sharedserviceslink.com - October 2009 Newsletter

Dear Customer,

People are talking about the recession like it's a part of history. Dangerous? Maybe, but the net impact of this mood-shift is that business is moving again. This means deals are happening. After a painfully dry period where everyone 'battened down the hatches', shared services organisations are buying technology now to feed continuous improvement initiatives. The past 18 months or so has meant gain for shared services as they have helped their mother companies survive. Now is a time for change so shared services can help their parent flourish. This month be sure to find out about our AP Automation Summit in December in Paris and read my article about 7 Wonders to Supplier Onboarding. Find out more about the Kellogg's Webinar on how e-invoicing has allowed them to become a Centre of Excellence, and for our US customers, remember to join our e-invoicing readiness webinar.


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	The final P - Integrating your global banking system with SAP Presented by Peter Lay Head of Treasury British Council Free Webinars The Kellogg’s Story - How PURE E Invoicing Enables Shared Services to Become a Centres of Excellence 28th October 2009 e-Invoicing Readiness - Where Do You Rate? 5th November 2009

National grid jobs 'could be outsourced to india'
National Grid, in a letter to the GMB Union, said it was considering making redundancies at its Warwick, Northampton and Newcastle sites. An alternative option was to outsource work to other countries. "Over £3 million in saving ...
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EU Commision proposes a common system for VAT on invoicing
The EU Commission's proposal of introducing a common system of value added tax on invoicing will be discussed by the European Parliament's Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs in the next few weeks. The purpose is to increase the use ...
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Gauteng shared services centre (GSSC) billed almost €120 Million for failing to pay suppliers
Gauteng Shared Services Centre (GSSC) has a R1.37 billion (€120 million) payment backlog, even after introducing new payment systems over the years (in response to previous backlogs), due to failing to pay its suppliers since April 2008.
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Reconfiguration of local health boards leave uncertain future for NHS Wales Shared Services
Twenty-two local health boards will be replaced by seven larger ones from the beginning of October, but the future responsibilities of the NHS Wales' multi-functional Business Services Centre (BSC) has not been confirmed. Marcus Adams, director ...
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Hounslow Council jumps on the shared services bandwagon for local authorities
Public bodies with more than 250 people are being urged to join in sharing services for back office operations including finance. The Cabinet Office has set up a team to boost the take up and develop the strategy for convergence and consolidation ...
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New Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Framework Agreement allows MasterCard's electronic payment systems to be used by UK public sector to help 10 day terms
UK public sector agencies now can choose to use MasterCard's electronic payment systems for their procurement activities under the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Framework Agreement. MasterCard systems can now be made available to the 3,300
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Belgian companies could save €3.5 billion by sending electronic invoices estimates the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (VBO).
The Federation of Enterprises, having calculated the potential savings from using e-Invoicing, is asking Belgian organisations explicitly to endorse the method and make the process as easy as using paper counterparts. Only 1% of all invoices are sent …
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Who's Bought What

Gloucester City Council cuts time taken to procure goods by 75% using COA Solutions' e-Procurement

Henkel chooses SAPERION for global standardised invoice processing

EDS, an HP company, enables recovery of almost $1 million for Broadridge Financial Solutions

Basware to deliver enterprise purchase to pay solution to the State of South Australia

OB10 and PrimeRevenue partner to provide streamlined supply chain finance solution

P2P and SaaS, Spartech takes a new road and selects DataServ Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) workflow solution

Kuehne + Nagel commits to INTTRA e-invoice platform

Strategic public sector partnership, Xentrall, choose Assyst for their shared services model

Field Studies Council anticipates savings of £100,000 per annum by automating purchase to pay

Information Services Group announces new agreement to aid Chinese outsourcing industry

BBS and PBS: An exciting new player to offer financial logistics

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> Purchase to Pay Specialist - Scotland
> Peoplesoft Procurement Analyst - USA
> SAP Procure to Pay Team Lead - USA
> Finance Shared Services Specialist - USA
> Accounts Payable Assoc (German Market) - Germany
> Shared Services Manager - Middle East
> Head of Financial Shared Services - UK
> PTP (Procure to Pay) Analyst - USA
> Accounts Payable Analyst - USA
> Solution Manager - Purchase to Pay (P2P) - Malaysia
> Procurement Manager - Nigeria

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By:
Susie West

e-Invoicing - The 7 wonders of supplier onboarding
It still amazes me that there are companies out there that consider onboarding suppliers to their e-invoicing project themselves. Why would you bother? We all need stationery, but rather than set up a function to make folders within the business, we place an order with Lyreco don't we? The same approach should be held when looking at e-invoicing.
> Read the full article

White paper: 'The 6 key success factors to supply chain document automation'
6 fundamental key project success factors are evident time and time again. When these key success factors are properly addressed, the probability of the supply chain project delivering real benefit to the business dramatically increases. These 6 factors are the resulting knowledge from Celerity implementing over 250 supply chain projects, and the successful companies realising measurable process efficiencies and a quick return on investment.

About Celerity: Specialising in business process and supply chain document automation since 1990, Celerity and its RX Platform has delivered real cost savings and measurable business benefits to over 550 companies of all sizes across a diverse range of industries.
> Download the white paper

>	Maximising SAP to Support Your Finance Shared Services Processes
	20th - 23rd October 2009
>	The Kellogg’s Story - How PURE E Invoicing Enables Shared Services to Become a Centres of Excellence
	28th October 2009
>	e-Invoicing Readiness - Where Do You Rate?
	5th November 2009
>	The AP Automation Summit
	9th - 11th December 2009


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