Our Sponsors

Conference sponsor: HP

Working with our clients in a hybrid or fully outsourced model, HP helps organisations create growth and agility, while optimising their operating performance and cost base. We help you realise your shared services ambitions through our unique combination of technology, applications, IT and business process expertise.

Our comprehensive portfolio comprises industry specific and customer engagement services as well as back office business process services. Our HR & payroll, finance & administration services are designed to meet client business needs, from cost effective transaction processing through to high complexity financial reporting.  

We bring expertise gained through decades of experience. We apply proven technology and use our economies of scale, buying power and global delivery network to drive down costs and deliver the outcomes that matter – yours. 
www.hp.com/go/bpo

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Conference sponsor: Proxima

Proxima is a dynamic international business, specialising in procurement outsourcing.

At Proxima we approach things differently. Working closely with you, we improve business performance by making procurement deliver more. Our approach goes beyond driving efficiency. It’s about enabling change, enhancing management control and delivering results that exceed your expectations.
www.proximagroup.com

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Conference sponsor: OB10

OB10, the e-Invoicing network, simplifies and streamlines the complex invoice-to-pay processes. Neither client organisations nor their suppliers are required to implement any hardware or software, and OB10 is independent of data file formats. OB10 can reduce the cost of paper invoice processing by typically 60% and can deliver an ROI in less than a year if the programme follows OB10's best practice guidelines.

Operational across Europe, North America and Asia, OB10 is compliant with the requirements of VAT, tax and e-Invoicing legislation and receives invoices from suppliers across 150 countries. To ensure unrivalled and rapid supplier enrolment, each new customer's suppliers are supported by an implementation services team responsible for getting them up and running on the OB10 network.

Conference sponsor: Winshuttle

Winshuttle provides software products that improve how business users work with SAP.  For customers who struggle with rigid, expensive and inefficient processes that limit their ability to adapt to changing business conditions, Winshuttle has the solution.

The Winshuttle Platform enables customers to build and adapt Excel and SharePoint-based interactive forms and workflows for SAP without programming.  Thousands of Winshuttle customers have radically accelerated SAP processes, saving and redirecting millions of dollars every day.

Winshuttle supports customers worldwide from our offices in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and India.
www.winshuttle.com

Conference sponsor: Taulia

The Taulia Dynamic Payment Platform includes a Dynamic Discounting module and self-service vendor portal. Together, these tools reduce Accounts Payable support overhead, improve supplier relations and generate significant cash savings for corporations.

Taulia is the only SAP-certified partner that offers a cloud-based Dynamic Discounting solution. Our minimally invasive SaaS solution is easy to install and maintain because our value is delivered on top of our customers' data.

Between our founders we have more than 30 years of combined experience building and selling invoice automation software to Global 2000 customers. We are excited about the product we have built and the value we deliver to our customers.

Conference sponsor: Wipro

Wipro Global IT Business delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" - helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognised globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro Technologies has over 130,000 employees and clients across 54 countries.

Headquartered at Bangalore, India, we at Wipro implement the philosophy of 'Applying Thought', thereby helping clients to "Do Business Better". Our path breaking innovations and ideas have culminated into the `Wipro Way' – a process which directly impacts customer benefits by improving time-to-market, enhancing predictability and reliability, and cutting costs.

Conference sponsor: Xchanging

What we are
Xchanging provides business processing, technology and procurement services internationally for customers across multiple industries.

What we do 
Xchanging brings innovation, thought leadership and passion to its customers’ businesses so as to enhance performance and value. Our values are embedded into everything we do.

What we want to be 
Xchanging wants to be regarded as the best provider in its chosen markets by delivering services that are recognised for outstanding quality, reliability and innovation.
www.xchanging.com

Conference sponsor: Ariba, Inc.

Ariba, Inc. is the world’s business commerce network. Ariba combines industry-leading cloud-based applications with the world's largest web-based trading community to help companies discover and collaborate with a global network of partners. Using the Ariba^® Network, businesses of all sizes can connect to their trading partners anywhere, at any time from any application or device to buy, sell and manage their cash more efficiently and effectively than ever before. Over 730,000 companies around the world use the Ariba Network to simplify inter-enterprise commerce and enhance the results that they deliver. Join them at: www.ariba.com

Conference sponsor: BlackLine

The BlackLine Financial Close Software Suite automates the entire account reconciliation and financial close processes to help improve controls for accounting, finance, audit and compliance staff in companies of all sizes.  Delivered via a SaaS/OnDemand platform, BlackLine complements GRC and ERP systems, eliminating Excel from what has been a laborious, error-prone, manual process.

Conference sponsor: SAP

SAP helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. We do this by extending the availability of software across on-premise installations, on-demand deployments, and mobile devices.

Your organisation can enjoy cost savings and compelling service-level improvements by implementing shared services with SAP, either as stand-alone solution (HR, Financials…) or as the first step in an overall shared-services deployment strategy for the entire business. Thus resulting in a cost-effective platform for operational excellence and strategic organizational growth.
www.sap.com

Conference sponsor: Invest Lithuania

Invest Lithuania is a Lithuanian government agency that provides free advice and introductions to on the ground experts to global companies interested in doing business in Lithuania. The agency serves as a point of contact for foreign companies and guides international businesses through every step of the process of setting up operations in Lithuania. Invest Lithuania also provides information on Lithuania's highly-skilled yet cost-competitive labour force, tax incentives, and financing options. The agency has worked with numerous well-known global companies that have taken advantage of Lithuania's many incentives to expand their businesses by placing some aspects of their operations in Lithuania.

Conference sponsor: ISIS Papyrus

ISIS Papyrus Software provides adaptive case management business applications, integrating inbound and output business correspondence into a closed loop. Worldwide 2,000+ corporations across industries use Papyrus for business correspondence with adaptive processes, and multichannel delivery integrating mobile and social media. Papyrus includes document design and formatting, document capture and archiving.

Conference sponsor: Cognizant

Cognizant Business Process Services (BPS) provides industry-specific solutions that leverage Cognizant’s deep vertical knowledge, broad technology offerings, and global consulting expertise.  Integrated analytics form the backbone of core services that enable organizations to transition from the hindsight of yesterday’s systems of record to the collaborative insight and predictive foresight of new data models. Comprehensive platform-based offerings support outcome-driven business decisions. BPS offers transformational end-to-end processes to support the innovation that fuels growth and the operational efficiencies that deliver tangible business value. 

Cognizant’s robust global delivery network helps BPS clients around the world create competitive advantage and extend brand presence through superior performance and next-generation operating models. Industry-specific processes and cross-vertical services such as finance and accounting, helpdesk, and analytics provide a full suite of BPS solutions for clients.
www.cognizant.com

Conference sponsor: ExlService Holdings

ExlService Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXLS) is a global analytics-enabled BPO provider. For over 13 years, we've delighted clients by providing platform based-process solutions that deliver deep business insights along with financial and operational efficiencies. EXL knows that no two clients have the same sourcing ambition and tolerance for risk;  therefore we work with our clients to realize their priorities. Today EXL provides a full suite of finance and accounting services, customer care, decision analytics, financial and risk management, and legal processes across a wide spectrum of industries including Banking, Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Logistics, Transportation, Travel and Utilities. With more than 19,000 professionals, we source the best talent in the right locations, including 4 European centres. 
www.exlservice.com.

Conference sponsor: ACL Services Ltd

ACL delivers technology solutions that are transforming audit and risk management. Through a combination of software and expert content, ACL enables powerful internal controls that identify and mitigate risk, protect profits, and accelerate performance.

Driven by a desire to expand the horizons of audit and risk management so they can deliver greater strategic business value, we develop and advocate technology that strengthens results, simplifies adoption, and improves usability. ACL’s integrated family of products—including our cloud‐based audit and compliance management solution and flagship data analytics products—combine all vital components of audit and risk, and are used seamlessly at all levels of the organization, from the C‐suite to front line audit and risk professionals and the business managers they interface with.

Enhanced reporting and dashboards provide transparency and business context that allows organizations to focus on what matters.
And, thanks to 25 years of experience and our consultative approach, we ensure fast, effective implementation, so customers realize concrete business results fast at low risk. Our actively engaged community of more than 14,000 customers around the globe—including 89% of the Fortune 500—tells our story best. Here are just a few. 
www.acl.com.

Conference sponsor: Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency (HITA)

The Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency (HITA) was founded by the Hungarian Government in 2011. On one hand the role of the Agency is to support the foreign trade activities of small and mid-size Hungarian businesses, while on the other it is intended to promote foreign companies to invest in the country. The Agency is the central office under the leadership of the Minister for National Economy, an entity with independent functions and finances.

HITA offers expert assistance and organizes various events and informational sessions to promote foreign investments in Hungary. As part of the investment promotions service HITA’s highly trained team provides consulting tailored to meet unique organizational needs, attends professional conferences and seminars, offers recommendation for target locations, as well as organizes visits to premises and informs about available funding options financed by the Hungarian government and the EU. Through various programs and training sessions HITA’s staff aids the supplier relationship between large corporations with existing operations in Hungary, as well as small and mid-size local businesses. Following successful investments the Agency provides “after care” services in order to encourage investors to undermine further business opportunities.

Beside its central office, the Agency is also running operations in 6 towns to ensure that each county receives adequate expert attention.