accounting
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Could Steve Jobs Run An #Accounting Department?
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Well… this is the big reveal… the moment we have all been waiting for. As you may know I have written a few articles about Steve Jobs running an accounting department. I guess I have taken a little break from my normal Accounts Payable Automation writing to help accounting and finance professionals sharpen the saw…
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Why People Are Ignoring Payment Automation
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I often counsel people looking for automation in accounting to brace themselves because they are about ready to get hit with a barrage of terms that will become more of a hindrance than a help. Terms Here are a few, AP Automation, Accounts Payable Automation, Accounting Automation, EIPP, P2P, Purchase to Pay, Payment Automation, Payable…
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Shopping for AP Automation? How To Get The Best Deal – 3 Things
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I like to tell people that I am on “support staff” when it comes to Christmas shopping. Support staff is; I follow my wife from store to store as she tries and hard as she can to stick to the task of buying things for others and not herself (as a little aside, my wife…
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The Science Behind AP Automation
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Believe it or not, there is a science behind AP Automation. On the surface it looks like random things pushing and pulling you in crazy directions, but it’s not true. Underneath the hood there are forces and factors at work. On The Outside When looking at various AP Automation service provider, people have a tendency…
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15 Terrible Pieces of AP Automation Advice You Should Ignore
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Being the parent of four (with a teenager) I was somewhat hesitant to write an article about ignoring anything, however as an Accounts Payable Automator there are some things you shouldn’t listen to. 15 Pieces Hurry, time is running out. Don’t get hurried to make a decision… make a good one. Also, don’t delay when…
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This Is The Most Random Article Of My Entire Life
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904 followers, 430 articles, 1120 tweets and countless numbers of re-tweets and re-blogs and I have no idea what I am doing. Well, I know the subject matter, Accounts Payable Automation, but from the time I have started my site to now I am at a crossroads. The Devil? When I think of crossroads I…
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When AP Automation Competition Goes Wrong
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I am not big on politics. I vote and watch the US Government from a far, but don’t really like the details too much. I have found that I am completely discussed with political ads. Living on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina I had the sheer pleasure (sarcasm) getting the full brunt…
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AP Automation Is Only Good If… 3 Things
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I have made a lot of progress in the last few months around the definition of Accounts Payable Automation. Some of you may know that’s the reason I wrote The 8 Pitfalls was to help people define AP Automation. Others of you may know that I didn’t reach my goal when writing that book. Good…
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There Are 2 Things to Know When Calculating Accounts Payable Cost #APAutomation
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One of the first steps in knowing the impact of Accounts Payable Automation is calculating what your Accounts Payable process cost. Start Here What is your current cost per invoice is one of the first questions I ask someone when starting or wanting to improve their AP Automation journey. 2 Things 1. Hard Dollar – This…
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4 Things that will help you know if your current process is ready for AP Automation
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I consider myself a person that does a lot of preparing. To give you an example my family and I moved about 8 months ago and I had a detailed project plan with an attached Spreadsheet that nobody but me paid attention to. In the end we moved but I think the rest of the…