Accounts Payable

  • What is so Happy about Thanksgiving?

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    I choose the peanut’s image because my wife loves the stories of Charlie Brown, and I am always trying to get on her good side. Happy? Here is the short answer to the questions, what is so happy about thanksgiving? Everything! I love time off from work, I love the work that I do, the…

  • 5 Ways Change Hurts Your Process in AP

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      I am not a big fan of going negative. I remember a story about a boy who came home and told his dad that he failed a test. His dad said, “quit being so negative… be positive!” The boy said, “ok, dad I am positive I failed that test.” There are 5 Here are…

  • 9 Days and Paper Free in AP – 2 Things

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    I am going to call that my “broken english” title. I saw a 60 Minutes report about an old guy getting a bride from Russia. When she arrived in the US, she only knew a few words of english. To help, the creepy old guy who just got his internet ordered bride started talking to…

  • Going Green – Is It A Responsibility?

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    Going green has been around for a while now. It is commonly used to let folks know that there is some need to saving the planet. Going green in Accounts Payable by using automation is nothing new but its something that hasn’t caught on yet. Whose Green is Green The term going green is sometimes…

  • 7 Outcomes of Good Change in Accounts Payable Automation

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        Those that read me on a regular basis know that I write almost exclusively about Accounts Payable Automation. Today’s article is about good change in AP when you go from a paper to an automated process. There are 7 1. More Time- I write about this a lot, but still haven’t made the…

  • 4 Things That Makes Accounts Payable Automation Great

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    I don’t know if Ali was the greatest of all time, but when I think of greatest in boxing, I think of him (really I think of Rocky, but that was just a good movie). He certainly told people he was the greatest, and wasn’t shy in letting people know that he was the greatest.…

  • The Secret to Good Workflow Design – 3 Keys

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    Workflow has been one of those words that has taken on a life of its own. It is also a word that is tossed around by service providers way too often where they assume the client understands the meaning and context. Definition: Here is what the internet says about workflow; A workflow consists of a sequence of connected steps…

  • One Good Personal Reason to Change

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    I have to warn you that in the coming year I am going to be writing a lot about change… if this was TV I would ask you not to turn the channel. Why? Here is the thing. I can’t think of an instance, project, company or person where change is the common thread of…

  • Purchase Orders and AP Automation

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    Ah the purchase order and the automated invoice. I have been wanting to write about this delicate little dance for so long, and today it my day. The picture denotes a two-party stand-off which if you automate Accounts Payable and purchase orders separately then you will have the same outcome. I Only Write What I…

  • The Purchase Order Process and Control Freaks 2

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      I hope you like the picture above and it doesn’t remind you of your high school boyfriend of girlfriend. Take a look back at my previous post on purchase orders (PO) preventing maverick purchasing, it can give context to what I am writing about today which is the second thing that a PO process…