accounting
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How Many People Are Really Freed Up By AP Automation?
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If you think about Accounts Payable Automation as being as good as the time that it frees up. Well, how many people is that going to be? A Little Background Before you watch the video there are a few things you should know about people, time and freeing up that time. Companies deal with employee’s…
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There is a new AP out there – 5 signs you are doing well
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I guess I could write this article in some kind of western theme… where there is a new sheriff in town. As much as I like cowboy movies and that time in history, I think comparing shot ’em out westerns to an Account Payable process is not right. My Reputation I get a lot of…
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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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Conference Call Video… Just For Fun
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It has been a long time since I have posted anything that didn’t have to do with Accounts Payable Automation… but today is the day. Check out this video – if a conference call was live: The Argument to Automate – How Innovation Can INSPIRE Not Fire – click here to buy The 8 Pitfalls of…
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The Stupidest Thing I have Done As An AP Automator
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I must really want attention to write about some as stupid as I am writing about today. I have found, however, that the people that read my stuff like it when I am… well like the cool kids say, “real”. Let’s face it, “real” is what we are looking for when it comes to advice…
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It is 66 Degrees as I Write this – In Orlando This Week.
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You know I really hate to write this article sitting outside at a coffee shop soaking up the sun while all my friends in the midwest and northeast…. Even back home in Charlotte freeze… First, I want to write… Thank you McGladrey for asking me to speak at another one of your Nonprofit Summits this…
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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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There is process and then there is good process – 3 ways you know you’re good
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In my book The Argument to Automate I write about processes being bad, and how when processes are bad everyone seems to know. The problem with processes is when they are mediocre. Processes that are so-so don’t normally get the attention of bad processes. Sound The Alarm As I wrote in my introduction when processes…
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What does 1500 invoices per month mean to AP Automation
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Tuesday I was speaking to a group in Boston… they asked me to talked fast because there was a snow storm on the way. You know I was very conflicted because I thought that people in Boston were used to the snow… even liked it. Then it was explained to me that the panic was…
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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…