payment automation
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What is Automation Good For?
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People are still struggling with justifying accounting automation (the definition of accounting automation is no paper invoices, an accounting system and no paper checks) . I have written it several times that the United States is one to three federal laws away from mass automation adoption. Until those laws are on the books, companies and…
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Definitions for Accounting Automation
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This won’t be the greatest article I have ever written. As a matter of fact it may have the least immediate benefit of any article I have written. On Monday (9/30/2013) I am starting a new series on Accounting Automation and what people, companies, accounting systems and situations are the best fit. In preparation of…
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Leaving Las Vegas and Thanks for the Time!
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Well my time in Vegas is over. I thought this year was going to be the year that I finally break down and do some gambling. I first watched a colleague run through $100 at a three card poker table in thirty- minutes and decided to get something to eat with my money instead. Leaving…
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I spoke on a panel yesterday – and here is what I said…
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I was asked to speak on a panel at the inaugural IOFM Payment Summit. IOFM has done a great job of assembling payment providers, accounting personnel and technologist to take three days to learn more about the future of the payment industry. The group that I spoke with had a wide range of experiences and…
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How Will You Know You Have Changed?
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Well this seems like an obvious question with an easy answer… things will look different… things will work different. That’s not what I am want to write about. The things that make good, well planned and organized change work so well are two… Benchmark Reconciliation Evaluation Benchmark reconciliation is simply looking at the data you…
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If Everything Stays in Vegas – Why are there so many cameras?
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I have always wondered how Las Vegas can get away with saying, “Everything that happens in Vegas – Stays in Vegas”. Las Vegas is the most photographed and videotaped city on the planet. Sure there is the army of impromptu journalist that at a moments notice will take out their smartphone and capture a moment in…
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Check out the Elmore kids reading…
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Well, the Princess and the Paper is almost ready for mass-distribution. I thought it would be entertaining to see my kids read a part of the book… enjoy – Kyle, Adelle, Ed and Ada reading and acting. Buy the book – The Argument to Automate – How Innovation Can INSPIRE Not Fire – click here to…
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Benchmarking Change
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Have you ever heard the saying, “if you don’t know where you are going, any road will lead you there”? The writer Lewis Carroll wrote those words. No truer words have ever been written about change. Benchmarking change is one of my favorite subject to write about. If you read my books or this blog just…
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Introducing Change!
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(In your best “let’s get ready to rumble voice”) AND IN THIS CORNER, WEIGHING IN AT AN UNBELIEVABLE SIZE…. CHANGE! AND IN THE OTHER CORNER IS HIS OPPONENT FOR THIS MATCH. THE UNDISPUTED CHAMP THAT HAS DASHED CORPORATE DREAMS AND PRODUCTIVITY – STATUS QUO!!! I guess that’s the best way I can introduce my next…
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Update on the Princess and the Paper!
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About a month ago I wrote about a book that I had just finished called the “Princess and the Paper”. It is a children’s book that tells the story of a Princess that has to find a hero (Auto – last name Mate) to tame a paper beast. I don’t want to give away the ending, however,…