Leadership

Communication is vital to all business operations. Effective communication within your organization positively affects communication outside – the two are connected. In accounts payable, effective

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Automation technologies benefit accounts payable departments in a variety of ways. Reduced paper volumes, lower costs, and streamlined invoice approval and payment processes are typically enough to… Read More

AP managers often talk about what it takes to keep their AP staffs motivated and informed. But what about AP managers or directors? What does it take to keep them motivated? Actually, AP managers are

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Oak Smith is the AP manager for DaVita, Inc., a dialysis services provider. Ask him the key to maintaining motivation and morale among his 71-person staff and he’ll answer in one word: Presence.

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David A. Brookmire, president Corporate Performance Strategies The U.S. economy has seen tremendous change in the past three years. Virtually all companies have had to make very tough decisions with

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In a paper-based AP setting, the tasks of routing and delivering invoices are done manually. When a form is sent to the wrong person, a procedure is not followed, or a required step not completed,

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Where Organizations Fall Short AP is not always doing as good a job validating supplier information as it should. Recent research revealed by IOFM in its publication, The AP Department’s Guide to

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When it comes to accounts payable, Atlanta CFO Troy Goers says the less he hears from AP, the better. “If they’re doing their job well, they’re keeping a low profile,” says Goers, who works… Read More

Summing Up RECAP's 9th Annual Enhancing AP Operations Conference Compare a flow chart of the basic traditional procure-to-payment model to an electronic procure-to-payment model. What is the

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