AP Association 2018 Conference Round-up Jamie Radford’s Welcome The conference kicked off with an enthusiastic welcome by Jamie Radford, addressing the room of an amazing 220 delegates – 3 times as many attendees as last year!…
The move towards implementing robots in businesses can be both frightening and exciting. Many people are scared about what the future holds for work life if robots are able to take over part or all of their job function.…
Identifying the top five areas where business lose out on employee expenses is the focus for a forthcoming webinar session by webexpenses’ Tom Price. The expenses specialist is taking part in a special APA (Accounts Payable Association) event that’s…
Guest Post by Neil Robertson Over the past few years, there has been a fundamental change in the way the suppliers send their invoices to their customers. Specifically, the sending invoices by email as a PDF. Almost all…
After an amazingly successful AP Association Annual Conference and Expo this year, we wanted to highlight some of the fantastic comments that we received on the day. I could write a lengthy essay on the day but since there…
Bitcoin. A word we have all heard so often but a lot of us don’t actually know what it is. Yes, it’s a digital currency that could increase drastically and make us a lot of money. But how does…
You might be thinking, but isn’t a manager supposed to manage me? Why would I want to manage my manager? A common complaint from employees is about the quality of their management. Also called “managing up”, managing your manager could…
Getting noticed in any career is going to be a fairly challenging task, but within accounts payable, being recognised as a vital member of the finance team, it is especially so. In AP, it’s not just important to be…
There is no doubt in any business industry how important statistics and reports are, but in Accounts Payable, they are especially crucial to the success of the department and therefore to the business as a whole. Without statistics, it…
Leadership with the accounts payable role is crucial to having a successful career. Not only do AP managers and team leaders need top-notch leadership skills, but anyone working with an AP role – from beginners right up to executives…