Ellen Leith's guest appearances

Ellen Leith

APNow

Life Beyond The Numbers

ProctoCast: Real World Procurement Conversation

Jeff Bezos

Jason Roberts

Richard Nixon

Peter Smith

Gareth Jones

Paul Barker

Jonathan Wood

Peter Taylor

Tom Flynn

Tiana Laurence

Julia Child

Richard Ham

Kelly Paxton

Rebecca Howard

Bill Jelen

OwlTail

Joining me today on ProctoCast is Ellen Leith from the Procure-to-Pay Network, or PPN.  It's a topic that procurement often doesn't like to talk about or get involved in but we inevitably have to.  So, I start by asking the loaded question: Should P2P be considered part of operational procurement or finance? We cover how relations and cooperation between procurement and accounts payable can be improved, and how it's often something as simple as communication that's the missing ingredient. How are the different innovations and seemingly endless choice of P2P software affecting how we work? And how is change management so important when it comes to implementation of new technology? Because you can't digitise a broken process... We conclude with looking at the trends in shared services? Are companies bringing this back in house, or are BPOs still growing their market share? ********** Protcocast is a part of the Proctopus network. Join our Proctopus LinkedIn Group here! Connect with Ellen here Connect with James here See what PPN is all about here We're on a mission to make the procurement community more engaged and our profession better understood. Our events and content are way more exciting and fun than the traditional conferences hosted by established industry bodies. No jargon. No acronyms!

Joining me today on ProctoCast is Ellen Leith from the Procure-to-Pay Network, or PPN. It's a topic that procurement often doesn't like to talk about or get involved in but we inevitably have to. So, I start by asking the loaded question: Should P2P be considered part of operational procurement or finance? We cover how relations and cooperation between procurement and accounts payable can be improved, and how it's often something as simple as communication that's the missing ingredient. How are the different innovations and seemingly endless choice of P2P software affecting how we work? And how is change management so important when it comes to implementation of new technology? Because you can't digitise a broken process... We conclude with looking at the trends in shared services? Are companies bringing this back in house, or are BPOs still growing their market share? ********** Protcocast is a part of the Proctopus network. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8961041/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Join our Proctopus LinkedIn Group here!</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-leith-556234a/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with Ellen here</a> <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/james-meads/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with James here</a> <a href="https://www.p2pnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">See what PPN is all about here</a> We're on a mission to make the procurement community more engaged and our profession better understood. Our events and content are way more exciting and fun than the traditional conferences hosted by established industry bodies. No jargon. No acronyms!

All things P2P: Technology and Industry Trends - Ellen Leith from PPN

Mary Schaeffer

In this episode on the AP Now podcast, Mary Schaeffer is joined by Ellen Leith, founder of the Purchase to Pay Network. Ellen joins us from the UK to discuss the five biggest trends impacting the purchase-to-pay function, or as we call it on this side of the pond, the procure-to-pay function. While many of the issues are the same on both sides of the ocean, it is fascinating to hear Ellen’s take on them. She begins by describing how she identified a gap in the marketplace when it came to finding good information in one place for the purchase-to-pay function as her impetus for starting the Network. She then went on to identify and discuss the five most important trends impacting the function. She believes, as we do here at AP Now, that analytics will play a big role but cautions the audience to be smart about the KPIs they choose to monitor. Otherwise, time is spent cranking out numbers that could be used for other purposes. Partnering with other business units, taking advantage of cloud technologies and being alert to identify risk were also discussed in some detail. The discussion at the end about corporate social responsibility is not something often discussed in relation to accounts payable and procure-to-pay. After listening to Leith that may very well change.   Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com) Guest: Ellen Leith (www.p2pnetwork.org) Sponsor: Stampli (www.stampli.com/APNow) Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode on the AP Now podcast, Mary Schaeffer is joined by Ellen Leith, founder of the Purchase to Pay Network. Ellen joins us from the UK to discuss the five biggest trends impacting the purchase-to-pay function, or as we call it on this side of the pond, the procure-to-pay function. While many of the issues are the same on both sides of the ocean, it is fascinating to hear Ellen’s take on them. She begins by describing how she identified a gap in the marketplace when it came to finding good information in one place for the purchase-to-pay function as her impetus for starting the Network. She then went on to identify and discuss the five most important trends impacting the function. She believes, as we do here at AP Now, that analytics will play a big role but cautions the audience to be smart about the KPIs they choose to monitor. Otherwise, time is spent cranking out numbers that could be used for other purposes. Partnering with other business units, taking advantage of cloud technologies and being alert to identify risk were also discussed in some detail. The discussion at the end about corporate social responsibility is not something often discussed in relation to accounts payable and procure-to-pay. After listening to Leith that may very well change.   Host: Mary Schaeffer (<a href="http://www.ap-now.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ap-now.com</a>) Guest: Ellen Leith (<a href="http://www.p2pnetwork.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.p2pnetwork.org</a>) Sponsor: Stampli (<a href="http://www.stampli.com/APNow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.stampli.com/APNow</a>) Credit: Music: <a href="https://www.purple-planet.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.purple-planet.com</a>

AP Now Episode 8:  Mary Schaeffer with Ellen Leith on 5 Big Issues Impacting P2P