development
One could argue that it is a no brainer - of course customer service should be top priority . But as always - when a process is divided between functions and perhaps even between countries and … [Read More...]
Sweden: After Summit report O2C Summit 2011
The first O2C Summit was held in November 2011 in Stockholm. For an intense day a group of people met, listened and spoke about the do's and dont's in sales and customer invoice optimation. There are … [Read More...]
Editors Blog
Europe: Following up on mandatory public sector e-procurement
It is getting more and more fun working within the e-business area since the paste is picking up. At least it seems it is. Bloggers are picking up on the 20th of April press release stating “Delivering savings for Europe: moving to full e-procurement for all public purchases by 2016″ >>Press release It simply states [...]
EBG Play: Norway: EdiSys on technology vs. business process
It cannot be stressed often enough – only looking at technology when adopting e-business processes is doomed. Not evaluating technology when adopting e-business processes is on the other hand doomed to! In this interview EdiSys and Jostein, their general manager tells his view on the what, how and who in e-business development. EdiSys has been [...]
About the relationship between finance and procurement
Following up on the topic of how and to what extent finance and procurement could or should co-operate. There is also a LinkedIn-thread which I link to below, you might have to become a member to read it. Key findings after numerous comments on the topic: Procurement is still misunderstood in many businesses. So it [...]
Europe: User experiences in e-invoicing are asked for!
There are an extensive work carried out in Europe aiming at sharing best pracise experiences and help promote e-invoicing tools and processes that actually work. It is strange to single out a singe transaction like this but if we consider non supply chain purchases and small suppliers we can all agree that an increase in [...]
What about the SMEs – what about the SMEs?
Just back from a trip to Norway to listen to, making interviews with and learning more about the upcoming electronic invoice legislation coming up there this summer (more to come on the whatm how and who). I must share some thoughts I have on making business with SMEs. I think we all can agree that [...]
Why the need for change management?
We keep talking about it – others are starting to talk about it. The need for cross functional discussion on both spend control, transaction improvement and payment optimation. When talking about spend and indirect materials, maverick purchases and so on – it is inevitable to start talking about changed behaviour, changed working methods, changed KPIs [...]
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