The most effective first step you can make as an AP Manager is to create a calendar and adhere to the deadlines. It sounds super easy, you're creating your own deadlines! The challenge is that your AP calendar is not actually for AP, but for everyone else. Think of it as the TV guide of … Continue reading Building an AP Calendar
Author: heatherdemers
How to talk to a sales rep
Take the 'used car salesman' vision out of your head and try instead to take the information they provide for your own use.
AP & Blockchain, it’s time to play matchmaker
Cryptocurrency is NOT the only thing that blockchain has brought us.
Multitasking’s Dark Side
Ever heard about Context Switching?
Ask the questions others aren’t
Step back and see the whole picture by asking questions others aren't
Multitasking, the duck metaphor
Everyone knows what makes an amazing host or hostess. They look like they are taking care of everything for the party, and all the while, their preparations and careful planning is what makes everything seem seamless.
To Process or to Serve, that is the question
Shocking! Accounts PAYABLE is not only about payments.
Fixing and Maintenance
As I moved into an AP leader role, I found myself enjoying solving the big issues. Your images are not flowing through as expected from the OCR system, or the number of invoices being paid is less than expected, or your vendors are always putting you on credit hold. These are all problems I love … Continue reading Fixing and Maintenance
Failure, a gardening story
Sometimes, even if you have the best answer as the leader, it doesn’t mean it will work out the same way for the individual actually doing the work.
Data, Data, Data!
Don’t let yourself get overwhelmed with the data tables flowing to and from your ERP system.
