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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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8 Places You Are Losing Time And Money In Accounts Payable
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No one likes to lose money. One time I was at the grocery store and did the self checkout (I love those things) and got $20 cash back, but was in such a hurry I left the money. I really hated losing that $20, but I think I hated my own stupidity event more. The…
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3 Easy Ways to Push (Nicely) For An AP Automation Decision
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In this day with competing objective and corporate goals, it seem impossible to get a project like AP Automation in the queue. One of the big problems with Accounts Payable Automation is the projects that get company attention are fixing things, especially when it comes to information technology. The IT department always has needs that are…
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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…
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Out of Office and Mobility – Are They The Same Thing In AP Automation?
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I have been writing a lot about out of office because we are getting ready for what I like to call “vacation season”. That’s right the time that we all look forward to, and if you are anything like me you will spend a lot of money, get sun burned, have a great time and come back…
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Did You Know That Workflow Was The Same Thing As A Hawaiian Shirt?
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When I think of a Hawaiian shirt, I think of Magnum PI. That’s right… very sorry younger readers, you may have no idea who this is. Not to worry, I really don’t either. I remember when the show was popular (yes, it was popular) but I never watched it. For all you how did watch…