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NAPP Pre-Conference Seminars

Make Plans to Attend 2008’s Best PO/AP Conference:  

NAPP 16th Annual Conference
The Marriott Resort, Marina Del Rey, CA
February 10-13, 2008

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Free Pre-Conference Seminars!

NAPP pre-conference seminars are small, personal, in-depth presentations by our trusted vendor partners. This type of training would cost hundreds of dollars at other venues. But Thanks to the generous sponsorship of ePlus and Bottomline Technologies, this year’s pre-conference seminars will be at no cost to our attendees! They will be held on Sunday afternoon, February 10, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Be sure to register for one of these informative and valuable additions to your conference experience!

Headquartered in Herndon, VA, ePlus is a publicly traded company with over $600 million in revenue, serving over 2,500 clients from 30 locations across the United States. ePlus provides a suite of supply chain solutions, including e-procurement, supplier enablement, content and catalog management, spend analytics, asset management and document management.

Bottomline Technologies provides collaborative payment and invoice automation solutions to corporations, financial institutions and banks around the world. The company’s solutions are used to streamline, automate and manage processes and transactions involving global payments, invoice approval, purchase-to-pay, collections, cash management and document process automation.

ePlus 2008 Seminar

NAPP Pre-Conference Seminar I
Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 2:00-4:00 PM - Malibu Room

Hands Up If You’d Like To Have A Smoother
Procurement And Invoicing Process!

Presented by:
Jeff Pinkerton, VP of Product Strategy and Marketing
and Rick Hunsinger, Senior Consultant
ePlus, Inc.

Everyone’s heard of GIGO – garbage in, garbage out. But in accounts payable, most of the day-to-day operational problems come from exactly that – bad data coming into the invoicing process, which someone has to clean up. Where does it come from?

Usually, it’s not from purchasing. In fact, it starts right at the beginning of the procurement process – requisitions, and the supplier catalogs they are based on.

This session will show how bad product data leads to trouble throughout the procurement process, from req to check, and what can be done about it. Using real world examples, you will see how supplier enablement, content cleansing and catalog management are the necessary first steps to a good foundation for a smooth procurement and invoicing process.
 

Bottomline Technologies 2008 Seminar

NAPP Pre-Conference Seminar II
Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 2:00-4:00 PM – Santa Monica Room

The Missing Link to E-Invoicing Success

Presented by:
Anne Marie Gramling, VP, Professional Services
and Ethan Williams, Manager, AP Automation Solutions
Bottomline Technologies

With all the buzz surrounding AP automation, it can be easy to view the solution to all your company’s AP challenges merely in technology terms. However, if your suppliers won’t adopt the solution you’ve deployed, your goals for e-invoicing will never be achieved.

For organizations pursuing, or considering an AP automation initiative, success will be intricately tied to two factors: the ability to balance the co-existence of paper and electronic invoices; and the creation of a compelling business proposition that entices suppliers to adopt electronic invoicing quickly. Based on real-world examples and broad industry expertise, this informative session will provide attendees with:

  • Best practices for evaluating, implementing and leveraging AP automation solutions;

  • Methodologies for establishing supplier activation and enablement services, and

  • A blueprint for creating a collaborative supplier portal
     

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