PRGX(R) INSIGHTS
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A NOTE FROM THE CORNER OFFICE: ROMIL BAHL Welcome to our fall edition of PRGX Insights. We have had a busy past few months at PRGX! In September we hosted our 2nd annual Recovery Audit Thought Leaders ... more...
CLIENT PROFILE: MARIE-CLAUDE SOUCY Through their post audit accounts payable services, PRGX provided additional cash flow to help finance our strategic initiatives ...
CASE STUDY: Rediscovering Lost Profits in Indirect Spend Contracts PERSPECTIVES: Mike Jefvert, Managing Director PRGX Advisory Services
 You're strategically managing spend, so why aren't you seeing the savings?  Avoiding an ERP Apocalypse: What you might not realize about implementing an ERP system
Maybe you've been here before: You're on the verge of an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning system) implementation, ...
CASE STUDY: Rediscovering Lost Profits in Indirect Spend Contracts Avoiding an ERP Apocalypse
Aberdeen Group: Benchmark Report Spend Analysis The Nexus of Spend Management Download Free Copy PRGXPERT: David Paul,Managing Director PRGX Advisory Services
RETAIL INSIGHTS
Recovery Audit Thought Leaders and Retail Finance Leaders Roundtable events summary
Recovery Audit Thought Leaders and Retail Finance Leaders events summary ...
Recovery Audit Thought Leaders and Retail Finance Leaders events summary...
Analysis: Are Americans really shopping until they drop?
November 28, 2011
www.reuters.com
Survey from the National Retail Federation indicates that Americans spent $7.4 billion more this year from Thanksgiving day through Sunday this year than in 2010. ...

In case you missed it: Canada 101 recap
November 14, 2011
www.retailingtoday.com
Canada is not the land of lumberjacks and lakes but rather that of a growing urban country. It is an area of potential risk and rewards for Target when it's stores open there in 2013 ...

Goldman Sachs Puts Coal In Black Friday's Stocking
November 28, 2011
www.cnbc.com
Analyst cautions retailers this holiday season, the cost of business is going up and this does not bode well for margins. Increase cost is due to free online shipping, sharper deals, increased marketing efforts and earlier store opening hours ...
P2P INSIGHTS
 AP Process Improvement Has Multiple Benefits
November 28, 2011
www.businessfinancemag.com
High levels of AP process automation can benefit many constituencies in the finance organization. The highly automated groups spend about one-third of the time that the non-automated groups spends on AP ...

Global Supply Chain News: Good News for Shippers and Importers, as Glut of New Capacity will Keep Ocean Carriage Rates Low for Some Time
November 2, 2011
www.scdigest.com
French aerospace suppliers Zodiac have spoken up to express confidence that the industry would be able to keep up with planned production increases at Airbus and Boeing, despite the financial pressures in the market. ...
NEWS and UPCOMING EVENTS
 PRGX in the news:

US Retail Sales Fall Short of Expectations

Why Retailers Are Stuck in a 'Stockdale Economy'

Unlocking Cashflow

Press releases:

PRGX Announces the Acquisition of Business Strategy, Inc.

PRGX to Showcase the Power of Accounts Payable Data and Analytics at IAPP’s AP Evolution Conference

PRGX strengthens its Spend Optimization service with launch of new PRGX SpendTrax™ tool
 Upcoming industry events:

National Retail Federation: "The Big Show"

January 15-18, 2012
New York, New York USA

PRGX will be attending the
2012 TopSource Summit: "A Bridge to Success"
January 30-February 1, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Finance Transformation Europe
February 14-16, 2012
London, UK
Participate in the AP Retail Productivity Index A benchmark for Accounts Payable
Engage in the Retail Productivity Index Measuring your AP processes
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