AP Automation
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The CFO and Automation.
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This week’s series is focusing on the people who can best benefit from accounting automation. I am starting with the accounting department and the different roles within the department. Starting at the top of most accounting departments is the CFO or Chief Financial Officer. If you are a CFO or report to a CFO, my experience…
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People Who Benefit From Accounting Automation.
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At first glance this may seem like a silly statement “People who benefit from accounting automation“. There is a couple of ways of looking at that statement. One is to ask the obvious question of “who wouldn’t benefit from accounting automation?” Let me deal with that first. It is true… everyone in the business can…
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What is Automation Good For?
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People are still struggling with justifying accounting automation (the definition of accounting automation is no paper invoices, an accounting system and no paper checks) . I have written it several times that the United States is one to three federal laws away from mass automation adoption. Until those laws are on the books, companies and…
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Definitions for Accounting Automation
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This won’t be the greatest article I have ever written. As a matter of fact it may have the least immediate benefit of any article I have written. On Monday (9/30/2013) I am starting a new series on Accounting Automation and what people, companies, accounting systems and situations are the best fit. In preparation of…
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Leaving Las Vegas and Thanks for the Time!
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Well my time in Vegas is over. I thought this year was going to be the year that I finally break down and do some gambling. I first watched a colleague run through $100 at a three card poker table in thirty- minutes and decided to get something to eat with my money instead. Leaving…
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Final Thoughts On Change
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For the last few weeks I have been doing my best to give context on change and its impact on accounting automation. When I write about accounting automation I am referring to getting rid of the paper invoices and the paper checks. To review for the last few weeks I have been writing about positive…
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How Will You Know You Have Changed?
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Well this seems like an obvious question with an easy answer… things will look different… things will work different. That’s not what I am want to write about. The things that make good, well planned and organized change work so well are two… Benchmark Reconciliation Evaluation Benchmark reconciliation is simply looking at the data you…
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If Everything Stays in Vegas – Why are there so many cameras?
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I have always wondered how Las Vegas can get away with saying, “Everything that happens in Vegas – Stays in Vegas”. Las Vegas is the most photographed and videotaped city on the planet. Sure there is the army of impromptu journalist that at a moments notice will take out their smartphone and capture a moment in…
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Capitalizing on Opportunities
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Yesterday I wrote about executing on change. In the middle of the post I wrote that those organization that are more prepared can capitalize on opportunities. It’s true, one of the great side benefits to doing good change management is the ability to have more time to search, evaluate and capture opportunities. Here are a…
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Executing Change
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Last week I wrote about the need to inventory your organization to prepare for change. I also wrote about benchmarking and communicating change. In a brief snapshot of all things change, the three previous articles have all to do with preparing yourself and your organization for the change. Think of the opposite of not being…