82% of surveyed businesses have experienced a noticeable improvement by implementing an automated Accounts Payable process. If your AP department is thinking about adding AP automation to increase efficiency and reduce cost, but isn't sure how to get started, we can help.

The cost and consequences of a hectic workday pose a significant challenge for finance professionals trying to ensure business continuity. Fortunately, advances in AP automation bring refreshing news. Of course, automation reduces AP processing errors. But the even better news is that this simple-to-implement technology saves you time and improves productivity - especially during month end! We're providing you with this free eBook, 16 Ways AP Automation Can Improve Your Workday, which outlines how automation can create efficiencies for your AP department. By downloading it, you'll learn about these topics and more:

The origin of the vertical filing cabinet is an unsolved mystery. According to the 'Vertical Filing Cabinet' section of the Early Office Museum website, there’s some controversy as to when the vertical filing cabinet first appeared. But whenever it arrived, it’s a genuinely terrifying thought that the filing cabinet just showed up one day and we all started using it without questioning its existence. That’s a little weird, right?

Some sources claim that a gold medal was presented at the World’s Fair of 1893 for a vertical file. However, The Early Office Museum found no evidence to substantiate those claims. Research by author Ester Ellen-Poe suggests that commercial introduction of vertical filing may have occurred in 1900, when a company named the Library Bureau published a catalog that included a vertical filing cabinet.

If your company is still receiving paper invoices or paying with paper checks, you probably feel like you're drowning in paperwork. And in this digital age, you’re not capitalizing on today’s best practices! You’re also missing out on the unlimited potential for savings after relieving your AP team of time-consuming tasks such as opening the mail, data entry and filing mountains of paper.