High-Level Training and productivity secrets provided by industry leaders in your conference room April 21 & 22.

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The Accounts Payable Network Presents...

The 2nd Annual Accounts Payable Productivity Summit 2010

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 (Noon — 5:00 PM ET)
Thursday, April 22, 2010 (Noon — 5:00 PM ET)

Register today and learn how to…

• Apply the productivity secrets of world-class AP departments to your operations
• Learn the key metrics to benchmark and monitor
• Discover how evaluated receipts settlements can boost productivity
• Streamline AP processes and boost ROI with alternative workflow solutions
• Harness powerful cost-cutting AP automation that's easy on your budget
• Assess if your investment in e-invoicing will bring the results you need
• Defeat the productivity thieves in your Vendor Master File
• Decide when to implement electronic payments, calculate costs and benefits and overcome common challenges
• Overcome the challenges of assessing and buying AP technology
• Analyze the pros and cons of outsourcing some or all AP functions
• Determine how Software as a Service can help your department
• And, much, much more!

PLUS: Each session will provide you with plenty of time to get answers to YOUR questions about the various productivity issues that face AP professionals today. In addition, you will receive the virtual conference notebook with all the PowerPoints, articles, white papers, etc., to refer back to time after time.

CONFERENCE AGENDA:

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 • Noon – 5:00 PM

• Session 1: Adjusting to the New Normal in AP
• Session 2: How to Assess and Buy AP Technology
• Session 3: Vendor Master File Strategies to Improve Performance
• Session 4: AP Metrics Dashboard to Track Productivity
• Session 5: Imaging and Work-flow Automation and How to Find Your Real Project ROI
• Session 6: Leveraging Productivity through Outsourcing

Thursday, April 22, 2010 • Noon – 5:00 PM

• Session 7: How Evaluated Receipts Settlements Can Boost Productivity for Your Company
• Session 8: Maximize Throughput of Manual AP Processes
• Session 9: Electronic Invoicing: Are You Ready? Are Your Vendors?
• Session 10: SaaS and the Benefits of Software as a Service: No Volume Is Too Small!
• Session 11: Powerful P-card Productivity Practices

Virtual Education

A Unique and Inexpensive Way to Train Your Entire Team

During these challenging economic times, your organization may be facing budget cuts and no-travel policies, but cost-cutting process improvement expectations never stop. The Accounts Payable Productivity Summit 2009 is a highly effective and inexpensive way for Accounts Payable professionals to keep up to date with new technologies that will save your company time and money. And, best yet, the conference comes to YOUR conference room.

Virtual conferencing delivers all the professional benefits of a regular in-person summit at a fraction of the cost. For one low price, train as many deserving members of your financial team as you wish with no travel, lodging or per-diem expenses. Join us from the comfort and convenience of your office or conference room for this summit and streamline your AP processes and drive down costs.

This event is perfect for:

For this incredibly low cost, train your staff on what they need to know. If you have staff members who specialize in work flow, they can attend those sessions. Or, if others are dedicated to P-cards, make sure they participate in that portion of the summit. At these prices, you can afford to send all staff members who need training on each particular topic.

About The Accounts Payable Network


The Accounts Payable Network (TAPN) is the leading accounts payable resource, serving more than 35,000 finance and accounting professionals with deep and comprehensive resource centers to help them meet today's AP challenges. As the premier resource for executives and managers who oversee accounts payable, TAPN provides access to exclusive accounts payable knowledge-bases and tool-sets to help drive down costs, increase productivity, avoid compliance-related penalties and maintain necessary internal controls.

CEU credits
The AP Productivity Summit by The Accounts Payable Network qualifies for up to 9 CEUs for the IOMA/TAPN Accounts Payable Certification Programs.


CPE credits
The AP Productivity Summit is approved for up to 9 CPE credits (live summit only). This program is a basic-level CPE course.

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.

For information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please contact TAPN Membercare at 866-827-6389 or email membercare@TheAPNetwork.com.