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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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4 Things that will help you know if your current process is ready for AP Automation
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I consider myself a person that does a lot of preparing. To give you an example my family and I moved about 8 months ago and I had a detailed project plan with an attached Spreadsheet that nobody but me paid attention to. In the end we moved but I think the rest of the…
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7 Little Known Facts About AP Automation
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I like giving people the inside scoop. I almost believe that when it comes to AP Automation, my entire professional career is dedicated to telling people things they don’t know. There is nothing like a good “ah-ha” moment for a person. Especially a person that has been looking at a problem for a while and…
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6 Surprising Facts About Accounts Payable Automation
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I like surprises. However I like them around my birthday or on vacations. Basically any time other than business. To put it another way, I don’t like surprise with it comes to business. The 8 Pitfalls When I wrote The 8 Pitfalls, I wanted to write a book that would help people not be so surprised…
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Top Personality Traits You Should Look For in an AP Automation Implementor
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I haven’t written too much about the role that an implementor plays in an AP Automation project, but it’s significant. In the beginning of my career I had the honor of implementing 89 projects without any help. Doing that many project you can imagine some were good and some were just the opposite of good,…
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Don’t Bank On It – The Future of EPayments #Payments #MRIIUC2014- New Orleans
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This week I am in New Orleans. It’s a wonderful place with a party atmosphere… too bad I go to bed at 9:30 PM! Awake? But when I am awake, I am doing what I love to do and that is talk with groups of people about the Accounts Payable and Payment process. This week…
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Paper Invoices Aren’t Dead – 3 Ways to still use them #APAutomation
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I am inspired by this French companies ad that paper still has a good future I hope you saw the entire video… it’s worth it. Invoices Paper invoice have future too. I must admit that I am not a very big fan. When I am helping a company get rid of the paper and they…
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A Quick Guide To Hiring an AP Automation Service Provider
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Having been around Accounts Payable Automation for almost fifteen years, the one thing I know about automation service provider’s software is they mostly look-alike. Why? The reason why? There are only so many ways a technology company can digitize an invoice, put that invoice into workflow, display it, code and approve it and present the…
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The 50/50 Experiment – You Scan… They Scan #APAutomation
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I got into a big argument with a woman at a social event (alcohol was involved on her part) where I was trying to explain that a fifty-fifty relationship wasn’t good enough, and that each couple had to give 100% or it won’t work. The woman thought that I was saying that only one person…
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AP Automation Metrics – What To Measure And When
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There are a few phrases that I use too much. I know this, but they just seem to work for me. Today’s overused phrases of the day is, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure”. It’s A Good One! The fact is, the phrase has been over used, but it’s a really good one. AP…