Change Management
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With AP Automation Is It More Software Than Service? #SaaS
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With all the talk about the cloud and server-based software, I thought it may be timely to write about software and service as it pertains to Accounts Payable Automation. Not just writing about it as much as answering the question; is AP Automation more service than software? Software First, there is no way to automate…
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6 Things That Won’t Kill Your Vendor When Outsourcing Scanning #APAutomation
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Outsourcing is somewhat of a hot topic. When I first got in business I had a friend (that did much better than me) who started a company and told me that his company would never do anything outside of their “core” competency. When I asked him what he was talking about, he explained to me…
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5 Things to Know About An Advocate and AP Automation
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It’s funny how small things can make a big difference when you are going from a paper to an automated AP process. I write a lot about doing your homework, and looking internally before looking externally before you automate. However, I really started to think about the project that I have personally done, and what…
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Communication – Top Down or Middle Up – Which is Best #APAutomation
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Ah – communication. It has a lot to do with positive change and leadership, which are two very important aspect of Accounts Payable Automaton. Change is the backbone of AP Automation, it is the core to making a successful organization paperless, and leadership is the engine that drives that change. Two Kinds? The two types…
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Who Really Changes? 4 Things to Think About With Accounts Payable Automation
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Have you heard the one about how many accountants it take to change a light bulb? <Answer from the accountant> “Change? No one said anything about change!” I think all of us in finance and accounting get a bad rap about change. The joke is an example of how inflexible we come across to the…
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Ups and Downs of #APAutomation Change – !
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In my book The 8 Pitfalls of Accounts Payable Automation, I wrote that the process from decision, purchase, implementation and go live was like riding a roller coaster. In the spirit of this article there are 5 ups and downs during the starting and ending process of change that you will go through with Automating…
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Process Vs. Impact for #APAutomation
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I don’t do a lot of this verses that. It is easy to compare things and those things have so many moving parts that the comparisons don’t work. Now, to move away from writing in general terms today’s this verses is a fair comparison because the “this” is a common mistake that people make when…
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Once AP Automation Is Implemented Everything Will Be Fine… Maybe…
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If you are a consistent reader of my articles… first, thanks! Second you probably have realized that I use the word “journey” as it pertains to the automation process. Journey? I use the word journey because AP Automation has unique phases, and each phase has it own distinct obstacles, challenges and problems. Just like any…
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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…
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With Snow In The East – School is Out
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I don’t do this too often. I want this site to be a place where there is pure learning for Accounts Payable Automation. (However) Every once in a while something comes along that is so creative and out of the box – I just have to share. Enjoy Want to know more? Buy My Books!…