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: Purchase Orders
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:
Editing Purchase Orders – The Do’s and Don’ts.
04/05/2011 – 10:31 am
A purchase order is a legal document where 2 parties agree to a sales transaction at a set price, when it’s edited it can become a gray area in terms of legality. As such care is needed when making any changes to it. In this weeks webinar we’ll be looking at the circumstances around editing [...]
Thursdays Webinar – Partial Reconciliation of Invoices
03/14/2011 – 9:58 am
If your part of the finance team, a bit more information on partial reconciliation can always be helpful. This Thursday at 16:00 we’ll be taking a quick look at partial, and multiple reconciliation of invoices and how it effects the work flow within PurchaseControl.com. If you’ve ever had an invoice that didn’t match a purchase [...]
2 Day Training Session in the IoD
02/16/2011 – 1:43 pm
After the success of the last training session, we’ll be holding an extended 2 day training session in the Institute of Directors in Pall Mall, London SW1 on Monday 28th February and Tuesday 1st March 2011 If you’re interested in using PurchaseControl.com this will be great opportunity to come down and have a chat with us, [...]
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
Drop in session at the Institute of Directors, London
12/06/2010 – 10:11 am
On Thursday 9th December we’ll be holding a drop in session for any questions or queries you might have about using or configuring POcontrol.com (or PurchaseControl.com as version 7 will be known as). If your a new user to the system or even a potential user it would be the perfect time to find out [...]
