5 Things to Know about Intel Partner Alliance

Intel® Partner Alliance is our unified program to provide partners and the ecosystem with impactful benefits and resources that empower them to grow their businesses. Following the initial launch in early 2021, we have been laser focused to drive a roadmap of ongoing improvements to deliver more value to our partners and continuously improve the …

Speeding up Contract Negotiations

Have you ever been sitting in an interminable negotiation meeting thinking “There must be a better way”? Companies are constantly seeking to improve efficiency in every aspect of their business but they often overlook the contracting process. Negotiating time has a real cost for a company (the salary cost of personnel devoted to the negotiation, …

Modernize Your Contract Negotiation Process

Doing things the old-fashioned way isn’t just slow, inefficient, and annoying. It’s harmful to your business. While money may be the blood of a company, contracts are definitely its bones: they are the structure that keeps it alive so that the money can flow through. A company’s greatest sources of value – its relationships and …

Contract Negotiations – how to prepare and execute Contracts as a Procurement Professional

Negotiating a Contract is often a major challenge in the area of Procurement, because of the complexity of the contract documentation, different stakeholders which need to be involved within the process and the duration when this needs to be executed, often in a 2 week time span. As a Service & IT Procurement Specialist I …

Payments Becoming a Tech Business

In the modern age, technology is the essential concern of every organization. The business focuses on adopting new technologies which reduce their cost, human resources, and time. Robot replaces workforce, Laptop/Ipad replaces papers, and in short, Technologies replacing everything day by day. The sector is changing due to new technologies and innovations in the banking …

How e-payment solutions can help businesses be more efficient and productive

We are currently and indisputably in the midst of a payment revolution. E-commerce continues to grow, and we’re expecting online payments to continue to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 25 percentage points in the MEA (Middle East and Africa) market from this year until 2025, while mobile payments are expected to increase …

Automation (electronic) Payment to Suppliers …a look at the fundamentals

Payments to suppliers are a major part of the procurement-to-pay ecosystem. Implementing electronic payment of your invoices from suppliers provides significant cost saving opportunities but other hidden benefits also flow from this automation Business growth, increased cross-border activities, an increasing supplier base, and business volatility means the increase in the number of transactions and the …

Getting your GRC into the hands of decision makers

“Risk Culture – the values, beliefs, knowledge, attitudes and understanding about risk shared by a group of people with a common purpose.” Institute of Risk Management To successfully influence risk culture, we need great structural mechanisms or formal arrangements that support strong risk management practices in our systems, policies, procedures, and governance – and – …

Educators promote parental involvement in education plans

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. – Toni Nelson is the coordinator of the Family Support Resource Center, and she assists parents of children and young adults with special needs. However, she too, has personal experience in the matter. “My son completed his education at the age of 21, and that encouraged him to get more job skills,” …

Blockchain for Business Series: Understanding Business and Technological Design Imperatives of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

Introduction: What is Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and Why Is It Important? In this post we plan to expend some time and energy in understanding Central Bank Digital Currency or CBDC. While the notion of “Central Banks” implies centralized control and governance structure the term itself may be against the doctrine of decentralization which lays …