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Guide to payment methods

This supplement was published with Supply Management magazine in November 2009.

  • What is the state of the GPC?There is huge potential still to be tapped in the use of the Government Procurement Card, finds Peter Parry
  • Rising below expectationsPeter Parry examines what has been happening in the purchasing card market in the past four years
  • Vital statisticsThe information you can obtain through using purchasing cards is one of their main attractions, explains Russell Green
  • It might go something like thisPeter Parry imagines a conversation between the FD and procurement manager to examine some of the arguments for and against purchasing cards
  • Choose your routeShould you be using a purchasing card for travel and entertainment spend, or a specifically designed option? asks Amon Cohen
  • Counting down the dark daysImproving payment terms and cash flow becomes increasingly important in recession, reports Ian Clarke
  • Paid up-frontNeed a way of giving quick access to money without using credit cards? Ian Makgill explains prepaid cards
  • Hold all the cardsPeter Parry, director of consultancy Cerbera looks at the many choices available when selecting a purchasing card
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