AP Automation

  • 6 Things That Won’t Kill Your Vendor When Outsourcing Scanning #APAutomation #Fusion – 10:15

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    If you are at Fusion this week – comes see this session live! Outsourcing is somewhat of a hot topic. When I first got in business I had a friend (that did much better than me) who started a company and told me that his company would never do anything outside of their “core” competency.…

  • What Is The Basis Point Myth? #APAutomation #Fusion 4:30 CST Today – Live!

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    If you are at Fusion this week – comes see this session live! 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…

  • 3 Secrets to a Virtual Credit Card Your Bank Doesn’t Know – Today #Fusion – 3:15 CST

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    If you are at Fusion this week – comes see this session live! One of the unsung heroes of the Accounts Payable Automation process are payments. In my experience people don’t have has much problems as invoice probably because payments come from a central location and proactively go out of the organization, unlike invoices which aren’t so controlled. There is…

  • I Wish I Would Have Known About Time Allocation – #APAutomation – #Fusion Today 10AM CST

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    If you are at Fusion this week – comes see this session live! I am starting a new series with week that looks back on things I wish I would have known. The “wish I would have known” attitude comes from a lesson learned that now seems so obvious. My hope is that my lessons…

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    6 Times Is The Charm – Dallas TX – #Fusion This Week

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    There is only one thing I love doing more than writing and that’s running my mouth (ask my kids) My oldest son ask my wife to tell him about the birds and the bees, which (naturally) she replied, “Go ask your father”, which he replied, “I really didn’t want to know that much.” Dream Week…

  • 8-Step Plan for Migrating to AP Automation

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    I like steps. I heard a webinar from Guy Kawasaki where he said that he always liked to do a webinar about 10 things because you will know where you are in the webinar at all times, and if (as he put it) he sucks then you will know how much longer he will be.…

  • Once You Automate AP – Would You Do It Again?

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    Recently I completed a study of 400 company that have automated their accounts payable process. When I do studies I try as hard as I can to make things simple so I can get a maximum response. This time I decided to ask them one question: “If you had to do it all over again…

  • After The paper Is Gone In AP – When Do The Questions Stop? #APAutomation

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    As someone who has spent a lot of time either helping organizations change or doing the change, I have developed a pretty long list of what I like to call “key indicators”. Key Indicators These are actions, conversations, or questions that tell me where a person or a group really is in the process of…

  • 3 Things To Know About People Before You Automate AP

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    I have been an Accounts Payable Automator since 2000. A lot has changed from that time. In the early days (I sound so old) the biggest conversation I had with people was about the security of the internet and how the internet was a legitimate place to store documents like invoices. Times Have Change? The more I…

  • This Week – Southern California #LiveEvent

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    This week I am very excited to be participating in the annual AvidXchange User Form (AUF) being held in beautiful, sunny Costa Mesa California. If you are able to make the event I will be speaking Tuesday afternoon… answering the questions, “Could Steve Jobs Run An Accounting Department?” Departure It is a little of a…