If your attending the Southern Energy and Facilities Management expo today, don’t forget I’ll be running a seminar how all purchase order software pays for its self. The 20 minute talk will cover the 3 main areas that a loss can occur in: direct purchasing control, incorrectly receiving goods and catching mistakes during invoice reconciliation. [...]
Category Archives: Cost control
3 Reasons For Using Purchase Order Software
08/08/2011 – 9:54 am
I recently answered a question on the CIMA web forum about reasons for using any kind of PO system, and thought it a good idea to include them here: 1. Reduce costs: once a system is put in to control expenditure you will see a decrease in spending, when used across a large company this [...]
User Survey 2011
07/22/2011 – 2:12 pm
Thanks to everyone who completed the 2011 PurchaseControl.com User Survey. As always the survey gives us a chance to find out what additional features you’d like to see in the application, but also gives you a chance to tell us things we might not know (such as the satellite DSL in the gulf of Mexico [...]
Interesting Question From A Potential Customer…
05/27/2011 – 2:32 pm
“It would also help if you explained in details how the system works out approvals, e.g: individual limit, dep limit, PO rules limit, number of approvers…” It’s worthwhile understanding that the system has been developed by looking at the real life purchasing scenarios that happen in most organisations. From our own experience over the past [...]
Cloud Based Data Security
05/03/2011 – 10:30 am
Data security and management is always an issue when talking to people about cloud based offerings and for a very good reason; it’s one of the most important assets a company has. From dealing with many clients over the past 3 years these would be the most common points of concern customers have discussed with me:
What’s return on investment for software and how do I calculate it: Every sales person talks about it but how do I work it out on my own?
02/15/2011 – 11:52 am
How to calculate return on investment for PurchaseControl.com
What’s the most important aspect of purchase control?
05/17/2010 – 1:16 pm
It’s a good question. The short answer is it depends on what department you’re working for! For a line manager the single most important thing is to keep within budget. There’s nothing like having to explain to the finance team why once again they’ve got to find a little bit more cash to cover an [...]
Upload documents with POcontrol.com
12/15/2009 – 3:27 pm
We’ve had some users following the Sage Integration progress with interest as its going to be one of the major time saving requests we’ve introduced. We’ve now got another one that’s just as good… The next major release will give you the ability to upload documents and attach them to either invoices or purchase orders! [...]
Not too sure if POcontrol.com can work for you, why not get a 30 day trial?
09/23/2009 – 4:52 pm
Currently we’re offering anyone who’s interested in the POcontrol.com a free 30 day demo version of the system. There’s no functionality restriction, no hidden costs and you still have access to technical support throughout your trial of the system. As people who use software everyday as well as designing it, we understand how much work [...]
POcontrol.com Processes 90 Million Euro’s Worth of Purchase Orders
08/20/2009 – 2:22 pm
To date this year over 90 million Euros worth of Purchase Orders were put through POcontrol.com, this is considerable increase over 67 million last year. Even if we only helped to save 1% of the total purchasing costs for all our customers, that still amounts to a gross saving of €900 000 in total for [...]
