Tues 8th May 2012

The good news is that newer cloud-based eProcurement applications, like PROACTIS, focus on driving adoption through a user experience. For eProcurement, that means creating a shopping experience and an interface that prompts the user, "What do you need?" and enabling orders to be completed in just a few clicks.

Employees no longer need to search through offline catalogues for what they need, walk around with the requisition and chase down approvals. All relevant corporate buying policies, catalogue items from preferred suppliers, other relevant punch-out suppliers and access to expert buying support is available online.

Tues 8th May 2012

We have previously written on the implications of the Bribery Act for employee expense claims, however there are many additional situations where organisations may wish to keep a log of hospitality and gifts either received by Employees or provided to Clients.

A practical example of how this might be done is illustrated in the series of screenshots below

Tues 24th April 2012

Virgin Trains, in partnership with document management and imaging software author, Version One, fought off stiff competition to win the 'Environmental project of the year' category in this year's Green IT Awards. The award was presented during a prestigious ceremony held at London Zoo on 19 April 2012.

This is the third consecutive year that Version One's software has been honoured at the Green IT Awards.

Weds 18th April 2012

Strategic sourcing/eSourcing delivers significant savings by streamlining the ongoing, long-term procurement of goods and services.

It allows for competitive bidding; ensuring optimal pricing and supplier selection on a wide range of spend categories which results in very large savings when compared to traditional processes.