accounting
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7.5 Things I Wish I Knew… Live #APAutomation
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Today I am speaking at IOFM’s spring conference on the 7 ½ things I wish I would have known before starting AP Automation. It’s a new topic, which I have written an eBook on, and the angle is something different too. For a while I have been somewhat put off by conference topics, professing the…
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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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Today! Washington DC and Universities
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Hi all – I am going to be in Washington DC today speaking at the Schools and University track of IOFM. I am talking about my old friend, The 8 Pitfalls of Accounts Payable Automation. If you are attending, stop by and say Hello! Want to know more? Buy My Books! The Argument to Automate…
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Steve Jobs – Accounting and Innovation
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You may or may not be aware, that I have completely lost my mind on the subject material that I am writing about. Steve Jobs running an accounting department? Really? You would think that there is a lot more pressing things to write about, but I have to tell you that I am getting great…
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The Outcome and Impact of #APAutomation
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I tell people who are new to Accounts Payable Automation, whether they are a users, evaluator or salesperson the same thing. I tell them the problem with AP Automation is people don’t know what it is, how it works or the impact that it will have on their organization. Then a pause for a minute…
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Steve Jobs – Accounting and Development
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Continuing with my series about Steve Jobs and what life would be like if he ran an accounting department, today’s topic is Jobs on development. Development? Well, you might be thinking what does development have to do with accounting. It is true that from an outside perspective accounting is an exact science. Money has to be tracked,…
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If Steve Jobs Ran An Accounting Department! – #APAutomation
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You know, people react to Apple products similar to cats… you either love them or you hate them. There is probably a person in your life that is driving that hatred for Apple. I have a colleague that at a former company, there was an individual that would answer all technical problems with, “if you had an Apple,…
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With AP Automation Is It More Software Than Service? #SaaS
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With all the talk about the cloud and server-based software, I thought it may be timely to write about software and service as it pertains to Accounts Payable Automation. Not just writing about it as much as answering the question; is AP Automation more service than software? Software First, there is no way to automate…
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How Many Touches Can An Invoice Take? #APAutomation
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My angle on the title was the old school commercial of how many licks does it take to get to the center…. well you know. Touching paper is nothing I talk with people about, so when I was talking with someone who was already automated in AP and he told me touches was his internal…
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What Is The Basis Point Myth? #APAutomation
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I like any other good red-blooded American likes a good old fashion conspiracy theory. You know, one that has a nameless – faceless group of high level individuals plotting in unison to insure their agenda is accomplished. Well, when it comes to basis points, that’s not the case. Sometimes instead of a conspiracy theory it’s…