Change Management

By Clifford Johnson It can be difficult to convince an accounting group—one that has performed processes the same way for a decade or more—that the company's business practices are no longer… Read More

As technology and business requirements evolve, the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) cycle needs to be revisited from time to time by Purchasing and AP to ensure it is meeting both internal needs and the needs… Read More

When processes and procedures need to be updated to improve efficiency, it is critical for management to have buy-in from sometimes-resistant AP employees in order to make necessary changes.

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By Mike Sbrocco, Director of Finance/Controller, Junxure Around this time every year, people start making New Year’s resolutions—promises they make to themselves to start doing something good or

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By Mike Sbrocco, Director of Finance/Controller, Junxure Your CEO has just announced that the culture at your company has gotten too lax and change must happen ASAP. Or you just came on board as

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As AP Supervisor at Swift Energy, an oil and natural gas company with operations in Louisiana and Texas, Pamela Thomas is highly focused on effective payables process management. The centralized AP

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Upgrading your AP system is challenge enough, but preparing for a company expansion at the same time creates a double stressor, says Michelle Beall, Payables and Corporate Operations Manager at… Read More

When the 15-person AP department at the National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match (Minneapolis, MN) recently switched to a new accounting system, it was a big adjustment for staff, says Tina Reed,… Read More

Changes to the accounts payable process can be traumatic. Whether you are implementing a new piece of technology or making updates to your policy manual (or doing both), your staff is going to be… Read More

Challenge: An AP manager at an insurance company was launching an electronic invoicing application for its vendor payables operation. "People were used to working with paper invoices and signing

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