Change Management
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5 Things to Know About An Advocate and #APAutomation
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It’s funny how small things can make a big difference when you are going from a paper to an automated AP process. I write a lot about doing your homework, and looking internally before looking externally before you automate. However, I really started to think about the project that I have personally done, and what…
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You Have Been Thinking About #Payments All Wrong. #ePayments
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Now, I am not a big fan of telling people right out of the gate that they are doing something wrong. Lately, however, I have noticed a trend with people’s behavior when it come to automation conversations. Automation Conversations? Having been an automator since 2000, you can imagine I have had a lot of automation conversations.…
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Ups and Downs of #APAutomation Change – !
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In my book The 8 Pitfalls of Accounts Payable Automation, I wrote that the process from decision, purchase, implementation and go live was like riding a roller coaster. In the spirit of this article there are 5 ups and downs during the starting and ending process of change that you will go through with Automating…
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#5 Top Blog Of The Year – Bad Habits When Automating AP – 6 of Them
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Habits are an interesting thing. You have probably heard the saying you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Well, good things dogs don’t run accounts payable processes. If you are like me, it seem like every time you turn around something is changing. Don’t get me wrong, I think change is good, so where…
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5 Things to Know About An Advocate and AP Automation
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It’s funny how small things can make a big difference when you are going from a paper to an automated AP process. I write a lot about doing your homework, and looking internally before looking externally before you automate. However, I really started to think about the project that I have personally done, and what…
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80% of the Company Isn’t Sold on AP Automation – How to Change That
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Oddly enough when I first started to help company get rid of paper invoices in 2000 I did a few things that seems completely ridiculous today. Things The first ridiculous things I did was approach the operation groups and try to sell them on the idea of approval efficiency. It worked ok because at that…
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Bad Habits When Automating AP – 6 of Them
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Habits are an interesting thing. You have probably heard the saying you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Well, good things dogs don’t run accounts payable processes. If you are like me, it seem like every time you turn around something is changing. Don’t get me wrong, I think change is good, so where…
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Bad Habits When Automating AP – 6 of Them
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Habits are an interesting thing. You have probably heard the saying you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Well, good things dogs don’t run accounts payable processes. If you are like me, it seem like every time you turn around something is changing. Don’t get me wrong, I think change is good, so where…
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8 Practices For Effective Approval Changes – #APAutomation
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Change can be such a dirty word in corporate America. I have found that when you really look at why a process is in place and when faced with changing that process, the people who are against the change are unable to give you a really good reason, other than “that’s the way we have…
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The Most Difficult Question I Have Ever Had to Answer – #APAutomation
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Over 200 blogs, 3 books and countless conversation over 15 year of Accounts Payable Automation, and you might think it is impossible for me to have “1” difficult question. It’s true there is one question that is the most difficult. The Set Up To build suspense and to create enough backup to the one question……