Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON)

Just back from the SSON show in Florida. Excellent event for Shared Services professionals, and certainly for AP professionals given AP is the most frequently included activity in US Shared Service initiatives. Some really thorough and interesting presentations from companies such as Petco, Universal Orlando and many others. For example, at both of those companies, senior leaders walked the audience through their initiatives to improve process and reduce costs in very granular detail. One of them had capital available for their initiatives, the other did not. Both identified and delivered some unique improvements in invoice automation, T/E, pcard, vendor master cleanup, and other AP processes.