
As companies set their strategic priorities for 2018, the push for digital transformation has taken hold. But while functions such as sales and marketing already have a firm foothold in the digital world, supply chain-related functions have had to wait their turn to revolutionize their tools and process. This year, however, stands to be the one where procurement and accounts payable organizations shed their back office brand for a new, strategic approach. To find out just where CPOs and CFOs are focusing in 2018 as they lead their digital transformations, we sat down for a quick Q&A with Xavier Olivera, our in-house purchase-to-pay (P2P) expert, and David Gustin, executive editor of Trade Financing Matters, for a conversation spanning procurement-finance collaboration, common barriers to technology adoption and the future of early payment programs.