Accounts Payable
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The Big Boys and AP Automation
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Fire, Ready, Aim As I started writing this series of articles, it occurred to me that I don’t have a good definition of what constitutes a large to a medium to a small size accounting system. The best I can do is associate the type of accounting system to the size of companies. This won’t…
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Where Does Your Accounting System Fit?
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Remember the System of Record I am going to write something that I believe is controversial… Meaning I don’t know if people buy into the idea that the accounting system is the ultimate system of record, so here goes. My Version of Controversy Your company’s accounting system is always the system of record. Whenever financial…
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New Series on Accounting Systems and Automation
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Just off the back of writing about what accounting automation (invoices and payments) is good for, where I wrote about people, companies and situations that are good for automation… this week I am going to write about different accounting systems and their relationship with accounts payable automation. The Plan In the next few days…
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Putting A Bow On This Series – What Automation is Good for!
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Well, I kind of feel like I am seeing a kid off to college. I have come to the end of the three-part series on “What Accounting Automation is Good For”. I very much appreciate the side conversation, the re-tweets and re-blogs, as well as all of the messages. My hope in creating this conversation…
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I sure hope I don’t mess up the World Series!
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The World Series is being played in Boston this week. I too am going to be in Boston on Friday October 25th. I am going to be speaking at Northeastern University with the New England Chapter of IFO – Institute of Financial Operations. It is an all day event and I have an hour to talk about The…
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Automation And People Doing Their Job
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So I have written about growth companies headcount reduction and hiring as great situations for accounting automation. Today’s installment on the series of people, companies and situations that are best for automation is one of my favorites. A Young Old Timer I have been working with companies helping them go from paper to automated accounting…
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Hiring and Accounting Automation
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Yesterday I wrote about headcount reduction and on Friday I wrote about growing companies and accounting automation. Today’s topic, continuing on with situations are good for getting rid of the paper invoices and paper checks is hiring. On the surface hiring can seem a lot like headcount reductions, but I want to give you a…
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If it fits in Vegas – Use it!
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You know, I really must want people to read my blog with a title like that! This week I am back in Las Vegas for the third time in five weeks. I am really excited about this trip. I will be speaking at the IOFM fall conference on Tuesday at 2:30pm PST. I am…
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Headcount Reduction and Accounting Automation
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I am on the last leg of a three-part series on reasons why accounting processes should be automated. Last week, on Friday, I wrote about growth companies greatly benefiting from automation. Continuing with different situations that are good for automation, today I am going to write about headcount reduction. The Middle Market I was recently reminded by…
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Things to know – Colleges and Universities and IOFM
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I am really looking forward to this… Monday October 21 @ 2pm PST I will be talking with a group of College and University accountants…. about… guess what? That’s right automation! I didn’t know you were such a good guesser! I have been looking forward to from the time I was asked in…