Business
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Rules of Thumb For Leading Your Team Into AP Automation
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I don’t think I have ever achieved anything by following the rules. You know the rules that others put on you or perceive that are good for you. Now, I am not talking about breaking the law. I have never achieved anything by breaking the law either, so today I am writing about that interesting…
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Get People to Do More Outside of Accounting – #APAutomation
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When companies look at Accounts Payable Automation one of their initial desires is to make their operations more efficient . This, by the way, is a very good goal, but the types of efficiency the companies focus on are normally within the accounting department. Even through that’s a great place to look it’s not the…
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Top 10 AP Automation Destination Vacations
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I don’t think I have ever taken a destination vacation. When I wrote the title for this article I think I used the term without knowing what it was (yep – I will admit that). So I did a little research, and come to find out… Google doesn’t even know what it is either. There…
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Out of Office and Mobility – Are They The Same Thing In AP Automation?
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I have been writing a lot about out of office because we are getting ready for what I like to call “vacation season”. That’s right the time that we all look forward to, and if you are anything like me you will spend a lot of money, get sun burned, have a great time and come back…
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Can Your Accounts Payable Process Withstand a Vacation? 4 Things
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Well, it’s unofficially summer, and what comes with summer are vacations. My (then) 7-year-old son said that he liked going on long car rides. In my opinion it was a strange thing for a 7-year-old to say so I asked him why he liked long car rides. He said it gave him plenty of time to…
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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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Are There Certain Invoices You Can’t Automate?
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When people start their AP Automation journey (I like to refer to it as a journey, because of its ongoing nature) there are a few generalizations that they start with. A few of them are, “Our vendor are too small for electronic invoices”, Our process is too complex for AP Automation” and “There are certain…
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Does Size Matter With AP Automation?
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Lately I have been writing a lot about mid-market and large market companies. I have gotten on this kick in anticipation of the “rise of the mid-market” (sounds like a movie). I have always contented that The United States is three to four federal laws away from mass AP Automation adoptions. Until that time, companies…
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What Did 400 AP Automated Companies Say They Would Have Done Better
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I have written a little bit about this. Recently I produced an eBook on this subject, calling it the 7 1/2 Things I Wish I Would Have Known Before Automating. It’s not on my site yet, but will be soon. The Point Experience is the best teacher. Over the course of six years I have…
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The Mid-Market and #APAutomation
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I have made it no secret that I work with a lot of companies in the middle market. I believe, because of traveling across the country speaking at any event that will have the slight bit of interest in Accounts Payable Automation, that large companies are automated. Therefore, attention has turned to mid-market companies (it’s…