How Do You Know When It’s Time to Automate?

The more prepared an AP department’s processes and functions are for automation, the more successful the investment. The flip-side is also true: Forcing automation on an AP department that isn’t ready leads to worse outcomes.

Those are the takeaways from a recently-completed study of more than 70 AP departments conducted by IOFM and the payables experts at Fifth Third Bank.

But what are the common characteristics of those most prepared for automation? Don’t invest in automation without first watching this free Webinar led by IOFM’s Executive Editor Jess Scheer and 5/3 Bank’s Wholesale Payables Product Line Group Manager Adam Keck.

Jess Scheer
Editor, IOFM

IOFM Editor Jess Scheer is an award-winning business reporter, focused on the intersection of accounting, finance and management. Immediately before joining IOFM, Jess spent five years as a Process Consultant, helping organizations more effectively and efficiently manage end-to-end processes, including Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash.

Jess draws on his experience helping organizations create effective measurement approaches, conducting custom benchmarking, and personally managing several large-scale benchmarking programs.

Adam Keck
Wholesale Payables Product Line Group Manager, Fifth Third Bank

Adam Keck has been with Fifth Third for 8 years and has spent the last 5 in Product Development. In the past 5 years Adam has led the inception, design, and launch of several Payables products including, most recently, Expert AP.  Products launched have incorporated the following components: Invoice Digitization, Dynamic Discounting, Commercial Card, ACH, and Check Outsource.  Currently Adam is the Payables Product Line Group Manager, responsible for a team that covers, Commercial Card, Expert AP, Paymode-X, and Integrated Payables.

This webinar is provided free of charge and underwritten by a sponsor.

Following the webinar, you may be contacted by the sponsor with information about their products and services.