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From RPA to AI agents: how Finance & Procurement is being rewritten
RPA broke at the first edge case. Chatbots gave you suggestions. AI agents close the loop — they perceive, decide, act, and learn. Here is what changes for Finance & Procurement, and what to look for in an agent platform.
Why finance needs a knowledge graph (and what we built with Astral)
Every finance question lives across five ERPs, three banks, and an inbox. Here is why a typed knowledge graph — not another data warehouse — is the substrate intelligent finance runs on.
Welcome to the Flowie Blog
Insights on agentic orchestration, finance automation, and procurement innovation.
AI-Powered Purchase Request Intake: How to Structure It
Discover how to structure and automate purchase request intake with AI: our best practices for a smooth, well-managed process.
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Optimize Your P2P Without Replacing Your IT Stack
P2P orchestration: the missing link between tools, data, and teams to harmonize without standardizing.
Tail Spend: From Chaos to Intelligent Orchestration
Traditional methods of managing tail spend are often too rigid or too basic. The real challenge is finding the right balance - and that is precisely where AI can make the difference.
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SRM: The 4-Step Method to Transform Supplier Relationships
Discover an operational method, in four major steps, to build a solid SRM tailored to your organization.
Supplier Relationship Management: A Strategic Asset for Procurement
An effective SRM rests on three fundamental pillars, which must work in synergy.
How to Choose the Best PDP for E-Invoicing in 2025
Choosing a certified PDP (Partner Dematerialization Platform) is strategic and must meet the specific needs of each company.
PDP Implementation: Methods and Best Practices
Implementing a Partner Dematerialization Platform is as much technical as strategic to address the challenges of e-invoicing.
Flowie Honored at the Tech500 Awards
Flowie ranks #1 Fintech in the Tech500 ranking.
CS3D Directive: Everything You Need to Know
Understand the new CS3D Directive (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive): objectives, companies concerned, and impacts.
Invoicing Process: What You Need to Know
Everything you need to know about the invoicing process: key steps, optimization, best practices, latest trends, and more.
Procurement Function: What You Need to Know
Everything you need to know about the procurement function in business: objectives, organization, challenges, and the latest trends.
Source-to-Pay (S2P): The Complete Enterprise Guide
Everything you need to know about the source-to-pay process: definition, optimization, best practices, latest trends, etc.
Purchase Orders: The Complete Enterprise Guide
Everything you need to know about enterprise purchase orders: definition, optimization, best practices, latest trends, and more.
Spend Management System: Everything You Need to Know
Everything you need to know about enterprise spend management systems: optimization, best practices, latest trends, and more.
Digital Invoice: What You Need to Know
Everything you need to know about digital invoices: definition, regulations, implementation, best practices, and more.
Reverse Factoring: Everything You Need to Know
Discover everything you need to know about reverse factoring: how it works, benefits, latest trends, and more to optimize your treasury.
Chief Procurement Officer in 2024: Role, Responsibilities, and Expertise
Discover the crucial role of the Chief Procurement Officer, their responsibilities, key skills, and the modern challenges they must address.
Master Data Management: Unleash Your Finance and Procurement Data
In the era of digitization, the cloud, and AI, data has become the most important raw material for businesses.
PDP (Partner Dematerialization Platform): Everything You Need to Know
PDP (Partner Dematerialization Platform): Everything You Need to Know!
Reliable Audit Trail: The Complete Guide
Everything you need to know about the Reliable Audit Trail: definition, regulation, methodology, implementation, who is concerned, etc.
Mandatory E-Invoicing: Everything You Need to Know
Everything you need to know about e-invoicing obligations in France: definition, reform, who is concerned, and more.
French E-Invoicing Reform Timeline
Discover the updated timeline of the French e-invoicing reform, with the new effective dates.
Flowie at Republik's Responsible Procurement Event
Flowie shares its ESG expertise at the Responsible Procurement event
PDP: The Solution for Managing E-Invoices
Discover why PDPs (Partner Dematerialization Platforms) are the solution for optimizing the management of your electronic invoices.
Flowie Newsletter — February
Flowie's February newsletter with important product updates.
Direct vs Indirect Procurement: Key Differences
Discover the key differences between direct and indirect procurement, their impact on businesses, and how to manage them best.
Direct Procurement: Everything You Need to Know
Understand and master the concept of direct procurement: importance, optimization, challenges, and solutions for effective procurement process management.
Indirect Procurement: Everything You Need to Know
Master everything you need to know about indirect procurement to improve the performance of your procurement process.
Steps to a Successful Enterprise Procurement Process
Discover the key steps of a successful enterprise procurement process to optimize your resources and strengthen your market position.
Procurement Process: 6 Key Steps to Master
Discover all the keys to mastering your end-to-end procurement process and implementing it.
E-Sourcing: Definition, Functioning, and Benefits
Discover e-sourcing: definition, functioning, benefits, and technological innovations to optimize your supply chain.
Sustainable Procurement: Definition and Implementation
Discover how to implement an effective sustainable procurement policy to align your company with sustainable and ethical practices.
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Flowie Officially Certified as PDP
Flowie is now officially registered as a Partner Dematerialization Platform (PDP) by the DGFIP, reinforcing its commitment to supporting companies in the transition to e-invoicing.
Purchase Requests: Definition and Objectives
Discover everything you need to know about purchase requests in business: definition, objectives, challenges, and solutions.
Responsible Procurement: Definition, Objectives, and Implementation
Discover how responsible procurement can transform your business by combining sustainability, ethics, and profitability.
Flowie Joins the Prestigious Future 40 Ranking
Flowie has been selected for the prestigious Future 40 ranking, highlighting the 40 most promising French startups in 2023.
Top 7 Procurement Software Solutions
Discover the top 7 best procurement and sourcing software in 2024: innovative solutions to achieve your procurement objectives.
Purchase-to-Pay: The Complete Enterprise Guide
Discover the Purchase-to-Pay process: definitions, objectives, optimization strategies, benefits, and the latest trends in purchase-to-pay.
E-Procurement: The Complete Enterprise Guide
Explore our complete guide to e-procurement in business: definition, benefits, challenges, and best implementation strategies.
Procure-to-Pay: Definition and Objectives
Discover everything there is to know about the procure-to-pay process: cost optimization and procurement management strategy for enhanced performance.
Procurement Management: The Complete Enterprise Guide
Discover how to effectively manage your procurement: optimize costs, improve efficiency, and strengthen your company's competitive position.
Procurement: The Complete Enterprise Guide
The complete procurement guide to fully understand this key business process: discover its definition and learn how to manage it effectively.
Complete List of PDP Platforms
The list of all Partner Dematerialization Platforms (PDPs)
The Ultimate Guide to Invoice Digitization
Discover the ultimate guide to invoice digitization: benefits, regulations, tools, and everything you need to master this critical topic for businesses.
Top 7 Invoice Digitization Software Solutions
Discover the top 7 supplier invoice digitization software solutions in 2023: innovative tools to optimize your accounting and financial management.
How to Legally Correct an Invoice Error
Our complete guide to managing invoicing errors and successfully navigating this delicate situation while strengthening trust with your customers.
10 Tips to Improve Your Supplier Relationships
This article explores the keys to successful supplier relationships: discover 10 tips and strategies to optimize relationships with your suppliers.
Flowie Newsletter #04
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Single Source of Truth: The CFO Challenge in the SaaS Era
The major current challenge for CFOs: mastering financial data and being able to govern it to have a single source of truth across the many SaaS tools at their disposal.
Flowie Positions Itself as a PDP (Partner Dematerialization Platform)
Discover how Flowie supports you in the 2024 e-invoicing reform as a Partner Dematerialization Platform through innovative services.
Supplier Invoice Validation: Mastering the Complex Process
Discover how to optimize the supplier invoice validation process, reduce costs, and improve your company's financial efficiency.
Flowie Newsletter #03 -- July 2023
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How to Fully Benefit from the 2024 E-Invoicing Reform
Comply with and prepare for the 2024 e-invoicing reform, optimize your accounting and financial management with PDPs (Partner Dematerialization Platforms)
Understanding the PPF (French Public Invoicing Portal)
The French Public Invoicing Portal (PPF): understand how it works, its benefits, and its role in the 2024 French e-invoicing reform framework.
The B2B Transaction Puzzle, Almost Solved
B2B transactions are difficult to manage. Simplify your B2B transaction management system to make them as simple and fast as a WhatsApp message.
Benefits of the 2024 E-Invoicing Reform
The benefits of the 2024 e-invoicing reform in France: process simplification, administrative relief, fraud protection, and environmental effort.
IBAN Fraud: How to Protect Your Business
Discover how to protect your business from IBAN fraud through effective strategies including KYC and KYB principles, and reinforced security protocols.
Factoring: Definition and Practical Applications
Discover factoring, a valuable financing tool for businesses. Learn its definition, advantages, disadvantages, and practical applications.
CSRD: The Complete Guide
Discover the European CSRD Directive: its implications for corporate sustainability reporting, its main provisions, and its implementation timeline.
PDP vs OD: Key Differences Explained
Discover the differences between Partner Dematerialization Platform and Dematerialization Operator for the e-invoicing reform.
Bill of Exchange (LCR): Definition and Usage
Discover what the Bill of Exchange (LCR) is, how it works, its benefits, and how to use it effectively to optimize your financial management.
Mastering Customer Receivables: Definition and Calculation
How to master outstanding customer receivables? Discover its definition, calculation method, optimization techniques, and the differences with supplier payables.
Flowie Newsletter #02 -- June 2023
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Mandatory Invoice Information in France: The Ultimate Guide
Invoicing obligations in France: the information to include, penalties for irregularities, and future developments, including the 2024 invoicing reform.
Risks in Supplier Sourcing and Onboarding
Discover the risks associated with supplier sourcing and onboarding, as well as the strategies to mitigate them and optimize your supplier management.
The #1 Treasury Optimization Challenge: Cash Visibility
Discover how to optimize your treasury management and improve visibility on incoming cash to ensure your company's financial health.
Treasury Management: Definition, Challenges, and Optimization Methods
What is treasury management? What are its challenges and how can it be optimized? That is what we will discover in this article.
Pre-Accounting: The Key to Better Bookkeeping
Discover pre-accounting: its definition, challenges, usefulness, and impact for improving your company's financial management and treasury.
Accounts Receivable: Complete Process Guide
Accounts receivable: your guide to understanding and effectively managing receivables, optimizing your cash flow, and ensuring your company's financial stability.
E-Invoicing Reform Guide for SMBs
SMBs and micro-businesses: discover everything you need to know about the French e-invoicing reform to prepare for it: obligations, impacts, challenges and opportunities, PDP, PPF, OD.
Trade Receivables: Definition, Management, and Collection
What is a trade receivable? How to master the collection process? Let's discover together all the best practices for managing trade receivables.
Accounts Payable: Complete Process Guide
Accounts payable: discover everything you need to know about the accounts payable management process.
E-Invoicing Reform Guide for Construction Companies
Discover how the e-invoicing reform impacts construction and BTP companies. Get ready for this reform!
Working Capital: Definition, Calculation, and Optimization Strategies
Understanding working capital: definition, calculation, and strategies to optimize it. Boost your company's financial health!
Flowie Newsletter #01 -- May 2023
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Accounting Digitization: A Revolution for Finance Departments
Discover accounting digitization, its benefits, its technical and legal challenges. Implement it within your company!
E-Invoicing Reform: Does It Affect My Business?
The impact of the e-invoicing reform starting in 2024: companies affected, preparation, and penalties.
Understanding Factoring: Definition and Importance for Businesses
Discover factoring: definition, how it works, benefits and drawbacks, types, choosing a factor. Boost your treasury!
Discover Factur-X: The Revolutionary E-Invoicing Format
Factur-X: an e-invoice format that facilitates transmission and process digitization. Discover this format with us!
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E-Invoicing Reform: 2024 Obligations
The e-invoicing reform will be a game-changer for many businesses in France.
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