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What’s Heavier a Ton of Paper Invoices or a Ton of Bricks? #APAutomation
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Well, happy Friday. I know looking back on this article it won’t be Friday, or it may be just by coincidence. Anyway, I am feeling a little “out of the box” because of the combination of events that are coming up (that I am not 100% prepared for) with spring fever, so today’s article is…
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What Happens After You Say “Yes” To AP Automation? 3 Things
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I don’t know if I have ever written a more obvious headline, but I want to go way beyond implementing, and give you a glimpse of how the organization reacts to news that Accounts Payable Automation is going to take the paper invoices away. When? One of the initial things to think about is when…
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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 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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My Own Personal Approval Process – 14 Years In The Making
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I don’t do a lot of approving, however for the last 14 years I have been helping companies improve their approval process, so I thought I would give you a little historical timeline of AP Automation changes over the last 14 years. But first… Recently my company has just hired a new accounts payable person. I…
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6 Surprising Facts About Accounts Payable Automation
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I like surprises. However I like them around my birthday or on vacations. Basically any time other than business. To put it another way, I don’t like surprise with it comes to business. The 8 Pitfalls When I wrote The 8 Pitfalls, I wanted to write a book that would help people not be so surprised…
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The Red Rover – Red Rover – of AP Automation
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I once heard a comedian say that a school system was outlawing dodge ball because it made some student feel bad. He then said that if that was the case they should outlaw math. I don’t think dodge ball was nearly as bad as red rover. Red Rover For those of you that don’t know…
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8 Practices For Effective Approval Changes – #APAutomation
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Change can be such a dirty word in corporate America. I have found that when you really look at why a process is in place and when faced with changing that process, the people who are against the change are unable to give you a really good reason, other than “that’s the way we have…
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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…
