170 Systems and SAP AG Present Webcast for Finance Professionals -- AP Automation: Leveraging Technology for Best Practice Shared Services
Online Presentation to Explore How to Successfully Streamline Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) Processes
Bedford, MA., April 8, 2008 - 170 Systems, a worldwide leader in automating financial processes, today announced a live webcast, "AP Automation: Leveraging Technology for Best Practice Shared Services," featuring Bernhard Fischer, Vice President Solution Management Business Suite, Shared Services/BPO at SAP AG, and Allen Carney, Vice President of Marketing at 170 Systems.
The one-hour presentation, hosted by SAP Insider, will explore how to fully leverage the potential of an SAP® investment in a Finance Shared Services (FSSC) context, and how 170 MarkView for Accounts Payable's capture and workflow integrate with SAP to streamline an organization's purchase-to-pay processes. The session will highlight how leaders in various industries have applied these technologies to reduce costs, make processes transparent, and simplify process standardization, looking at the key technology enablers and critical success factors.
DATE: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
TIME: 11:00 am ET/8:00 am PT
REGISTRATION: Registration for this online event is at http://www.170systems.com
About Bernhard Fischer
Bernhard Fischer (bernhard.fischer@sap.com) is responsible for SAP's solution strategy for shared services and business process outsourcing (BPO). Bernhard was previously responsible for solution strategy, solution delivery, and customer support at SAP's B2B subsidiary SAPMarkets. Bernhard has been with SAP since 1990, where he's executed a variety of responsibilities: developing software for the SAP R/3 system administration toolset, implementing SAP R/3® installations in Europe and North America, and founding regional support centers in Walldorf, Singapore, and Shanghai. Before joining SAP, Bernhard worked at Siemens-Nixdorf. He holds a master's degree in physics from the Technical University of Karlsruhe.
About Allen Carney
Allen leads the development and implementation of 170 Systems' marketing strategy. He brings over 20 years of marketing, sales, and management experience with large and emerging high tech companies. Earlier, he was Vice President of Marketing for NMS Communications, a developer of systems and components for the telecommunications industry. Previously, Allen served as Vice President of Marketing for Lotus Development Corporation, where he was responsible for Applications and International Marketing and as Vice President of European Operations for Atex, a developer of prepress automation solutions. Allen holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from Yale University.
About 170 Systems:
170 Systems is the worldwide leader in automating financial processes based upon the leading ERP suites such as SAP. The company's flagship product line, 170 MarkView Financial Suite, provides best practice processes that improve the speed, visibility costs and controls of Finance operations and includes application-enhancers for Accounts Payable, Expense Management, Procurement, Accounts Receivable, Asset Management, General Ledger and Project Re-Billing. 170 MarkView Financial Suite is built for leading ERPs (SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft), enabling organisations to fully leverage their ERP's value.
For more information about 170 Systems, please call 781.743.1900 (North America), +44 0208 610 6009 (other regions) or visit http://www.170systems.com.
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