Events Management

Indirect spend has long been a critical piece of the spend management puzzle. “Complex spend management,” the moniker given to approaches for managing indirect spend categories such as events / meetings, business travel, marketing materials and services, and contingent labor, has been growing in strategic importance in recent years, as more and more businesses find [...]

We’ve had a fair number of good articles in the past few weeks here at Payables Place; there was an insightful Telecom Expense Management article, the first few articles in Chris Dwyer’s Spring Training series, and even a nice piece on Declining Balance Cards (but I’m biased on that one). So, without further ado, here’s [...]

The marketing function has evolved significantly over the years, so much so that it is difficult to pinpoint the moving target that is its focus during any point in time. However, as company brands shift towards new consumers and markets, and outward messaging is delivered by fresh and exciting means, the ultimate goal of marketing [...]

The first article in this two-part series highlighted the growing rise of mobile applications and solutions within the greater framework of complex spend management. Earlier, we discussed how mobile apps and technologies were revolutionizing both traditional and newfangled concepts within travel and expense management and contingent workforce management. Today, we’ll not only apply this thinking [...]