AP Automation

  • Vendor Communication for AP Automation: A Simple 6-Step Process

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    Having helped companies go from paper to an automation Accounts Payable process for the last 13 years I have learned that communicating with the vendor is extremely important. I have said… In the past, I have coached people the bigger the burden you put on the vendor to change, or the more hoops you have to make the…

  • Tomorrow With The Philadelphia Phillies

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    Well not with the Phillies. Very sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I am going to be speaking at the Non-Profit Summit put on by McGladrey which is meeting tomorrow at Citizens Bank Park the home of the Phillies. I am really excited to be partnered with McGladrey. They are an excellent consulting firm that focuses on the middle…

  • Make an AP Automation Decision in 1/2 the Time With These Resources

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    When I think of resources I think of Clark W. Griswold and his mother-in-law reaction to the lights not turning on. Watch for yourself… it’s at the end of the clip: Decision Time When it comes time to make a decision on Accounts Payable Automation there are a few things you will need to help…

  • 8 Examples of Using New AP Automation Time

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    I would like to write that everyone loves something new. I don’t know if that is the case with all of the people who love Craig’s list, pawn shops and yard sales. 1 Place There is one place that people like something new… time. Well, stick with me here. What I am trying to write…

  • 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.…