The Spend Culture Blog

The Dangers of Relying on A Paper Trail Running a business, with all of its hassles; dealing with vendors, customers, payroll and other administrative … The Truth About Paper Purchase Orders

There’s a certain freewheeling allure to helming a business. You can draw from the company coffers as you like as you arrange meetings, hire … 5 Red Flags That You Need to Be More Attentive to Your Spend Culture

The progressive trajectory of procurement practices in the last few years have been something to marvel at. The back office spend centres of yesterday … How to Improve Your Purchase Order Cycle Time Right Now

  Free Webinar – How to Manage Company Spending Through a Proactive Spend Culture Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 Time: 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time WATCH THE … [Webinar]: Managing Spend With a Proactive Spend Culture

An Interview With Rachele Collins, SPHR, SHRM-CP, Ph.D – Principal Research Lead, Financial Management, APQC The understanding and monitoring of the various aspects of financial processes … The 4 KPIs Your Accounts Payable Team Should Be Tracking Immediately

APQC’s Marisa Brown shares expert guidance on benchmarking procurement performance. From cycle times to digital adoption, here’s how leading teams measure what matters.

The days of lost invoices and rogue receipts are finally behind us. New technologies have ushered in a new era of procurement, which is … Cloud-Based Procurement: What You Need to Know

To compile a report, you need data with a capital D — in other words, information that you can rely upon, and base your … Spend Visibility: Why It Can Be Difficult To Create Budget Reports

“Here’s what happens: the invoice arrives. And we have no context for it. Legal hasn’t approved this; Finance hasn’t approved this; IT Security hasn’t … How Manual Processes Undermine Compliance and Internal Controls

There is often an underlying assumption that the accountancy department in any business has a complete picture of everything occurring at shop floor level. … Why Finance Can’t Afford To Wait For Invoices

“I believe that a strong culture is critical to companies that hope to scale…a winning company culture emerges when every employee feels they personally own the culture.” — … What Your Startup’s Spend Culture Says About its Workplace Culture

In the height of the early 2000s telecommunications boom, Reza Hagel joined Sony & Ericsson during their joint-venture and started as BU Data analyst … What You Need to Know Before Becoming a CPO