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    Competition – The Best and Worst of AP Automation – 6 Points

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    Something I say a lot, when working with a company is, if you talk to 20 different service providers about Accounts Payable Automation you will get 20 different answers (or opinions) on the definition of automation. The definition itself is not the problem, but if you don’t have a common ground (like a definition) then…

  • When AP Automation Competition Goes Wrong

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    I am not big on politics. I vote and watch the US Government from a far, but don’t really like the details too much. I have found that I am completely discussed with political ads. Living on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina I had the sheer pleasure (sarcasm) getting the full brunt…

  • When AP Automation Competition Goes Wrong

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    I am not big on politics. I vote and watch the US Government from a far, but don’t really like the details too much. I have found that I am completely discussed with political ads. Living on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina I had the sheer pleasure (sarcasm) getting the full brunt…

  • Finally – Competition And Accounts Payable Automation

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    I know I have been writing a lot about competition and AP Automation. When I first started this series I was hoping I was onto something that has been bothering the accounting community for a long time now. What Is It? For the longest time, and I don’t see this changing anytime soon, companies have…

  • The Real Competition For AP Automation

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    The last few weeks I have been writing about competition. I am hoping that I have helped those of you that are looking at AP Automation service providers side by side and not seeing a difference. So Far I have written about, hosted VS SaaS, license fee VS transactional fee, and ROI VS time, just…

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    Getting To The Bottom Of Your Company To Evaluate AP Automation Competition

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    When I wrote The 8 Pitfalls I realized that 50% of the book was dedicated to helping companies looking inward before looking outward to solution providers for AP Automation. Traditionally When an Accounts Payable Automation initiative starts someone will say, “hey, let’s search the internet to see who is out there that does this paperless…

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    AP Automation Competition – Find The Learning Curve

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    Last week I got an email from a company that said they are in the middle of an Accounts Payable Automation project, and their first order of business is to gather all of the service providers and put them side by side so they can compare them “apples to apples”. The Problem It has never…

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    Competition – Automation VS Document Management #APAutomation

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    I have written a little about Accounts Payable Automation and Document Management, but I have never written about the two in context of competition. The next few days I am going to be writing about differences that you can evaluate as you choose an AP Automation service provider. My hope is, but the topics, I…

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    Competition – The Best and Worst of AP Automation – 6 Points

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    Something I say a lot, when working with a company is, if you talk to 20 different service providers about Accounts Payable Automation you will get 20 different answers (or opinions) on the definition of automation. The definition itself is not the problem, but if you don’t have a common ground (like a definition) then…