AP Automation

  • 6 Trends of the Accounts Payable Automation Universe

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    My wife gets a kick out of me trying on hats, you know the “one size fits all” variety. The reason she thinks it’s funny is because they never fit my head. It makes so much sense to her that my head is always way too big for the one size fits all hats. In…

  • Best of Breed and Accounts Payable Automation

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    Earlier this week I wrote an article about workflow and capture shouldn’t be separate. You can go back and review the post, but the long and short of it is, if you separate the two your expense will go up greatly, that’s why it’s important to find a service provider that can do both well.…

  • With AP Automation is Industry Knowledge Important? 3 Things

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    It is one of the things I ask when evaluating software… do you know my industry? That’s when the software provider say, “So, what is Accounts Payable Automation anyway?” Important? People, generally, believe their Accounts Payable process is unique. If you look at it from a high level, there are only so many ways to…

  • Who is more qualified? AP Automation or a Person?

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    This is my man vs machine article. Who is more qualified – Accounts Payable Automation software or a good old human being? The Argument In my book The Argument to Automation – How Innovation Can INSPIRE Not Fire, I write a lot about why Accounts Payable Automation is good and the impact and benefit of…

  • Hiring The Most Qualified Accounts Payable Person Ever!

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    I don’t know if you can call this my “new kick”, but lately I have really been looking at the impact Accounts Payable Automation has on people. Now not just the obvious impact but the “real” impact. Obvious As I have written many times, the obvious impact of AP Automation is more time, lower cost…

  • 7.5 Things I Wish I Knew… Live #APAutomation

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    Today I am speaking at IOFM’s spring conference on the 7 ½ things I wish I would have known before starting AP Automation. It’s a new topic, which I have written an eBook on, and the angle is something different too. For a while I have been somewhat put off by conference topics, professing the…

  • AP Automation Is Only Good If… 3 Things

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    I have made a lot of progress in the last few months around the definition of Accounts Payable Automation. Some of you may know that’s the reason I wrote The 8 Pitfalls was to help people define AP Automation. Others of you may know that I didn’t reach my goal when writing that book. Good…

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    Today! Washington DC and Universities

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    Hi all – I am going to be in Washington DC today speaking at the Schools and University track of IOFM. I am talking about my old friend, The 8 Pitfalls of Accounts Payable Automation. If you are attending, stop by and say Hello! Want to know more? Buy My Books! The Argument to Automate…

  • Steve Jobs – Accounting and Innovation

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    You may or may not be aware, that I have completely lost my mind on the subject material that I am writing about. Steve Jobs running an accounting department? Really? You would think that there is a lot more pressing things to write about, but I have to tell you that I am getting great…

  • The Outcome and Impact of #APAutomation

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    I tell people who are new to Accounts Payable Automation, whether they are a users, evaluator or salesperson the same thing. I tell them the problem with AP Automation is people don’t know what it is, how it works or the impact that it will have on their organization. Then a pause for a minute…