Is the Integrated Financial Supply Chain the Paperless Office?

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Financial Insights Opinion
• In This REPORT
• Situation Overview
  • Business Models
  • Figure: Generic Order to Cash Cycle
  • Figure: Opportunities for Improvement in the Integrated Financial Supply Chain
  • Figure: Basic Bilateral Exchange
  • Figure: Bilateral Exchange Can Simply Shift Costs in an Ecosystem
    • Multiparty Model (Consolidator/Invoice Networks)
    • Figure: Islands of Non-Interoperable EBPP
    • An "Open" Exchange Model
    • Figure: Open Exchange Model
    • The Myth of the Electronic Invoice
    • The Role of Standards
  • Financing the Supply Chain
  • Extended Banking Services
    • Dematerializing A/R or A/P
    • Figure: Banks are Expanding Services Beyond the Electronic Invoice
    • Cash Flow Visibility
  • A Glimmer of Hope
    • Purchasing Cards
    • The Emerging Financial Internet
  • Status of Notable Financial Supply Chain Projects
  • Notable Bank Financial Supply Chain Offerings
• Future OUTLOOK
• Essential Guidance
  • Actions for Vendors
  • Actions for Banks
    • Action for the EU, Standards, and Committees
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis