B2B Roundtable
This week GXS attended the AFME 5th Post-Trade Conference in London, UK.(link to www.afme.eu). Major stakeholders from the European Capital Markets were there alongside representatives from European and domestic public entities. Walking into the conference room, I expected the usual universal debate between the private sector, their business drivers, day-to-day challenges and call for self-regulation, [...]
Read More»A compelling bank value proposition has to be unique – differentiated with a clear justification to enter or expand the business relationship, combined with benefits and demonstrated return. But, unique differentiators have to be supported by unique business processes, technology and people, all of which reflect the spirit, values and brand of a bank. This, [...]
Read More»Last week GXS attended and exhibited at the NACHA PAYMENTS 2012 conference in Baltimore MD. There were many interesting educational sessions to choose from across several tracks. One session caught my eye in the Corporate Payments Solution track titled “The ERP Integration Cloud is Here!” presented by Rene Schuurman, Director and Product Manager Connectivity, from Citi [...]
Read More»Having just spent a few days in Germany at the EDIFICE High Technology conference, I’ve concluded strange things are happening in the world of supply chain management. Indeed so profound are these changes that it’s turning established thought and practice upside down. Reliable For the last twenty or more years supply chain has been based [...]
Read More»It’s been tough, but I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking recently. And I’ve been thinking about risk in the supply chain. My mind has been focussed on this partly because it’s become increasingly important but also because we are giving presentations this week at the EDIFICE event on “Risk and Resilience” in the [...]
Read More»GXS recently sponsored a webinar titled “Key Technology Initiatives for Commercial Banking and Payments 2012.” CEB TowerGroup Research Director Steve Murphy and Associate Analyst Leo Lipis joined me to present the key business dynamics driving technology priorities in 2012. (You can view a replay of the webinar and get a copy of the slides.) Steve [...]
Read More»If you’ve been following you’ll recall I got a little distracted by a webinar featuring Marks and Spencer, how they engaged with their supplier community and automatically processed millions of invoices. As I pointed out, (before I got distracted), it surprised me to discover that there are over 500 companies across the globe who use [...]
Read More»For those of you to whom this delightful English slang word is unfamiliar it describes what happens when someone out bids you for a house, or indeed anything else. I’ve just been “Gazumped” in the B2B benefit stakes by a gentleman called Michael Brady. I was about to share with you a number of reasons [...]
Read More»I’ve recently joined GXS to work for the Managed Services business in Europe. Like most industries it’s all too easy to become immersed in a bubble of acronyms and technobabble. Indeed my colleagues have variously described me as an Evangelist, a Business Angel and the “Cloud” Business Development Guy. None of these descriptions really work for [...]
Read More»I attended IOMA’s 8th Annual Accounts Payable Automation & Operations Conference in New York City last week during which attendees from companies in various industries had the opportunity to hear the latest news about various technologies and methodologies for automating their AP departments. Here are a few of the key ideas that were discussed during [...]
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