Spend Control - What would you want to do that for?

 
LONDON - March 22, 2016 - PRLog -- On location in West Africa 'analysing' and documenting requirements for a Spend Control system

Following on from our recent feature: Spotlight on Reducing Spend in the Energy Industry, some colleagues and I were exchanging anecdotes about other favourite experiences when implementing Spend Control systems. Here is one of mine (names, locations and just about everything else changed - but the story is a true one).

The Brief

Spend 5 days on location in West Africa 'analysing' and documenting requirements for a Spend Control system. The current process is entirely manual, the AP Team spend extraordinary amounts of time fending off unhappy vendors who have not been paid and Finance have no visibility of commitments. Sound familiar?
We're getting there

It still feels strange to leave the relative opulence of the Heathrow lounges and wake up to the chaos that is the drive from Lagos airport to Victoria Island. Weaving our way through a sea of early morning commuters, yellow buses and motorbike taxis is now strangely familiar, but I don't think I will ever get used to it.

Read the full article online now: https://touchstoneenergy.co.uk/spend-control-what-would-y...

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