GPS + Improved Productivity = Cost Savings that support an effective fleet management solution. That’s the business case for the recent partnership between GPS fleet-management company Geotab and telematics company Enterprise Fleet Management. But how will combining forces help fleet managers control spend?
The greater efficiencies afforded by email and other forms of electronic bill presentment are helping push more and more paper out of the billing process. However, senior-level managers often are impeding further process changes, and that trend is growing, new research has found. As such,...
According to a recent report, the answer is: yes. Tradeshift’s research, titled “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” showed that 70 percent of invoices within surveyed enterprises are still manually received and processed, which adds significant costs and slows down access to critical information. However, 37 percent...
Publishers of Anytime Collect accounts receivable management software, e2b teknologies, announced this week that a law firm has selected the software to improve the firm’s Sage 100 ERP system, automate manual processes, and increase cash flow. While the Anytime Collect press release making the announcement did not...
The United Nations announced this week that it spent $16.1 billion in 2013 on goods and services, 60 percent of which was sourced from developing countries and nations with transitional economies. According to the recent “Annual Statistical Report on UN Procurement,” total procurement spend increased...
Sure, the “big name” darlings in the industry are getting their share of funding but other startups, not so much of late. Are investors simply growing tired of the market and are looking to take their money elsewhere? Or is there a more plausible reason...
Supply chain management software company HighJump Software announced last week that it acquired Atlas Products International, which provides Software as a Service (SaaS)-based business-to-business (B2B) EDI integration, secure data transfer, and e-invoicing solutions. The partnership is expected to move B2B global trade forward, as Atlas’ B2B...
Expansion of clearinghouse arrangements outside of China are helping build the country’s yuan as a settlement tool for cross-border trade. Those business activities are helping grow yuan markets overseas. However, the yuan still has a long way to go before overtaking the U.S. dollar and...
PayCargo announced last week that it was restarting its PayCargo Credit Program. PayCargo offers electronic invoicing and settlement solutions for the shipping industry. PayCargo explained in a press release that its been expanding into other transportation segments such as air cargo, trucking, rail, and warehousing since...
