(Additional Conferences and Seminars)
Leveraging proven technologies and expertise can be a big plus for your organization ... but dangers abound:
- What are the risks of losing control?
- How do you retain in-house knowledge of key business processes?
- Can you qualify potential service providers to ensure adequate service levels?
- How do you avoid bad decisions and prevent disastrous consequences?
Discover the pros and cons of outsourcing in this information-packed audio conference:
Outsourcing AP Functions: Boon or Bane?
Audio Conference – Thursday, April 24, 2008 – 2:00 p.m. EDT – 60 minutes
Featured Faculty: Phil Binkow, CEO, Financial Operations Networks LLC
Enroll now and in just 60 minutes you will...
- Get tips on determining if outsourcing is right for your organization
- Identify which AP functions are best suited for outsourcing
- Find out if outsourcing really reduces costs (you may be surprised!)
- Discover what circumstances are most favorable for cost reduction
- Learn when you should never outsource
- Explore the service issues you may encounter
- Understand the difference between outsourcing and offshoring
- Know when to outsource – and when you should keep the function in-house
- Examine the pros and cons of offshoring, near-shoring and far-shoring
- Uncover the five big don’ts of offshoring
- Learn 13 key points you should include in every outsourcing contract
You’ll come away with a wealth of strategies to help you benefit — and sidestep the hidden traps — from outsourcing your AP functions.
If you are unable to attend the audio conference live, Order the CD!
Pricing:
TAPN members- $147
Non-members- $197
(Please note that there will be a $6.95 charge for Shipping and Handling on CD orders.)
About this conference's faculty:
Phil Binkow founded and served as CEO of Payment Technologies, Inc. (PayTECH), a leading outsourced payment processing company handling 100 million invoices a year and serving over 150 Fortune 1000 corporations. After PayTECH was acquired by PRG/Schulz [PRGX] in 1999, he stayed for two and a half years before founding Financial Operations Networks and launching The Accounts Payable Network (TAPN), the global leader in accounts payable business intelligence and tools serving finance professionals with AP oversight responsibility, and The Accounts Receivable Network (TARN).
Phil is the author of many articles on outsourced payment processing best practices and regularly presents at many professional meetings and conferences. He holds a BA in economics from Stetson University and an MBA in operations management from the University of Florida. He also serves on the Board of the Specialized Information Publishers Association, and as chair of the Board of Trustees of Friends of North Springs High School, Inc., a non-profit foundation.
Continuing Education: This audio conference by The Accounts Payable Network qualifies for 1 CEU for the IOMA/TAPN Accounts Payable Certification Programs and 1 CPE credit from NASBA.
The Accounts Payable Network is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accounting (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of Accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credits. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.
