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Tackling AP Automation’s ‘Chicken-And-Egg’ Problem

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Shifting away from paper-based accounts payable (AP) practices could be a game-changer for many organizations. AP professionals must first be willing to take the first step to embrace automation, but some firms are wavering over whether they are prepared to do so. Around The Next-Gen AP Automation World.

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File-Based Integration vs. API: The Difference for AP Teams

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This is especially important for accounts payable (AP) teams, where timely and accurate data flow is essential. The two primary ways to build connections between the ERP and AP automation software solutions are to use file-based integrations or API integrations. What is a File-Based Integration?

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How Automation Turns AP Into A Revenue Generator

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For many companies, the accounts payable (AP) process is mired in paper, but technology, properly deployed, can cut down the paper chase, streamlining the journey between getting invoices and paying them. Solutions must also work across different ERP systems, he said, because the future may be unpredictable.

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Convincing Businesses They Need An AP Overhaul

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But in a new whitepaper published by document automation firm Esker , the firm acknowledges that executives facing friction in accounts payable departments very well could be championing the adoption of sophisticated solutions; it may just take a bit of effort to convince the rest of the team to get the ball rolling.

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AP Automation’s ROI For Businesses And Suppliers

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Organizations evaluating the return on investment (ROI) of accounts payable (AP) automation find obvious benefits from cost savings, early payment discounts and rebate-earning opportunities.

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‘Google Checking,’ T-Mobile Data Breach Top This Week’s News

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We have a deep dive on accounts payable (AP) automation, analysis on “Google Checking” and news on the T-Mobile data breach. Tackling AP Automation’s ‘Chicken-And-Egg’ Problem (Bottomline Next Gen AP Automation Tracker). Trackers and Reports.

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Mastercard Weighs In On B2B Payments’ Tipping Point

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Among those capabilities, as illustrated by Gilman, are AP automation and, specifically, the outsourcing of manual, tedious functions tied to accounts payable management, she said. Firms are also interested in straight-through processing to speed up the transaction process, she noted.

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