Change Management
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The 6 #APAutomated Metrics Your CEO Actually Cares About
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Depending on the size of the company, very rarely do I interact with the CEO. I don’t know if it’s because they don’t care about Accounts Payable processing or if they just have other things to do… you know – well delegated. They know… CEO’s know the importance of Accounts Payable. I haven’t met a CEO…
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3 Things To Know About People Before You Automate AP
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I have been an Accounts Payable Automator since 2000. A lot has changed from that time. In the early days (I sound so old) the biggest conversation I had with people was about the security of the internet and how the internet was a legitimate place to store documents like invoices. Times Have Change? The more I…
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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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Communication – Top Down or Middle Up – Which is Best #APAutomation
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Ah – communication. It has a lot to do with positive change and leadership, which are two very important aspect of Accounts Payable Automaton. Change is the backbone of AP Automation, it is the core to making a successful organization paperless, and leadership is the engine that drives that change. Two Kinds? The two types…
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Who Really Changes? 4 Things to Think About With Accounts Payable Automation
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Have you heard the one about how many accountants it take to change a light bulb? <Answer from the accountant> “Change? No one said anything about change!” I think all of us in finance and accounting get a bad rap about change. The joke is an example of how inflexible we come across to the…
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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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There is Time and Then There is Time is Running Out! #APAutomation
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I write a lot about time because it is a measurable by-product of Accounts Payable Automation. People have to know when they have been successful and the best way to do that is to benchmark… That’s why time is so important to automation. More Time There are a lot of sayings around time,”Time is money”,…
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5 Ups and Downs in Account Payable Change #APAutomation
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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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When Changing Accounts Payable – Who Really Changes? 4 Things to Think About
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Have you heard the one about how many accountants it take to change a light bulb? <Answer from the accountant> “Change? No one said anything about change!” I think all of us in finance and accounting get a bad rap about change. The joke is an example of how inflexible we come across to the…
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Timing in Change is Everything… Well Almost
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When I wrote The 8 Pitfalls about 3 years ago. I was hoping to write a book that would give folks insight to life without paper in accounting. One of my goals in writing the book was to help define Accounts Payable Automation. How did I do? Three years later I can safely write… I…