Podcast Ep274: Invoice Lifecycle Management, Maximizing ROI & Minimizing Risk
Why It Matters
The conversation reframes invoice processing as a foundational business capability—fixing it yields immediate ROI, reduces risk and enables higher-value AI and cloud investments—while SAP’s AI push and rising regulatory attention signal shifting vendor dynamics that could reshape enterprise procurement and compliance.
Summary
On Episode 274 of Transformation Ground Control, host Eric Kimberling interviews Jason Kur, CEO of Basware, to spotlight invoice lifecycle management and how extending ERP cores can improve invoicing, compliance and fraud prevention without breaking standard cloud ‘clean core’ implementations. The episode underscores the persistent tension between entrenched spreadsheet users—who both salvage and stall digital transformation—and modern ERP objectives to become a single source of truth. Kimberling also reviews SAP’s Sapphire announcements, including an ‘autonomous enterprise’ vision with AI assistants and new AI partnerships, and flags regulatory scrutiny of major vendors such as Microsoft. He previews a letter he submitted to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority critiquing industry dysfunction across vendors, consultants and customers.
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