How to implement purchase cards

Procurement cards are the quickest route to procurement process savings for the public sector. This paper explains how they work, how to implement cards and the benefits they can bring.

This paper provides detailed information on the following topics:

• An introduction to procurement cards
• Analysis needed for a business case
• Estimating the savings from using cards
• Overcoming objections to cards
• Protecting against fraud
• Spend controls
• Management information
• Cards and VAT
• Buying a card programme
• Buying reconciliation software for cards
• Implementing a scheme
• Running a programme
• Recovering benefits

 

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Implementing procurement cards: A guide for public sector managers