The Future of Accounts Payable - Is Now
Five Ways to Drive Excellence and Increase the Value of AP
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
11:00 - 12:00 noon PDT
How can you leverage technology and processes to dramatically increase the value AP has within your enterprise? This is the topic our panel will focus on in this webinar session. Taking the viewpoint that “the future is now”, each presenter will look at recent trends in AP and link them to actions you can take today that will improve efficiencies and controls that will ultimately drive AP value.
The session is back by popular demand after presenting this same topic to an overflow crowd at IFO Fusion 2012 in Nashville!
So be sure to join this highly interactive session, that will look at the following:
- Achieving excellence in vendor data quality
- Using supplier networks & portals to add strategic value
- AP automation to reduce costs and streamline processes
- Effective collaboration between buyers, suppliers & finance/AP
- Using metrics and benchmarking to demonstrate value
Presenters:
- Josh Morrison, Manager, Vendor Relations, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
- Tom Flynn, VP Sales, Lavante
- Bob Cohen, VP Marketing, Basware
“Lavante [SIM] allows you to collect detailed information on all of your suppliers, including detailed information on each contact…The supplier interface allows a supplier to log-in and manage 100% of their information, which minimizes buyer effort if suppliers take an active role in buyer interaction. At any time, a buyer can get a list of all suppliers who have not provided requested information as well as suppliers who have registered and completed their profile.”
- Sourcing Innovation
- Quick Time to Value: On-demand, "out-of-the-box" with immediate results
- The Highest Supplier Compliance: 8X results of alternative solutions
- Ongoing Communication: Drives supplier participation and data quality
- Funded by Recovery: Works seamlessly with Lavante Recovery