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Chris Cosgrove : Mar 6, 2024 1:38:20 PM
Eliminating B2B paper checks not only streamlines your AP processes, but it also reduces costly errors, prevents fraud, and speeds up digital...
Chris Cosgrove : Feb 27, 2024 3:49:40 PM
AP automation is revolutionizing the world of accounts payable, but AP optimization involves using automation as a tool for wider transformation and...
Chris Cosgrove : Oct 23, 2023 11:14:36 AM
Automating vendor payments is a way to streamline accounts payable, reduce errors, and protect your business from payment fraud.
Chris Cosgrove : Sep 12, 2023 4:34:04 PM
OCR technology is changing the way accounts payable manages invoices and vendor payments by eliminating manual data entry, improving accuracy, and...
Chris Cosgrove : Feb 17, 2023 2:59:59 PM
In this AP automation software comparison, you’ll discover how APSmart stacks up against Stampli for invoice processing, approvals, payments, and...
Chris Cosgrove : Feb 17, 2023 2:54:40 PM
Understanding accounts payable best practices is key to choosing the right automation solution for your organization. Learn about AP automation in...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 25, 2023 12:35:04 PM
If you haven’t already noticed, payments automation has come a long way recently. In fact, with the AP automation industry poised to grow to $6.7...
Chris Cosgrove : Dec 2, 2022 1:20:05 PM
It’s no secret that your AP department plays a major role in the success of your auto dealership. Not only do its processes impact cash flow and...
Chris Cosgrove : Dec 2, 2022 1:08:49 PM
Personal credit cards are still a popular way for businesses to cover expenses, whether it’s for products, office supplies, repair services or...
Chris Cosgrove : Nov 4, 2022 11:19:26 AM
It’s time for your auto dealership’s AP department to go from Stone Age to the Digital Age with electronic payments! They’re cheaper and more secure...
Chris Cosgrove : Sep 6, 2022 4:56:27 PM
Learn how three accounts payable software contenders deliver cost and time savings with AP automation and payment automation for automotive...
Chris Cosgrove : Aug 30, 2022 7:44:45 PM
Like many accounts payable departments, yours is likely inundated with time-consuming, manual tasks like data entry, locating and matching physical...
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Although we may be inclined to say that our accounts payable automation solution is the best on the market, the reality is that the needs of each...
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The good book states that "the heart of man is more...
Chris Cosgrove : Nov 5, 2018 11:18:45 AM
You can source that to Oliver Wendell Holmes or Ralph...
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Chris Cosgrove : Dec 15, 2017 2:46:48 PM
SMB’s can hardly be categorized “da belle of da ball” in the now famous Michael Scott, aka “Prison Mike”...
Chris Cosgrove : Nov 8, 2017 2:59:36 PM
It’s always a good idea to determine whether something you’re thinking about doing is worthy of the effort. I mean, who goes blindly...
Chris Cosgrove : Nov 1, 2017 11:00:17 AM
There’s increasing buzz over the impact of AI (artificial intelligence) in the workplace. With all the B2C impacts we’re seeing...
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Chris Cosgrove : Oct 3, 2017 12:16:54 PM
We’ve all heard this adage in one context or another.
Chris Cosgrove : Sep 28, 2017 1:46:45 PM
So a while back we wrote up a similar post, but the time is right to revisit given time and change. With respect...
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Chris Cosgrove : Sep 21, 2017 10:12:08 AM
It’s hard not to like the NBC’s The Office. Even despite the fact that the show has been off-air for several years, the hilarity...
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Chris Cosgrove : Sep 11, 2017 4:34:52 PM
If you’ve ever seen the TV show Hoarders, you’re in for a real treat. Through its raw and real approach to exposing the substandard...
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Chris Cosgrove : Aug 28, 2017 12:53:17 PM
However, in terms of the Accounts Payable landscape, it seems to be an item of perpetual interest and...
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Chris Cosgrove : Aug 25, 2017 12:50:32 PM
One might think that by virtue of us living in...
Chris Cosgrove : Aug 23, 2017 12:10:47 PM
You know all too often we look to one hit wonders and overnight successes as the model of greatness that many people...
Chris Cosgrove : Aug 17, 2017 1:24:24 PM
At least that worked for Happy Gilmore when he needed to ice the championship-winning putt. Perhaps...
Chris Cosgrove : Aug 14, 2017 2:23:20 PM
If you haven’t taken the time to listen to Daft Punk’s tasty techno tunes, then you’re missing out. Or at least your crossfit or...
Chris Cosgrove : Jul 20, 2017 3:15:28 PM
There’s little doubt that accounts payable software provides a significant uplift in process efficiency, visibility, and personnel effectiveness....
Chris Cosgrove : Jul 12, 2017 5:27:05 PM
As you may have come to know from perusing our blog for even a brief while, we’re ardent promoters of the concepts of machine automation as...
Chris Cosgrove : Jul 10, 2017 2:47:45 PM
...but times are changing. Part of that change is going to come by means of how we pay for things and no areas...
Chris Cosgrove : Jul 6, 2017 3:01:35 PM
With today’s brief, we want to address three key myths that surround Accounts Payable automation. Given that our mission is to...
Chris Cosgrove : Mar 28, 2017 5:10:08 PM
Well, despite winter’s best efforts to keep its grip on...
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Chris Cosgrove : Mar 21, 2017 3:34:53 PM
The primary reason for writing this post today is to confound traditional thinking in a space that is befuddled by...
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If you don’t know who Marcus...
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Chris Cosgrove : Jan 24, 2017 2:10:12 PM
In the spirit of the wild ride that has been the election cycle of 2016 and now Inauguration Day 2017, we are on a quest to make Accounts...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 19, 2017 3:59:44 PM
I remember learning how to type in high school nearly 20 years ago. Our witty, sarcastic, wiry Irish teacher, Mr....
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 12, 2017 1:51:02 PM
“High-tech tools for the enterprise are no longer reserved for the largest, most cash-rich...
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Chris Cosgrove : Jan 5, 2017 10:29:18 AM
In today’s post, we want to take some time to review some interesting trends we encountered in our recent industry readings and glean some key...
Chris Cosgrove : Oct 12, 2016 1:29:48 PM
Where there’s a will there’s a way!
Chris Cosgrove : Oct 4, 2016 2:31:58 PM
It may seem like a foregone conclusion that you would say, well you’re an AP automation provider, and therefore, you’re...
Chris Cosgrove : Sep 26, 2016 1:09:25 PM
Wikipedia has already done a bang-up job on summarizing it as such, “Accounts payable automation or AP automation is a...
Chris Cosgrove : Sep 21, 2016 1:34:28 PM
Chris Cosgrove : Sep 16, 2016 11:05:37 AM
In fact, in most people change tends to reveal their character (for better or worse), especially if...
Chris Cosgrove : Aug 26, 2016 1:43:38 PM
We’ve all heard the adage that if you want something done right that you should do it yourself. While there is a...
Chris Cosgrove : Aug 22, 2016 1:58:37 PM
By definition it means ‘at or to the further side’ of a given object. However, the nuance that I’d like to extract out of it...
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Chris Cosgrove : Aug 18, 2016 11:36:32 AM
Today’s post will be a sort of odd homage to someone you’ve surely never heard of, but whom I guarantee has had...
Chris Cosgrove : Aug 16, 2016 3:43:59 PM
It was interesting and I did well at it. While it wasn’t my initial course of study, I paid attention when I aced my...
Chris Cosgrove : Aug 3, 2016 4:42:52 PM
Today’s Mission: Review the challenges of distributed vs. centralized capture and how it impacts the Accounts Payable process.
Chris Cosgrove : Jul 19, 2016 4:01:13 PM
An all too common question that we get from people who are looking at automating their processes is does it...
Chris Cosgrove : May 24, 2016 9:51:19 AM
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Chris Cosgrove : May 3, 2016 1:30:47 PM
Many pieces have been written on the virtues of automating...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 29, 2016 2:41:41 PM
In fact, it’s easy to get buried by the grind of the typical accounts payable process...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 25, 2016 11:04:36 PM
Not everybody likes a good secret that gets out, but we think that you’ll dig this one. Besides,...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 21, 2016 3:37:43 PM
When I ask my 4 year old the color of an object, or its shape, I get concrete answers back...and...
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Chris Cosgrove : Jan 5, 2016 1:36:00 PM
Welcome to a new day, a new season in your journey! Many people begin the new year refreshed and invigorated from time with friends...
Chris Cosgrove : Dec 8, 2015 1:27:37 PM
Getting through the winter of your discontent can be a tough thing especially if you’re a leader of a manual...
Chris Cosgrove : Dec 2, 2015 2:01:50 PM
Well, it’s that time of the year again...year-end coming on quickly, holidays, strategic planning, budgeting, yatta yatta...
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Chris Cosgrove : Nov 24, 2015 12:39:23 PM
It certainly has to do with organizational directions, business...
Chris Cosgrove : Nov 20, 2015 2:16:48 PM
Chris Cosgrove : Nov 16, 2015 6:30:00 AM
Decisions, right, wrong, or indifferent are made at increasingly rapid rates, and the...
Chris Cosgrove : Nov 13, 2015 12:20:13 PM
No, this post is not the fabled fountain of youth the Ponce de Leon so zealously sought after. Instead,...
Chris Cosgrove : Nov 5, 2015 11:52:45 AM
Anytime you’re dealing with novel or leading ideas in the marketplace, you’re faced with a slew of...
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Chris Cosgrove : Oct 31, 2015 11:22:50 AM
Yeah, if you have kids, they’ve probably been buzzing in your ears for weeks about what costume...
Chris Cosgrove : Oct 27, 2015 3:43:41 PM
Like, Godzilla proportions of...
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Chris Cosgrove : Oct 22, 2015 7:00:00 AM
Not to get too...
Chris Cosgrove : Oct 20, 2015 5:36:18 PM
It kind of feels funny to make daring statements. Funny may not be the right word...perhaps risky ? While I’m not sure what the adequate word is to...
Chris Cosgrove : Oct 9, 2015 1:47:04 PM
If you’ve never seen The Wedding Singer, then you’re missing a real gem from the late 90’s sappy rom-com genre that you may want to add to your...
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Chris Cosgrove : Sep 30, 2015 11:26:00 AM
It really shouldn’t come as a surprise in our increasingly wired, hyper connected culture, that our ability to deny...
Chris Cosgrove : Sep 23, 2015 5:30:56 PM
In fact, I’d wager that as of right now, maybe 15-20% of the American...
Chris Cosgrove : Sep 18, 2015 11:24:00 PM
In today’s market, it’s critical for companies to create sharp external appearances which entice customers,...
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Chris Cosgrove : Sep 14, 2015 3:36:41 PM
It does seem that this adage has never been more true as in recent weeks you can see the jitters,...
Chris Cosgrove : Aug 26, 2015 1:40:29 PM
With all the technological and technical advances the world over, it’s nonetheless mind-blowing to me that so...
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Chris Cosgrove : May 8, 2015 4:09:41 PM
Sometimes as we walk through life we can glean subtle feedback (or not so subtle, as in any mom’s case) of...
Chris Cosgrove : May 7, 2015 2:08:20 PM
From time to time it’s important to revisit the foundation of a concept, especially a burgeoning one. With respect to document...
Chris Cosgrove : Apr 30, 2015 3:23:34 PM
They say nothing in the world is free, and I couldn’t agree...
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Chris Cosgrove : Apr 23, 2015 4:44:52 PM
Face it, the more things change, the more they stay the same.Businesses today are faced with so...
Chris Cosgrove : Feb 6, 2015 4:54:06 PM
It’s a fact, that this is the time of the year when most folk’s nonchalant New Year’s resolutions are broken.Sadly, too many folks give up...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 22, 2015 1:56:51 PM
It’s one of the common themes we learn at a young age in school. It helps us form our arguments and preferences in a cogent...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 20, 2015 3:21:43 PM
Consider the unicorn, defined as a mythical animal typically represented as a horse with a single straight horn projecting...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 17, 2015 12:20:53 PM
In today’s evolving accounts payable landscape, there are many technologies and trends to stay abreast of, which makes life difficult for Accounts...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 12, 2015 3:41:51 PM
As in basketball so in AP, & invoices have been around since the dawn of...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 8, 2015 2:05:42 PM
Converting documents is never a straight forward task when you deal with the level of iterations that we do on a daily basis. At CloudX we handle...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 5, 2015 12:11:00 PM
If you left this year’s holidays behind and for some reason or other, Santa, your office white elephant, or Great Aunt Mertyl’s gifts to you just...
Chris Cosgrove : Dec 16, 2014 1:35:00 PM
As you bustle about in the final days here between now and Christmas, it’s common for most people to tick items off their burgeoning gift...
Chris Cosgrove : Dec 11, 2014 11:41:02 AM
Gone are the days of plain vanilla and chocolate ice cream dominating the American landscape and palette.Instead, we’ve seen a much more nuanced...
Chris Cosgrove : Dec 4, 2014 3:25:39 PM
I’m feeling a little whimsical today, so with that said, I thought it might be a good time to break...
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Chris Cosgrove : Oct 24, 2014 3:42:46 PM
Chocolate chip cookies are among the most popular American baked goods and a simple search on Google will turn up nearly 2.5...
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Chris Cosgrove : Oct 16, 2014 4:47:10 PM
In recent years, much has been produced on Western TV and in literature with nostalgic themes as the undercurrent....
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Chris Cosgrove : Oct 2, 2014 11:32:13 AM
There is a trove of amazing movies set for release this fall, all chock-full of Hollywood’s best and brightest.One...
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Chris Cosgrove : Jul 16, 2014 3:31:19 PM
In the world of Accounts Payable process automation, there are many reasons to get excited for the gains from a successful improvement iniative.
Chris Cosgrove : May 8, 2014 11:26:00 AM
It goes without saying that most organizations that pursue AP automation have a vested interest in reducing the cost of processing an invoice. Upon...
Chris Cosgrove : Feb 11, 2014 11:50:00 AM
Saint Valentinus is certainly not regarded as one...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 31, 2014 12:29:00 PM
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Chris Cosgrove : Jan 18, 2014 10:57:00 AM
One of the endearing tales that has been retold since the first Christmas certainly has to be the journey of the...
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Chris Cosgrove : Jan 17, 2014 10:17:00 AM
Yogi Berra was one of the most prolific Yankees of the 20thcentury, not only for his outstanding play,...
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Chris Cosgrove : Jan 15, 2014 4:44:00 PM
There’s a saying that’s been around for some time that the more things change, the more they stay the same. In the...
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Chris Cosgrove : Jan 15, 2014 4:25:00 PM
Few animals have the sheer power, beauty, speed, and grace of the horse, and if you’ve seen anything...
Chris Cosgrove : Jan 15, 2014 4:04:00 PM
One of the consistent things I’ve noted in traveling the Accounts Payable automation world for the better part of two years is that...
Chris Cosgrove : Sep 20, 2013 10:54:00 AM
In todays complex world, theres certainly no shortage of concerns for businesses of all shapes and sizes. While many may be kept up at night by...
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