sharedserviceslink.com - September 2009 Newsletter

Dear Customer,

The September mood is upon us and making many of us beam. News that multi-nationals are merging, or attempting to acquire, injects a much needed boost into our step, and slowly appears a business confidence which had hibernated for 18 months. If you haven’t read about the interesting news of Kofax acquiring 170 systems for $33 million, then take a look at my blog for my 4 thoughts on this development. Speaking to technology providers, they ‘haven’t been so busy in months’ which marries with the word on the street that shared services organisations are beginning to increase their investment in technology. So if you are gearing up to continuously improve, then I will try not to overwhelm you with the treats we have in store: join Basware’s webinar the 23rd September; join the e-invoicing masterclass we have on 24th September in London; read my article on the secrets to e-invoicing success; and download the P2P automation paper provided this month by ITESoft.


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	Touchless Processing with 60000 Invoices Across Europe - Rolling Out ERS Across The Tax Minefield of EuropePresented by Eddie van den Eede Head of Accounts Payable Borealis Free Webinars Lloydspharmacy - Maximising Efficiency with Automation and E-invoicing 23rd September 2009 How Shared Services Can Deliver Major Benefits to the Entire Organization Through Payment Optimization 6 October 2009 The Kellogg’s Story - How PURE E Invoicing Enables Shared Services to Become a Centres of Excellence 28 October 2009

Xchanging Signs a £825 Million Five Year Procurement Outsourcing Contract with Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS)
Xchanging plc has signed a five year Procurement Outsourcing contract with Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS), a leading global Recruitment Process Outsourcing provider. The contract will see Xchanging manage indirect procurement spend...
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South African Breweries Ltd (SAB) Signs Genpact to Manage Shared Services Centre in Johannesburg
SAB Ltd, the South African subsidiary of brewery giant SABMiller plc, has signed an agreement with Genpact resulting in the BPO to assume responsibility for the SSC in Johannesburg. With immediate effect the employees of the SSC will become employees of Genpact.
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SAP Launches Hosted On Demand Package for Mid Market Customers
ERP giant SAP is venturing further into the online hosted data centre field with the introduction of a new enhanced package of its Business ByDesign offering. The new updated on-demand offering, available online and with a monthly, rather than annual...
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Bottomline Technologies Partners With Bank of America for Electronic Payment and Invoice Automation Network
Bank of America and Bottomline Technologies, a provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, have formed a strategic relationship to expand the bank's electronic network for payment...
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Imagitek Announces Partnership with OB10
Imagitek developer of Prodagio Software business applications for accounts payable, case management and contracts management, announced a partnership with OB10, the global electronic invoicing network, to streamline accounts payable invoice ingestion and reduce processing cost.
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Elemica and RubberNetwork Announce Merger
Elemica, a leading global supply chain services provider in the chemical industry, and RubberNetwork, a global sourcing and supply chain company in the tire and rubber industry, today announced that they have merged. The combined company, which will continue to operate under...
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Citi Launches Citi Virtual Card Accounts for Greater Spend Control
Citi today announced the launch of Citi Virtual Card Accounts, its next generation payment solution, designed to provide companies with greater security, flexibility and control. The new service generates unique "virtual" card numbers for transactions, allowing administrators to dynamically set spending and reconciliation controls on each virtual card account.
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Who's Bought What

Aggreko Selects Basware to Power Automation for 85,000 Invoices PA

British Energy Joins the OB10 E Invoicing Network

UPMC Implement GHX OnDemand AP(SM) to Automate PO Invoices From 10,000 Vendors

RSPCA to Implement a Proactis' Spend Control Solution

AHDB to Save Over £50,000 Yearly With Version One's Data Capture Integrated With Agresso

Wales Audit Office to Meet 10 Day Payment Target Using COA Solutions FMS

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Debuts ARC PayABill Electronic Invoicing Tool

Amethyst Group Closes Accounts 4 Days Sooner with Version One Integrated into SunSystems

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> Treasury Analyst: Cash Management - Ireland
> Account Manager - Shared Services - Ireland
> Finance Transformation Project - China

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By:
Susie West

The Secret Every E Invoicing Project Lead Should Know to Secure Success
Ouch! Don't touch it! The fear and temptation that surrounds the hottest topic in the F&A Shared Services Town just gets bigger and bigger. The topic? E Invoicing of course. It's hot today and in 2, 3, 4 years time it will be at fever pitch. There is no getting away from it. And deep down we all know why. The truth is very simple ...
> Read the full article

Report: Paper Cuts Can Ease Business Pain
ITESOFT is the recognised market leader of innovative software solutions for automatically processing information flows throughout the P2P process. In this new and free report, Paper Cuts Can Ease Business Pain, find out which processes you can restructure today to reduce costs and boost efficiency in your own organisation, and learn how best in class companies are now achieving up to 91% lower invoice processing costs. Additionally, understand how Northern Rail recently worked with ITESOFT to streamline its purchase-to-pay process and automate invoice processing into SAP, and review the brilliant results generated. Click here to get this free and timely report.
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>	Lloydspharmacy - Maximising Efficiency with Automation and E-invoicing
	23rd September 2009
>	The Truth About Onboarding Suppliers and Guaranteeing E Invoicing Success
	24th September 2009
>	How Shared Services Can Deliver Major Benefits to the Entire Organization Through Payment Optimization
	6th October 2009
>	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
>	The AP Automation Summit
	9th - 11th December 2009


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