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Considering Procure-to-Pay Outsourcing?: Think Again...

Overview New research by The Hackett Group details the types of financial operations that are successfully and unsuccessfully being outsourced by Fortune 1000 organizations. For Procurement and Accounts Payable operations, the research results are very provocative. This webcast discusses how in-house shared service center models, together with the adoption of best practices and properly leveraged technology, can eliminate current operational inefficiencies without sacrificing internal controls - particularly in financial operations such as Procurement and AP.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	170 Systems
Live Date	20th October 2005 03:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	N/A

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