In Print: E-procurement and commercial card technology articles and books written or co-written by RPMG personnel
Articles
Gupta, Mahendra, Richard Palmer and Miljan Markus, "Travel Card Use in North America: Benefits, Opportunities, and Best Practice Utilization," Cost Management,, Volume 22, No. 2, March/April (2008), pp. 35-44.
Gupta, M., R. Palmer and C. Sprenger, "The Progress of Purchasing Cards in North America: Current Data and an Historical Perspective,” Cost Management, Volume 21 (No. 1), January/February (2007), pp. 22-28.
Palmer, R. and M. Gupta, “Purchasing Card Use the U.S. Government: Growth and Opportunity” Journal of Government Financial Management (Summer, 2007).
Palmer, R., and M. Gupta, "Use and Misuse of Purchase Cards by U.S. Government Employees: Examining Costs, Benefits, and an Emerging Control Framework,” Public Contract Law Journal, Issue 36, No. 2 (2007).
Palmer, R. and M. Gupta, “A Brief History and Review of Purchasing Card Use by the U.S. Government: 1990-2005,” Journal of Public Procurement, Issue 3, Vol. 7 (2007).
Davila, A., M. Gupta, R. Palmer, "Moving Procurement Systems to the Internet: The Adoption and Use of E-Procurement Technology Platforms," European Management Journal (February, 2003), pp. 11-23.
Palmer, R., M. Gupta, and A. Davila, "Transforming the Procure-to-Pay Process: How Fortune 500 Corporations Use Purchasing Cards," Management Accounting Quarterly (Summer, 2003).
Palmer, R. J., M. Gupta, A. Davila, and C. Normand, "The Saving Power of Purchasing Cards," Business Officer (July, 2002), pp. 62-72. See http://www.nacubo.org/documents/bom/2002_07_purchasing_cards.pdf
Palmer, R. J., M. Gupta, A. Davila, and T. Mills, "Purchasing Cards Come of Age: A Survey of State and Local Governments," Government Finance Review (August, 2002), pp. 13-18. See http://www.gfoa.org/services/gfr/archives/2002/08/gfr0802.pdf
Davila, A., M. Gupta, and R. Palmer, "Moving E-Procurement Systems to the Internet: The Adoption and Use of E-Procurement Technology Models," Stanford University Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 1742 (2002).
Palmer, R., M. Gupta and G. Foster, "Wells Fargo Business to Business Electronic Commerce," in Cases in Strategic Systems Auditing (T. Bell and I. Solomon, editors), KPMG/University of Illinois Business Case Development and Research Program, 2002.
Palmer, R., "Special Report: Survey Shows How Purchase Cards Can Save Time, Money," Journal of Accountancy (May, 2000), p. 20.
Palmer, R., and L. Green, "ITT Automotive North America: A Case Study Requiring Use of Benchmarking, Activity/Process Analysis, and Reengineering Concepts," Issues in Accounting Education (August, 1999), pp. 465-496.
Palmer, R., and M. Vied, "Could ABC Threaten the Survival of Your Company," Management Accounting (November, 1998), pp. 33-38.
Palmer, R. and W. Ward, "How Purchase Cards Cut Costs and Boost Controls For Small and Large Companies," Journal of Accountancy (July, 1997), pp. 51-55.
Palmer, R ., L. Green, and M. Ventura, "Are Corporate Procurement Cards for You?," Management Accounting (September, 1996), pp. 23-30.
Palmer, R., T. Schmidt, and J. Jordan-Wagner, "Corporate Procurement Cards: The Reengineered Future For Non-Inventory Purchasing and Payables," Journal of Cost Management (Fall, 1996), pp. 19-31.
Palmer, R. and E. Dunn, "Resolving Critical Issues to Integrate Corporate Procurement Cards," TMA Journal Guide to Procurement Cards (special edition) (November, 1995), pp. 25-28.
Jordan-Wagner, J., R. Palmer, and R. Putman, "The Supplier Perspective of Corporate Procurement Cards," TMA Journal Guide to Procurement Cards (special edition) (November, 1995), pp. 31-34.
Palmer, R., "Reengineering Payables At ITT Automotive." Management Accounting (July, 1994), pp. 38-42. Certificate of Merit winner. Summarizedin KPMG's CFO Exchange (Issue 2, Nov. 1994); reprinted in Emerging Issues in Cost Management (WG&L, B. Brinker, ed., 1996).
Books
Palmer, R. and S. Ansari. Reengineering Business Processes, a module of Strategic Cost Management (Shahid Ansari, editor), Houghton Mifflin (2004).
Dunn, E. and R. Palmer, R. "Reengineering Purchasing and Payables With Corporate Purchasing Cards," in Handbook of Cost Management, J. Shank (ed.), (Warren, Gorham, and Lamont, 2004), Section F, pp. 1-42.
Palmer, R. "Reengineering Payables At ITT Automotive." Management Accounting (July, 1994) reprinted in Emerging Issues in Cost Management (Warren, Gorham & Lamont, B. Brinker, ed., 1996).
RPMG PERSONNEL/RESEARCH Quoted IN ARTICLES
Gershkovich, Tatyana, "Your Corporate Card is Watching You," Business Week, June 25, 2008.
Ryman, Anne, “University Credit Cards Abused,” The Arizona Republic, July 8, 2007.
Lieber, Ron, “Corporate Card Flub May Not Hurt Your Wallet, The Wall Street Journal (Jan. 20, 2007), pp. B1.
Mincer, Jilian, “Company Card Can Hurt Credit,” The Wall Street Journal (October 19, 2006).
Willis, Gerri, “Watch Out for Ballooning Credit-Card Fees,” CNN Money (October 23, 2006).
Avery, S., “To Save More, Distribute More Cards, Study Says,” Purchasing Magazine Online (May, 2006).
Benjamin, D. and T. Murphey, “Commercial Card Myths and Facts,” Bank of America (March, 2006).
MacDonald, Carol, “Don’t Let Fears of Abuse Deter Your District from Using Purchasing Cards,” Managing School Business, Vol. 10, Issue 20, (Feb. 9, 2006).
Robinson, E., “Payment Card Programs Support Transparent Fiscal Management,” Govpro.com (2006).
Avery, Susan, “Purchasing Cards Pack More Punch,” Purchasing Magazine Online (October 20, 2005).
U.S. Senate. 2004. Purchase Cards: Smarter Use Can Save Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars: Testimony of Neal Fox, U.S. General Services Administration. Hearing before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 108th Congress, Second session (S.R. 108-556).
Dreyer, Michael and Aliza Knox, "A Step Closer to Integration Nirvana: Seamless Travel and Expense Management," Business Integration (October, 2004).
Abrams, Steve, "Eliminating Cash to Improve the Bottom Line," Financial Executive (May, 2004).
Frisch, Katherine, "P-Cards Expedite Emergency Response and Daily Operations," Government Procurement," (October, 2003).
Avery, S., "Study Puts Total Transactions Under $10,000 at $456 Billion," Purchasing (September 4, 2003).
Lindorff, Dave, "The Plastic Revolution," Treasury and Risk Management (September, 2003). See http://www.treasuryandrisk.com/issues/2003_09/news/179-1.html
Gamble, R., "P-Cards Head Higher," Business Finance (August, 2003), pp. 37-41. See http://www.bfmag.com/magazine/archives/article.html?articleID=13994
Avery, Susan, "Purchasing Drives Enhancements; Emphasis is on Increase Automation and More Control," Purchasing (February 6, 2003).
CBS MarketWatch, "Stanford Business School Research Shows Growth for Business-to-Business Online Buying," December 19, 2002.
Giesen, Lauri, "The Web Reshapes Commercial Cards," Credit Card Management (July, 2002), pp. 40-43.
Brannen, Laura, "Making the Most of P-Cards and E-Procurement," Business Finance (Nov., 2001), p. 10.
Anonymous, "The AICPA Corporate Purchasing Card Benchmark Survey Results," CPA Letter Online (September, 2001), found at http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/cpaltr/sep2001/supps/busind3.htm.
Anonymous, "Making the One-Card Decision: Corporate Culture is Key Factor," IOMA Report on Managing T&E (October, 2001), pp. 3-4.
Carroll, James, "Controlling Business Payments," Cards International, October, 2001.
Gamble, Richard, "State of the Union," Treasury and Risk Management, July, 2001.
Anonymous, "Study: Spending to Double," Purchasing (July, 5, 2001), p. 26-27.
Anonymous, "Growth in P-Card Spending," Purchasing Today (July, 2001), p.6.
Anonymous, "P-Card Prophecy," I-Source (June 12,2001).
Anonymous, "Study Finds Significant Growth in Purchasing Card Spending Expected," The Edge (a GE Capital Financial Inc. publication), p. 1.
Kuykendoll, Lavonne, "Purchasing Card Letdowns are Linked to Underuse," American Banker, June 2001.
Lubarts, Ann, "Pcards and ACH: Making an Educated Payment Choice, " Treasury and Risk Management, June 2001.
Saran, C, "Purchasing Cards Become a Cornerstone of Corporate Procurement Strategies," CFO Europe, and e-CFO, both December, 2000.
Gamble, D., "Preventing P-Card Plateaus," Business and Finance, (September, 1999), pp. 68-76.
Anonymous, "Manufacturers, Suppliers Staging P-Card Revolution," Credit Card News (July 1, 1999), p. 3.
O’Connell, B., "Power Plays With Plastic," Treasury and Risk Management (Mar.-April, 1996), pp. 47-48.
Avery, S., "Cards Are Here – But Not Universally Loved," Purchasing (September 7, 1995), pp. 43-47.
