Career Development

By Pam Miller, APMD Jim Brady, National Managing Partner, U.S. Government Affairs at Deloitte, often speeks about how managers struggle when addressing and remediating poor employee… Read More

By Keith D. Dabbs, Sr. Manager, Procurement and Sourcing, Riverside Health System When the corporate accounts payable department at Riverside Health System (RHS) implemented an automated invoice… Read More

By Kerry Schmidt, APMD There are two ways to run an AP department. You can "manage" your staff by commanding the troops in a top-down fashion, or you can build a true team spirit in which you "lead"

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Joni Geurts had worked in marketing at JetBlue Airways (Salt Lake City) for more than eight years when she was asked to move into finance and manage the accounts payable department for the… Read More

“One of the main challenges facing all companies and departments is personnel turnover,” says Stefanie T. Sabatke, APM, Corporate Accounts Payable Manager, Johnson Brothers Liquor Company (St.… Read More

"Accounts payable is not glorified like other departments that bring in revenue,” says AP Supervisor Michelle Stephens, APM. “We usually go unnoticed unless someone isn't paid on time—or is… Read More

Every AP department aims to get better every day, but it can be daunting to figure out just how to achieve continuous improvement. The AP department at Glatfelter (a global supplier of specialty

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During her nearly two decades working in accounts payable, AP Trainer Judy Bicking resolved her fair share of workplace conflicts. Bicking has found that you can boil most office conflicts down into… Read More

When AnnMarie Bartolini started her job at FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Torrington, CT), she noticed a problem the first day of her training program. The written manual for the AP system did not match the… Read More

Temp-to-hire can be a win-win strategy for both AP managers looking to fill open positions and the temps who try out for those positions. The hiring strategy allows an AP manager to see how well a… Read More