Knowledge base: white papers and articles on purchase-to-pay

Practical knowledge about duplicate payments, vendor data and cost savings. For CFOs, controllers and accounts payable teams.

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The 5 hidden losses in your accounts payable

Where does money leak away between purchase order and payment, and which warning signs can you spot yourself? Includes a ten-question self-test to get started right away.

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The 5 hidden losses

Where money leaks away in the P2P process.

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Vendor master data

Clean vendor data

Why a polluted vendor file costs money and makes fraud easy, with a seven-step plan and a self-test.

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Spend management

From spend analysis to structural savings

How to turn your own accounts payable data into a savings agenda that is actually realised, with the five classic patterns.

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Process optimisation

The P2P Quick Scan

Review your purchase-to-pay process yourself in one afternoon: five checks, the red flags and a scorecard.

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The Last Audit

The Last Audit

Why audits keep finding the same errors and how to break the cycle: recover, tackle root causes and keep monitoring.

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Articles

Practical articles on duplicate payments, vendor data, VAT, spend analysis and process optimisation. Written from the practice of our audits.

01Duplicate paymentsEvery organisation pays twice from time to time. Learn why it happens, how to detect it and how to recover duplicate payments up to five years back.Read the article02What is an accounts payable audit and what does it deliver?An accounts payable audit detects incorrect payments in your accounts payable and recovers them. Learn how it works and what it delivers.Read the article03Undue payment to a supplierPaid a supplier in error? Learn what an undue payment is, how the five-year limitation period works and how to get the money back.Read the article04Cleaning up your vendor master file in 7 stepsA polluted vendor file causes duplicate payments and fraud risk. Clean up your vendor master data in 7 steps. A practical plan.Read the article054,500 correction entries at one organisation4,500 correction entries at one organisation: an anonymised case on what correction entries reveal about risks in your purchase-to-pay process.Read the article06No cure, no pay auditsWith a no cure, no pay audit you only pay for results. Learn how the model works, what a fair fee is and which contract terms to look out for.Read the article07Statements of accountReconciling supplier balances through statements of account uncovers hidden credits: credit notes, prepayments and balances you never got back.Read the article08Incorrectly booked VATPaid reverse-charge VAT anyway? Foreign VAT not reclaimed? Learn how to detect incorrectly processed VAT in your accounts payable and get it back.Read the article09Carrying out a spend analysisA spend analysis shows where your money goes and where the savings are. A practical plan: from data dump to a concrete savings agenda.Read the article10The 5 most expensive mistakes in your accounts payableFrom duplicate payments to polluted master data: these are the 5 most expensive mistakes in accounts payable, with the signs that help you spot them.Read the article11Recovery auditA recovery audit recovers wrongly paid amounts from your payment history, without risk. Learn what it is and why it belongs among your standard controls.Read the article12Optimising the P2P processNine proven quick wins to improve your purchase-to-pay process, taken straight from the findings of accounts payable audits. Ready to apply.Read the article

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