Supplier Management from A to P: When Accounts Payable Leads, Strategic Supplier Relationships Follow

On-demand Webinar | Free

Accounts payable’s role in on-boarding suppliers is critical to getting an initial supplier relationship off on the right foot, and throughout the lifecycle AP is the conduit to keeping the relationship running smoothly – making sure the supplier gets paid on time and maintaining compliance with all regulatory and business terms.

As such, AP has an opportunity to take a leadership role in driving more strategic supplier relationships to maximize and monetize the inherent value for both parties.

This webinar will highlight how AP can leverage best practices and innovative technologies to become the nexus of supplier management by:

• Streamlining supplier on-boarding processes
• Ensuring compliance to minimize risk
• Providing superior customer service – and self-service access – to suppliers and internal customers for real-time answers to AP inquiries
• Enabling “paperless” electronic invoicing to drive cost efficiencies for the buyer and supplier alike
• Driving bottom-line savings through flexible dynamic discounting solutions to monetize the payables process

Judy Bicking
Senior Trainer, IOFM

Judy Bicking is a consultant, public speaker and author who specializes in accounts payable, accounts receivable and related topics. A 27-year Johnson & Johnson Global Business Services veteran, she was first recognized as a leader in credit management and then as a pioneer and leader in procure-to-pay. After a successful career in leading and managing AR and AP, she was tapped to lead the team to develop J&J’s U.S. shared service center. She later served as AP’s global director on J&J’s European P2P project team. Under Bicking’s direction, the staff members at J&J were the first to earn the TAPN/IOFM AP Departmental Certification designation. Bicking authored and took the lead on much of the AP Network’s AP Pro Train online learning center content, and she participated as a co-founder and subject matter expert for the TAPN/IOFM AP Certification program.

Richard Waugh
VP Corporate Development, Zycus

 Richard has an extensive background in B2B E-Commerce. He helped launch GE’s Trading Process Network (TPN), the first on-line Marketplace for Sourcing and Procurement. He was also Co-Founder of B2eMarkets, one of the first SaaS (Software as a Service) Sourcing Suite providers and later covered the Supply Management market as an Industry Analyst for the Aberdeen Group.

Continuing Education Credits available:

Receive 1 CEU toward renewing APM, APS, APPM or APPS certification from the Institute of Finance and Management! The Accounts Payable Certification and Procure-to-Pay Certification Programs are designed to establish standards for the profession and recognize Accounts Payable and Procure-to-Pay professionals who, by possessing related work experience and passing a comprehensive exam, have met stringent requirements for mastering the Accounts Payable and Procure-to-Pay bodies of knowledge.

This webinar is provided free of charge and underwritten by a sponsor. Following the webinar, you may be contacted by the sponsor with information about their products and services.