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Celebrating a milestone: Congratulations to our Solution Architect Evan Cater’s 5 year work anniversary with Card Integrity. Your dedication and hard work coding behind the scenes for our development team is truly commendable. Thank you for being part of our team.

LIVE NOW! Browse through a wide selection of our best resources including eGuides, articles, webinar recordings, and more for your organization's commercial card, sourcing, procurement, AP, and Finance departments. Follow this link: https://bit.ly/4cfUPoC to view our most up-to-date content today.

RESOURCES Browse a wide selection of topics from our dedicated resource center including eGuides, whitepapers, articles, case studies, and more.

Read our article: https://bit.ly/3VuZgVp to learn about some of the ways that AI is becoming more prevalent in procurement and how best to prepare and equip your organization with beneficial tools that can assist in procurement related processes.

Making Sense of the "New Era" of AI in Procurement With all of the dialogue out there around a new era of AI, it can be difficult to understand what it all means for procurement professionals.

Following up on our post from last week highlighting our new eGuide resource hub on our website, we have also recently published our new case study hub where we feature our growing library of client success stories. This is a great place to go to see Card Integrity's suite of services in action with a sample of our customers from a variety of different industries who were all able to find solutions to a wide range of pain points spanning multiple processes and payment methods within their respective organizations. Follow the link here: https://bit.ly/3z8cno0 to see real world examples of our services and to learn more about some of our great partnerships.

Success Stories Case Studies Case studies are real accounts from our clients about their experience with Card Integrity, how they use our services, and what problems they were able to solve. We have a collection of case studies and success stories from clients in various industries, which you can read below.

Procurement departments often face a lot of similar challenges stemming from short staffing and high employee turnover and in a world of uncertainty regarding staff and resources, many procurement departments are met with difficult decisions on how to equip their organization with ample purchasing resources to continue moving forward. Read our article today to learn more about all of the options that are available to your organization and why you may not necessarily need to make a choice between investing resources in hiring more staff or compromising on the quality of your work.

"Hire Staff, Cut Corners, or Fall Behind": Why There Can Be a Fourth Option Staffing issues in procurement cause decision makers to have to either staff up, cut corners, or fall behind: but there is a fourth option.

We've got some exciting educational content updates to share! Live now on our website: https://bit.ly/4bWPh2c our eGuides and Whitepapers page is ready, up, and published! This page features a selection of our most popular eGuides that we have found to be most helpful to our fellow friends in the various industries we aim to assist as well as a link to suggest or request new content on topics that you or those you've been in conversations with have interest in seeing covered. We really hope you enjoy the new content hub as we have more exciting educational content updates coming in the future.

eGuides and White Papers Collection of in-depth eGuides and whitepapers to promote compliance in your organization.

The Center for Advanced Procurement Strategy, also known as CAPS Research, published an interesting statistic stating that highlights an interesting divide between the amount of companies using generative AI in procurement compared to the amount of those companies that actually develop and furthermore implement AI governance policies in their organization. Read here to find out more:

Using AI in Procurement 62% of companies are currently using generative AI in procurement. However, only 15% of companies have generative AI governance policies in place.

Once again, continuing our series on helping organizations combat overspending, we offer another article that breaks down the importance of company spending limits as they pertain to maximizing the value of goods and services that are being purchased at your organization.

Adhering to Company Spend Limits to Stop Overspending Spend limits are present in corporate policies for a reason. Discover how to get overspending under control with better adherence.

Read our article today to learn about another form of overspending that can happen at your organization.

Spending Money Without Approval: The Maverick Spender A maverick spender may think the rules don't apply to them. Yet, making purchases outside of agreed contracts or without management approval can lead to overspending of corporate funds. Gain insight into ending the overspending done by the maverick spender.

Following up on the article we shared earlier this week on ways to avoid overspending, today we share another article highlighting a key strategy that can help organizations to combat overspending. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3WEr0Jr and learn how improving relationships with your organization's vendors can help increase cost savings today.

Building and Improving Vendor Relationships to Avoid Overspending Once a vendor relationship is established, how does a business build a trusting relationship to avoid overspending?

Learn about some of the common ways that overspending may be going unnoticed at your organization as well as tips and resources for combatting overspending to help maximize value in your organization's resources. Read the article here:

Five Ways Your Company Might Be Overspending Knowing the culprits of overspending will help to reveal any further measures that could be done to stop it.

Last call to register for our receipt validation webinar! Card Integrity will be hosting a webinar tomorrow morning, May 8th at 10AM Central, where we will be highlighting six key questions that can come up in the receipt validation process as well as the best strategies to take in addressing said questions. Follow the link to register to attend and we look forward to seeing you there.

Receipt Validation Webinar LIVE WEBINAR Wednesday, May 8, 2024 10 AM – 10:30 AM CST 6 Strategies to Detect and Manage Problematic Receipt Submissions As organizations look for ways that they can grow their card programs and improve compliance, receipt validation stands out as a potential roadblock. Despite being a common so...

T-Minus one week until our next webinar goes live! Follow the link: https://bit.ly/4dj9n7T to attend and learn about some key strategies for how best to manage receipt submissions and receipt validation in your organization.

Receipt Validation Webinar Join us on May 8th, 2024 to learn how to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of your organization's receipt validation process.

Looking forward to another great day at the IOCP Commercial Card and Payment Conference live from Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. We hope to keep the good conversations rolling so don't forget to stop by booth no. 118 in the exhibit hall to say hi.

The IOCP Commercial Card and Payment is right around the corner! We will be exhibiting from booth no. 118 while the conference is live from April 29th - May 1st. Follow the link for more information about the conference and to register: https://bit.ly/3JycLy0. we look forward to seeing everyone there!

Learn about how duplicate payments can frequently go unnoticed and lead to harmful overspending in your organization. Read the article today:

Duplicate Payments: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Business What you don't know about your organization's spend can hurt the business. Duplicate payments lead to serious overspending if left unchecked.

UPCOMING LIVE WEBINAR!
Card Integrity will be hosting a new live webinar on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 from 10 AM - 10:30 AM CST where we will be breaking down some key strategies for managing problematic receipt submissions including tips for maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization's receipt reviews.
Follow the link here to register:

Receipt Validation Webinar Join us on May 8th, 2024 to learn how to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of your organization's receipt validation process.

The IOCP Commercial Card and Payment Conference is already less than 2 weeks away! The conference is set to include thought leadership and expertise on a vast array of topics and trends in the commercial card and payment industry. Card Integrity will be exhibiting from booth no. 118 this year and we are excited to see everyone there! https://bit.ly/3VYfcBm

Review Card Integrity's best practices when it comes to auditing your organization's commercial, travel, fleet, and procurement cards. Download our 9 Best Practices to Make The Most of Your P-Card Auditing today:

9 Best Practices to Make the Most of Your P-Card Auditing 9 best practices to make the most of your P-Card audit, ranging from transaction monitoring, cardholder compliance, and data analysis.

Learn about some of the interesting statistics and happenings that can come from housing payments on various forms of company credit cards, as well as the best tips and resources to strengthen the controls that your purchasing program(s) can have in place to make the most of commercial card purchasing. Read the article here:

The Weird, Wild, and Wacky World of P-Card Usage P-Card usage takes an unwanted turn from appropriate spend to outright insane. Take a glimpse into where to find such purchasing behavior.

Learn about the capabilities that AI can bring to the table for your organization's procurement processes, as well as some of the shortcomings of AI that should be overseen by your team's skilled professionals.
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How AI Augments Procurement Departments AI, artificial intelligence, is a tool that procurement departments can leverage to make their jobs easier. Learn how in this blog post.

Learn how expense data monitoring can help generate success in your organization's procurement program with DataWISE from Card Integrity:

DataWISE Brings Visibility and Scalable Solutions to Expense Data Card Integrity's DataWISE expense monitoring service works towards visibility in compliance and efficiencies in your expense review process.

The Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award (HEED Award) is awarded by Insight Into Diversity and aims to highlight higher education institutions who go above and beyond in their commitment and efforts in supplier diversity and inclusion. To read more about how your organization can enhance its supplier diversity efforts, read our article today:

All About Insight Into Diversity's HEED Award Insight into Diversity's HEED Award can serve as a great benchmarking tool to gain insights into your organization's supplier diversity.

If you've ever been curious about the comparison of how much of your organization's time and effort goes into internal spend reviews vs. how much time can be saved by outsourcing this process with an external spend review, read our article today where we talk about the inherent risks that can come from a less-than-thorough spend review and how it may be unreasonable to expect all of that work to be carried out within your organization's procurement department alone.
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Internal vs. External Review of Spend Data: Workload Comparison Utilizing an external review process can make a lot of sense, especially if your organization is responsible for a large number of P-Cards.

Today is your last chance to register for the live launch of our mini on-demand webinar on Wednesday March 27th at 10AM CST where we will be breaking down some of the popular ways that appreciation can be shown to procurement departments throughout the rest of the year and even during these last few days of national procurement month.
Use the link to register:

Procurement Appreciation Webinar On-Demand Webinar Showing Appreciation for Your Procurement Department In this on-demand, recorded webinar, learn about ways that you can show your procurement staff the appreciation they deserve for the hard (and vital!) work that they do. It’s National Procurement Month after all, and it’s tim...

We will be hosting an on-demand, recorded mini-webinar covering some fun ways that companies and organizations can showcase their appreciation for the hardworking employees in procurement as a way to round out National Procurement Month. Follow this link to register:

Procurement Appreciation Webinar On-Demand Webinar Showing Appreciation for Your Procurement Department In this on-demand, recorded webinar, learn about ways that you can show your procurement staff the appreciation they deserve for the hard (and vital!) work that they do. It’s National Procurement Month after all, and it’s tim...

In this article we break down some of the effective ways to increase savings and spend visibility in healthcare including tips for training, ideal payment methods, and practices surrounding communication and suppliers. Click here to read:

6 Ways to Generate Cost Savings and Spend Visibility in Healthcare Learn how your healthcare organization can increase visibility and cost savings with six important tips for spend visibility in healthcare.

Super excited to get started with day 2 of the 2024 EPIC Conference! Great to see all of the attendees who have been lining up to visit the exhibit hall!

We would like to extend a huge thank you to the University of North Carolina System and University of North Carolina Wilmington for hosting the UNC System Finance Conference. It was great to meet up with and talk with some of our highly valued clients as well as getting to connecting with other members of the UNC System.

Learn more about some of the unique challenges that higher education p-card programs regularly face as well as resources that can help to address some of these challenges to ensure efficiency and security in your p-card program.

The Challenges of Higher Education P-Card Programs Read about common challenges found in higher education pcard programs. Find solutions to fraud, misuse or misunderstanding of policy.