sharedserviceslink.com - October Newsletter

Dear Colleague,

5 banks in Europe had to be rescued last week which makes us all nervous. I pick up a newspaper with real reluctance these days, turning pages tentatively to see the reports of economic casualties. One giant falls after another, but industries outside banking are still standing on both feet. But for how much longer? In the next few weeks we will hear of companies announcing profit warnings. And this certainly focuses the mind. Meeting with shared services centres in Frankfurt last week highlighted to me how finance organisations are seriously shuffling priorities - there is such a huge attention on cash flow today that e billing and e invoicing projects have been swiftly moved up the 'to do' list. We are here to support you in meeting your goals, so if improving the processes which hold up your cash flow is key, join us in London or Paris and attend one of our meetings or webinars.

We have just launched 'Susie's Blog' ! sharedserviceslink.com's director Susie West will be sharing thoughts, news and comments all relevant to finance shared services. Be sure to visit the blog regularly and you are more than welcome to contribute to the blog yourself.

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Wing to Wing Electronic Processing - Enabling Early Payment Discounting
Presented on Toning Up Purchase to Pay to Attain Touchless Processing conference in June 2008 by
Roger Zouein
Director
eBusiness Solutions Supply Chain
Stephen Froelich
Controller AP/AR Europe SEALED AIR

Free Webinars

The Top 5 Tips to Significantly Improving Cash Flow Management
21st October 2008

The 'Must' to Attaining Touchless P2P
19th November 2008

Liberata Spearhead First Cross County Shared Services Agreement
Charnwood and Rushcliffe Borough councils, in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire respectively, are to partner on back office activities...
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South Tyneside Secures BT's Position in Local Government
BT has signed a £184 million BPO contract with South Tyneside Council following two months' negotiation since being selected as....
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NASA Unveil New $33 Million Shared Service Centre
Hancock County is the new home of NASA’s latest addition to the Stennis Space Centre, which centralises all HR, procurement, and...
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"Who's Bought What Solution" News

Ontario Based Healthcare SSO Implement SAP
Plexxus, a non-for profit organisation specialising in back office support for healthcare organisations, announced early this month...
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Sussex Police Select EGS to Automate £60 Million Annual Procurement Activity
SAP user Sussex Police have selected EGS to automate all of their procurement. This means Sussex Police will be able to take...
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InterContinental Selects Birch Street Back-Office Automation Solutions to Streamline P2P
InterContinental Chicago O’Hare has selected Birch Street’s Single Property Solution to automate its P2P process...
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Ensign Signs Multi-Year Agreement with DO2 Technologies to License OpenInvoice to Automate Invoice Processes
Ensign, the third largest drilling contractor in North America operating 90 drilling rigs across North America, chose DO2 Technologies to...
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A Mini 5 Step Guide to the Sense of a 'No PO, No Pay' Strategy
Lately you would have heard companies talk proudly of their 'No PO No Pay' policy. You can hardly attend a single P2P conference these days, without at least one of the presentation having the bold claim of our company has a No PO, No Pay stance. But is it required and does it make sense? How much can be achieved without implementing this bully-boy tactic which could be detrimental to your company's image?
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The Purchase to Pay Solutions and Providers Report 2008
There are over 350 e-invoicing vendors in Europe. But they all do different things. Add to this the hundreds of OCR vendors, and anyone looking to review the market to select an e-invoicing partner or P2P automation vendor is looking at a mammoth task. This 71 page report will help you look out for the solution geared to resolve your problems, and the providers to invite to tender.
> Download a preview of the report

>	How Finance can Really Change Behaviour of Procurement and Take Invoice Matching into the High 90s
	London, 16th October 2008 - Holborn Bars
>	Webinar: The Top 5 Tips to Significantly Improving Cash Flow Management
	Global Webinar hosted by Top Image Systems 16.00 CET/15.00 UK 21st October 2008
>	Navigating your Journey: The Road to Success - Deloitte Annual Shared Services Conference
	Madrid, 23rd - 24th October 2008
>	The 'Must' to Attaining Touchless P2P
	Global Webinar hosted by Trintech 16.00 CET/15.00 UK 19th November 2008
>	Toning Up Purchase to Pay to Attain Touchless Processing - Mainland Europe
	Paris, 10th-12th December 2008
>	Finance Shared Services for the Public Sector
	London, 21st - 23rd January 2009


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