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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Automating Self-Service IT
Interesting article by Rick Lemieux at itSM Solutions on self-service automation …when was the last time you dealt with a live person to perform a financial transaction, book a flight or schedule a service call – or even pay for … Continue reading
The healthcare enterprise and HCDI: Changing the way we think
What does “healthcare enterprise†really mean? The healthcare enterprise will vary from one organization to the next, but a common characteristic is that it is all-inclusive. It extends beyond the scope of the revenue cycle (registration/ admitting, service delivery, medical … Continue reading
The “name-space problem” – a huge issue that shouldn’t be…
When we started Transcepta, my co-founder Ray Parsons and I talked alot about the “name-space problem” and how much it has set back our attempts around the world to move to paperless B2B eCommerce.
Posted in Purchase to Payment, Voices
Tagged accounting system, B2B, B2B Commerce, B2B ecommerce, EDI, Transcepta
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Get buy-in from senior management, if your EIPP project is to be successful
Just following up from Will’s excellent post here, I came across a story from ioma, which speaks briefly about the importance of senior management buy-in for successfull EIPP project execution. Anyone who ever ran a project knows that people are … Continue reading
Posted in Purchase to Payment, Voices
Tagged EIPP, invoices, paper, Pet projects, postage, RS Electronics, senior management
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Measuring Purchase-to-Pay Productivity
“If you can’t measure if, you can’t manage it.” This statement seems to have been around forever, but it still rings as true as ever. Six Sigma and other similar continuous-improvement methodologies have been applied successfully to process-oriented business functions, … Continue reading
Payment Tsar & Payment Quotient – Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?
We talk a lot about Business and Financial Process Optimization at PayStream. To quote Austin Powers, “It’s our bag.” But these two terms are fuzzy and often used in the industry without really drilling down into what exactly they do … Continue reading
Posted in C2B Payment & Collections, Consumer Finance, Voices
Tagged Credit and Collections, Payment Quotient, Payment Tsar, PayStream
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The Advantage of Self-Sevice Autopay Enrollment
If you need consolidated evidence that there are tremendous advantages that electronic collections and/or payment networks promise to collectors, look no further than Bank Technology News‘ recent article, “The Innovators 2007.”
Receivables and Collections Management (RCM) Comes of Age
In the two years since we first did an in depth study of Credit and Collection Technology, I have been extremely impressed by the strides the vendors have made in filling out their solutions. B2B credit and collections is a … Continue reading
The Digital Factory on Managing Automation
The digital factory has been stalled by cost, culture, complexity, and an inability to close the loop between product design and factory floor control. But that’s about to change. An interesting story from Managing Automation about GM’s new electronic engineering … Continue reading
Calling all StartUp and Early Stage EIPP Vendors
As you can imagine, I get to know quite a number of start up and early stage EIPP (and related) vendors, both here and across the pond. At the same time, I have also attracted a number of potential investors … Continue reading
Receivables and Collections Management 2.0: Emerging Solutions and Increasing Automation
Announcing PayStream Advisors’ new buyers guide, “Receivables and Collections Management Release 2.0: Emerging Solutions and Increasing Automation”, for credit, treasury, accounting, finance managers and information technology managers. Insight to follow soon! read more | digg story
Posted in Voices
Tagged buyers guide, PayStream Advisors, Receivables and Collections
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Transcepta #3 – Going from strength to strength – community of 12,500 users
Here’s PayStream Voices’ guest blogger Manoj Ranaweera’s notice on Transcepta’s monumental achievement. read more | digg story
Transcepta Electronic Invoicing Community Gains Momentum with over 12,500 Members!
Sounds familiar… wait! Shan Haq reported this monumental news just the other day on PayStream Voices! Congrats Transcepta! See Shan’s article here, or, read more | digg story
IBM Global Financing, Selects Data Capture Solution, from Razorsight
A story about the financial business intelligence software firm, Razorsight Corporation, that has been chosen by IBM Global Financing (IGF) to automate its invoice management operation, to facilitate processing cost reduction. read more | digg story
DB Technology Alleviates Headache from Endless Paper Trail with Automated Management and Reporting Solutions
Interesting story regarding the enormity of the “paper problem.” For example: It is estimated that there are more than 4 trillion documents just in the U.S. Corporate paper-based documents continue to grow at a whopping rate well over 100 percent. … Continue reading