Change
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8 Dangers of Time Freed Up By AP Automation
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There are a lot of positive things that are associated to Accounts Payable Automation. I have witnessed first hand company’s accounting department change for the better and modernize to the point to where the department had become a profit center rather than a pure expense. Although I am not a huge advocate of making Accounts…
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AP Automation 101: How to Seize the Attention of a Company
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I have made it no secret that I work with a lot of companies in the middle market. The definition of the middle market are those companies that are $5M – $1B in annual revenue. Middle market companies don’t have the advantage to use headcount reduction as the chief motivator for Accounts Payable Automation… so…
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5 Ways Change Hurts Your Process in AP
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I am not a big fan of going negative. I remember a story about a boy who came home and told his dad that he failed a test. His dad said, “quit being so negative… be positive!” The boy said, “ok, dad I am positive I failed that test.” There are 5 Here are…
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7 Outcomes of Good Change in Accounts Payable Automation
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Those that read me on a regular basis know that I write almost exclusively about Accounts Payable Automation. Today’s article is about good change in AP when you go from a paper to an automated process. There are 7 1. More Time- I write about this a lot, but still haven’t made the…
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One Good Personal Reason to Change
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I have to warn you that in the coming year I am going to be writing a lot about change… if this was TV I would ask you not to turn the channel. Why? Here is the thing. I can’t think of an instance, project, company or person where change is the common thread of…
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I sure hope I don’t mess up the World Series!
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The World Series is being played in Boston this week. I too am going to be in Boston on Friday October 25th. I am going to be speaking at Northeastern University with the New England Chapter of IFO – Institute of Financial Operations. It is an all day event and I have an hour to talk about The…
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Final Thoughts on Types of Companies and Automation
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Just like people, companies are all unique, and the risk in writing an article that generalizes types of companies that fit best can seem like I am saying some companies shouldn’t try to automate. I have worked with big brand name companies that had huge headcount reduction plans all they way down to a 75…
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Other Companies and Accounting Automation
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This is my final stop on writing about companies that can benefit from accounting automation. I wanted to write a “catch-all” article because I didn’t want to leave any out. Well that’s not true… I am not from the generation where everyone got a trophy. I remember playing tee-ball in the seventies and (this must…
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I will be Performing at the Red Rocks Hotel and Casino
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I AM GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER! Well.. no – not really… I feel a little silly writing that I am performing, but I didn’t think I could use the word “educating”… here let’s try it: I will be Educating at the Red Rocks Hotel and Casino this week…. no – that’s much worse. How…
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Companies with Regulatory Requirements and Automation
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I am in the second of a three-part series on the people, companies and situations that accounting automation is best for. As I have written many times, automation is good for a lot of things, but in my experience there are certain people, types of companies and special situation that accounting automation can really help.…