Whitepapers & Essays
Purchasing: manual processes are a thing of the past
Digitalising purchasing helps companies rise above the competition – and yet, many small and mediumsized businesses are still trapped in a world of manual processes. They risk missing out on a bright future as a result. It’s high time for them to consider implementing a modern platform for procurement and supplier management.
Master data: fuelling a new logistics concept
High-quality master data is the foundation of all processes – a fact that has not escaped the managers at Bell Schweiz AG, the Swiss meat industry’s market leader. Their logistics processes are being centralised, and they took this as an opportunity to optimise the management of their material master data throughout the Group with SAP Master Data Governance (MDG).
Article in|pact media: Good procurement is half the battle
How manufacturing companies can benefit from the SAP Product Sourcing Suite
Article: Supply Chain and Human Rights
The new German Supply Chain Act is putting companies on notice. What do they have to do to comply with human rights due diligence obligations within their supply chains? Matthias Schneider and Marc Osswald from the apsolut Group clear up misunderstandings.
Essay: How Procurement and Finance Can Benefit from Each Other
Financial reporting is always at the end of a company's process chain. Most of the time, it analyzes and helps to understand what has happened — in some cases, unfortunately, much too late. The new digitalization trend of procurement creates unimagined opportunities to strengthen financial processes as an added goodie and brings the two worlds closer than ever, if done right.
