accounting
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3 Common Workflow Problems And There Solutions – #APAutomation
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Workflow, for those of you that don’t know, is the engine that powers Accounts Payable Automation. The definition of workflow is a predetermined electronic approval process. Electronic and predetermined are the two keys words of the definition. A Little Confusion Workflow can be confusion because it can mean both the approval process and the software. For…
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Process Improvement 101 = Everything a Beginner Should Know #APAutomation
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There is nothing wrong with being a beginner. There is something wrong with being a beginner and not wanting to tell anyone, and acting like you are a master. Even worst, if you think you are a master and tell everyone you are and try to boss people around, when really you are a beginner… Oh…
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Most CFOs Don’t Know There Are Problems in Accounts Payable
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This statement would of course only apply to those companies that are big enough to have a division between AP and senior management. I would hate to know of a company where the CFO and the Director of AP are the same person and they didn’t know there were problems. Once Upon A Time I…
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10 Approval Tips For People Who Hate Approving Invoices
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Hate is such a strong word, but in the real world not everyone in a company has the same passion and attention for approving invoices. For those people here are ten tips that will help them. Tips 10. No Paper – Well I had to start with this one being the AP Automation guy, but…
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When AP Automation Isn’t Good Enough
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What? AP Automation is always good enough? Well, I don’t like to bring this topic up but AP Automation is not always a fit. I Have Been Thinking That’s right… scary. My second book, which should have been my first book, called The Argument to Automate, has been what I like to call a commercial…
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With All This Electronic Stuff – What About Remittance?
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I have written a little about electronic payments or automating the payment process, but I had someone recently ask me about remittance. To Be Clear I really hate writing this, but I know there is a small group of readers that are new to the Accounts Payable and Payment world, so I want to make…
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I Approved An Invoice On My Bike
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I love to ride my bike. It’s great exercise, and on most days it’s great to be out in nature. I got the idea that I would approve an invoice on my bike just to prove how great being automated is. I didn’t wreck and I didn’t run over any small children, so I would…
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Dynamics GP & AP Automation – Solving Real Life Problems
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One of the most difficult problems to solve are the problems you don’t know you have. As an accounts payable automator since 2000, I have personally witnesses thousands of companies realize they had problems and didn’t even know. The purpose of AP Automation is to solve real life problems. When a company initially looks at…
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AP Automation VS Document Managmenet – Webinar
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DING! I get into a lot of conversations about the differences between AP Automation and Document Management. I get concerned it’s like a lot of things, where someone like myself may be more interested in the differences than the average person. Lately However, lately, the differences have been showing up in outcomes that are driving…
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My Own Personal Approval Process – 14 Years In The Making
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I don’t do a lot of approving, however for the last 14 years I have been helping companies improve their approval process, so I thought I would give you a little historical timeline of AP Automation changes over the last 14 years. But first… Recently my company has just hired a new accounts payable person. I…