Accounts Payable Automation

  • Final Thoughts about Automation and Staff

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    I hope you have enjoyed this part of the series about people and the benefits accounting automation can have on them. If I get my wish I will, in the near future, complete a book about technology and people. I have toyed with the title “Technology Does Nothing”. It is either an idea that is…

  • Getting Fit With Automation… or Something Like That.

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    Hi all – join me and my good friend in automation Mike Johnson from RPX Solutions  for a 45 minute webinar about your clothes fitting properly. No… wait a minute. It’s not about your clothes fitting…. it’s about finding a good fit for you as an accounting professional…. now that’s not it either… Oh yea……

  • Accounting Automation and the Operations Staff

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    This is the last installment of writing about the types of people who can benefit from accounting automation. I have written about the benefits for the CFO the Controller and Technical Staff. The last group (certainly not the least) is the operational staff. I label them operational staff to encompass everyone else in the business.…

  • Accounting Automation and the Controller.

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    Just like the CFO  the Controller and/or Director of Accounts Payable has particular needs that can be satisfied by accounting automation.   There are so many areas to talk about as it pertains to the middle managers of an accounting department. I have to write, however,“I feel your pain”. Pain, that’s probably the best place to…

  • The CFO and Automation.

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    This week’s series is focusing on the people who can best benefit from accounting automation. I am starting with the accounting department and the different roles within the department. Starting at the top of most accounting departments is the CFO or Chief Financial Officer. If you are a CFO or report to a CFO, my experience…

  • People Who Benefit From Accounting Automation.

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    At first glance this may seem like a silly statement “People who benefit from accounting automation“. There is a couple of ways of looking at that statement. One is to ask the obvious question of “who wouldn’t benefit from accounting automation?” Let me deal with that first. It is true… everyone in the business can…

  • What is Automation Good For?

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    People are still struggling with justifying accounting automation (the definition of accounting automation is no paper invoices, an accounting system and no paper checks) . I have written it several times that the United States is one to three federal laws away from mass automation adoption. Until those laws are on the books, companies and…

  • Definitions for Accounting Automation

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    This won’t be the greatest article I have ever written. As a matter of fact it may have the least immediate benefit of any article I have written. On Monday (9/30/2013) I am starting a new series on Accounting Automation and what people, companies, accounting systems and situations are the best fit. In preparation of…

  • Final Thoughts On Change

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    For the last few weeks I have been doing my best to give context on change and its impact on accounting automation. When I write about accounting automation I am referring to getting rid of the paper invoices and the paper checks. To review for the last few weeks I have been writing about positive…

  • I spoke on a panel yesterday – and here is what I said…

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    I was asked to speak on a panel at the inaugural IOFM Payment Summit. IOFM has done a great job of assembling payment providers, accounting personnel and technologist to take three days to learn more about the future of the payment industry. The group that I spoke with had a wide range of experiences and…