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No single automation tool or solution will do it all. AP automation requires a mix of tools, and no single optimal mix is for everybody.

With this invaluable resource, you’ll get the necessary knowledge to assemble the right toolkit for your needs.

Regardless of your current level of AP automation, this guide gives you a clear understanding of the available automation options and the benefits that can be achieved.

By combining exclusive data, analysis, and expertise to help you assess the cost-reduction rewards and the risks involved, this report covers key issues such as:

• Who’s Automating, What and Why – Based on the results of an exclusive technology survey of over 550 respondents conducted by IOMA in early 2010
• Key Technology Trends
• Profiles in Automation based on In-depth Analysis of 15 AP Departments
• Guidance and Advice from More than a Dozen Leading AP Automation Experts
• And Much More

Today, AP hardware and software issues have been for the most part resolved, and the question now at hand is how to link e-invoicing, imaging, OCR, ACH, workflow, P-cards and T&E with workflow and process improvement to optimize AP processes and functions in the AP department, company-wide and with suppliers.

Guide to AP Automation features not only an introduction to AP automation but also advice from a host of well-respected automation experts who have decades of experience in linking AP technology with AP’s processes and procedures, and with process improvement.

AP Experts Contributing to this Guide include:

• Andy Dzamba, APM, Editor, Managing Accounts Payable, AP Benchmarks & Analysis, and The Complete Guide to AP Best Practices
• Henry Ijams, APM, Managing Director, PayStream Advisors
• Donna McGuinness, Western Region Director, OB10
• Jon Casher, APM, Senior Consultant IOMA AP Advisory Services and President, Casher Associates
• Ted Klein, APM, Education Director, IOMA’s AP Certification Program
• Andrew Bartolini, Vice President, and Group Director, Global Supply Management, Aberdeen Group
• Diane Gee, APM, AP Manager, DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.
• Chip Johanni, APM, Performance Management Consultant, Nationwide
• Pam Miller, APM, Director Accounts Payable, BNHC/BMC West
• Leslie Stefanik, Director of marketing, Brainware
• Rick Swartwood, Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
• Steve Iannarone, APM, Accounts Payable Consultant, ACE Hardware
• Clint Landman, President, Landman Consulting
  

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