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GPO Summit London – Top 10 Takeaways
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In September SharedServicesLink hosted their 2017 Global Process Owner (GPO) and Process Excellence Summit.

It seems only yesterday that I participated in the North American GPO Summit (my findings were summarised here) so I thought I should share some …

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Look Up, The World Has Changed
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It has become a cliché that “Change is the only Constant”, that the pace is relentless and that you ought to ‘stand by your beds’ because it’s getting worse. And these days we blame consumer expectations, artificial intelligence, digital channels, …

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GDPR: Get All The Facts Before You Act
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The May 2018 deadline for the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is only some 6 months away and the commercial market is already showing signs of overheating: conferences, certification offers, tools and the supporting stream of gloomy …

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Optimising KPIs For the P2P GPO
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KPI’s – everyone is talking about them, most of us use them, but few of us are using them very well. We have all had mixed experiences and suffered from unintended consequences. Designed to help performance, but sometimes acting as …

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The Last Mile of Segregation of Duties (SoD): More Technology is NOT the Answer
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I recently chaired a webcast discussion on the topic of Segregation of Duties (SoD) with an invited audience of over 200 internal controls, risk and compliance professionals. Given the numerous requests, I have succumbed to the pressure to document and …

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10 Things I Learned About Global Process Ownership (GPO)
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There is little doubt now the Global Process Owner is emerging as a leadership role with a sales focus on people, process and change. Just as the early Shared Services Leaders found.

I was lucky enough to be invited, attend

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What I Learned from the BP Purchase to Pay (P2P) Global Process Owner (GPO)
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I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to interview Mark Miles, former P2P Director at BP.

Global Process Ownership (GPO) is the ‘role de jour’ of the transformational business. Everyone is talking about it, many are doing

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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): From “Fact to Act”
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Enterprise risk management (ERM or E.R.M.) in business includes the methods and processes used by organizations to manage risks and seize opportunities related to the achievement of their objectives. ERM provides a framework for risk management, which typically involves identifying

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5 Priorities for Shared Services Leaders for 2017
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SSL NASharedServicesLink held its North American Leaders Summit, the 6th flagship event in this series last month in Atlanta. The balmy Georgia weather was a perfect counterpoint to the cold facts and sharp insights in round table discussions and presentations by

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Global Process Ownership Journey at Huntsman: The Critical Role of Internal Controls
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SharedServicesLink, Consider Solutions and Huntsman were the speakers on this educational webinar which discussed the developing relationship between GPOs and Internal Controls.

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