How Northwestern Medicine’s New Supplier Portal Promotes Compliance and Automates Strategic Initiatives

Northwestern Medicine is one of the leading healthcare organizations in the nation, with 10 hospitals, 30,000 employees and more than 20 million suppliers. The organization recently adopted a new supplier portal from APEX Analytix to ensure vendors comply with both industry regulations and Northwestern’s corporate programs.

During this webinar, AP Manager Amy Platis describes how her team selected a portal platform that accomplished her organization’s objectives – and self-funded it using the savings it generated.

What you will learn:

• How portal technology can help you achieve a clean vendor master file and provide a solid foundation for P2P
• The many benefits of automating supplier information management– from improved controls to a dramatic reduction in supplier inquiries
• How portal-based dynamic discounting and supplier statement audits have helped Northwestern self-fund its portal
• The steps Northwestern took to customize its portal and ensure a smooth deployment

Join us for a demo and expanded version of Amy’s presentation during IOFM’s Spring Conference & Expo at Walt Disney World in Florida.

Mark Brousseau
President, Brousseau & Associates

Mark Brousseau is a noted analyst, speaker, writer and marketer, with more than 21 years of experience in advising leading providers of financial operations solutions and services.

Brousseau is president of Brousseau & Associates, a full-service strategic marketing and business development consultancy with the largest client base of any firm of its kind. Brousseau & Associates counts among its clients many top solutions and services providers in the payables, receivables, payments, document management, and healthcare verticals.

Danny Thompson
Senior Vice President of Market and Product Strategy, APEX Analytix

Danny Thompson is Senior Vice President of Market and Product Strategy at APEX Analytix and is responsible for defining, communicating and leading our company’s software product strategy and roadmap. He works closely with our customers to ensure that each solution helps them meet their business objectives.

Danny has a proven track record in the procure-to-pay arena, with a strong background in ERP implementation, process automation and financial shared services. He previously was VP of Product Management at Tungsten Network, a global business-to-business e-invoicing firm. He also is a former global process driver for Invoice-to-Pay at Pfizer. 

Amy Platis
Accounts Payable Manager, Northwestern Medicine

Amy joined Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in March of 2016. As a member of the Finance Division, Amy is responsible for the direct oversight of all accounts payable cash disbursements, controls, taxes, employee expense reimbursement, corporate card program and compliance. She is also responsible for managing the vendor master file, screening all supplier to ensure HIPAA compliance, and proper 1099 reporting. Amy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and HR from Purdue University.

This webinar is provided free of charge and underwritten by a sponsor.

Following the webinar, you may be contacted by the sponsor with information about their products and services.