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Editor's Note
e-Invoicing Hurdles
100% Paperless
Continuing Education
Just for Fun!
After implementing Perceptive Software enterprise content management software, Bentall LP streamlined the accounts payable process companywide, speeding the payment cycle and saving $1 million annually.
Comprehensive online training for processing, managing and directing accounts payable
No-Cost Multi-media Presentation
Succeeding in Accounts Payable Today
Presented by Tom Nichols, TAPN Consultant and President, Process Management Improvement, Inc.
Sponsored by Metafile Information Systems

Earns 1 CEU
No-Cost Special Report
How Imaging & Electronic Workflow Transforms AP
Brought to you by The Accounts Payable Network and sponsored by Hyland Software.
Earns 2 CEU
 
Is Cutting Paper Like Pulling Teeth?
Countless benchmarking surveys from The Accounts Payable Network and other sources confirm what everyone already knows: AP departments know that going paperless is a good idea, but most still have a long way to go.

This issue examines why organizations are reluctant to automate their AP processes and helps them overcome many of these hurdles.
Patrick Harbin – Editor
e-Invoicing Hurdles
A recent survey examines why organizations choose not to adopt electronic invoicing, including the perception that enrolling vendors is too difficult.

See What's Holding Up e-Invoicing on TAPC.

Getting to 100% Paperless

Many departments implement technologies like e-invoicing with the goal of becoming 100 percent paperless. However, reaching that milestone is a challenge that actually requires multiple technologies working together (and even then may not be truly attainable). Strategies include:

  • Putting an e-invoicing system in place and then an imaging system to capture the remaining paper.

  • Working with the purchasing department to promote e-invoicing on new vendor contracts.

  • Implementing an imaging system with optical character recognition to reduce manual keying on your remaining paper volumes.

For more on using technology to cut paper, sign up for the upcoming no-cost webinar, Paperless ERP for Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, SAP and More, featuring Doug Bertram, Regional Manager, Metafile Information Systems. The session earns 1 CEU.

Just for Fun!
Now that springtime's mixture of sun and rain is here, there is no doubt that lawn-mowing season is back. Of course, that doesn't mean you should steal the industrial-powered mower from your local high school. See Man Takes Stolen Lawnmower on Drunken Joyride.


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