Change Management
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With AP Automation is Industry Knowledge Important? 3 Things
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It is one of the things I ask when evaluating software… do you know my industry? That’s when the software provider say, “So, what is Accounts Payable Automation anyway?” Important? People, generally, believe their Accounts Payable process is unique. If you look at it from a high level, there are only so many ways to…
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There is Time and Then There is Time is Running Out! #APAutomation
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I write a lot about time because it is a measurable by-product of Accounts Payable Automation. People have to know when they have been successful and the best way to do that is to benchmark… That’s why time is so important to automation. More Time There are a lot of sayings around time,”Time is money”,…
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5 Ups and Downs in Account Payable Change #APAutomation
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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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When Changing Accounts Payable – Who Really Changes? 4 Things to Think About
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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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Timing in Change is Everything… Well Almost
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When I wrote The 8 Pitfalls about 3 years ago. I was hoping to write a book that would give folks insight to life without paper in accounting. One of my goals in writing the book was to help define Accounts Payable Automation. How did I do? Three years later I can safely write… I…
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7 Indications There is Pain in Change When Automating AP
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In The 8 Pitfalls of Accounts Payable Automation, I use the analogy of a rollercoaster to explain what life is going to be like when a company changes from a paper Accounts Payable process to an automated Accounts Payable process. What? I guess the rollercoaster idea is not the best way to explain change, because…
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There is an AP Automation Dilemma- 3 Things to think about.
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When faced with Accounts Payable Automation there is a natural dilemma that occurs when asking the question, “why automate”. Easy? For a select few companies there is an easy answer. Like a need and opportunity in the company to reduce headcount by employee software rather than people. For others the need and opportunity is not…
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Is This You? CSI for Accounting Payable?
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CSI stands for “Crime Scene Investigation”… hold on, don’t stop reading… I promise I will make a point about Accounts Payable Automation. Crime Scene Investigation As you may be aware CSI is a popular TV show where investigators piece together a crime (in an hour) from very little evidence. As an Accounts Payable Automator, I have…
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If you Automate AP in 2014 – There is 1 thing you have to battle
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I really can’t believe I used “Battle” in the title. When I wrote the Argument to Automate I used a phase “Revolutionize with a New Plan”. Then, one of my readers told me that people generally die in revolution, so I changed it to reorganize. I guess the same can be true with a battle.…
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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Mastering Change in Accounting
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Have you done something and it was such a good deal or situation that you felt like you were somehow doing something wrong. I was at Staples once to get a few companies of a training manual done (this was before I was paperless) and the person in front of me couldn’t believe how low…