Processing invoices from intake through payment is not a profit center for any company. Because of this, many companies don’t spend much time, if any, optimizing this process. Instead many rely on the age-old “this is how it’s always been done” mindset with no real measurement around it beyond “did it get paid in time.” The best operations, however, are always boiling down each process to a cost per number. For accounts payable, that number is cost per invoice. When considering the options for AP process automation, it's impossible to determine if there is value in changing your current process if you don’t know what it's costing you to process an invoice today.
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Topics:
#Digitization,
Documents,
Efficiency,
AP,
Accounts Payable,
Accounts Payable Automation,
Outsourcing
A shared services center (SSC) is where back office functions, such as Accounts Payable (AP), are centralized. It allows a company to combine resources from multiple operating entities or even separate business units into one single layer center. For example, instead of having an AP department in every state or even country you operate in, you can have one regional or global AP shared services center.
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Topics:
#Digitization,
Organization,
Automate,
Efficiency,
AP,
Accounts Payable,
Accounts Payable Automation
Keeping track of your accounts receivable and accounts payable is key to understanding profitability as a business. Over the past decade, the majority of large corporations have found ways to leverage accounting software and data capture tools to automate their entire process around reviewing invoices. Tools for this are expensive, but at their size, this is a necessity that ultimately produces an ROI for the company due to their large volumes of invoices every month.
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Topics:
Automate,
Efficiency,
AP,
Accounts Payable,
Accounts Payable Automation,
Cloud Services
With the onset of increased amounts of invoices due to your business growth, it is more challenging than ever for accounts payable departments to get their invoices reviewed, approved and paid on time. Not only is this a large concern for growing businesses, but so is the need to budget for more accounts payable employees to get through the workload if your process is not automated.
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Topics:
#Scanning,
#Digitization,
Organization,
Scan,
Security,
Paperless,
Digitize,
Automate,
Efficiency,
Work From Home,
Remote Working,
AP,
Accounts Payable,
Accounts Payable Automation
