As the UK moves toward mandatory B2B e-invoicing in 2029, one design choice is already becoming clear: the UK is not building a central government platform to validate every invoice before it reaches the buyer. Instead, the UK’s approach is expected to mirror a decentralised e-invoicing model, similar to the
B2B payments were never meant to be strategic. For decades, they were treated as the final administrative step in the procure-to-pay process — something to be executed accurately, compliantly, and as quietly as possible. That assumption no longer holds. Today, payment execution sits at the intersection of cash flow predictability,
Extending payment terms is one of the most familiar tools in working capital management. From a buyer perspective, the logic is straightforward: preserve cash, improve predictability, maintain control. Terms are negotiated, agreed, and applied consistently. Suppliers continue to deliver. Payments go out later than they used to. On the surface,
Early payment has quietly become one of the most powerful — and misunderstood — levers in modern working capital strategy. What was once treated as a fixed operational outcome is now increasingly shaped by broader cash, liquidity, and supplier considerations. But not all early payment mechanisms are built the same
Most discussions about AI in this space start in the wrong place. They start with: PDFs OCR accuracy confidence scores agents extracting fields But orders don’t fail because documents are unreadable. They fail because incorrect, incomplete, or inconsistent data is allowed to become “true” inside the ERP. Once that happens,
For manufacturers across Australia and New Zealand, labour shortages have quietly shifted from a cyclical challenge to a structural one. Cost pressures, uneven demand and skills shortages are familiar issues — but what’s increasingly clear is that productivity gains can no longer rely on workforce growth alone. An analysis from
