Accounts Payable - Research & Benchmarking

AP Department Benchmarks & Analysis 2010

Whether you need clearly-defined benchmarks to set best practice goals for your Accounts Payable department or productivity statistics to gauge your staff’s proficiency, this is the guide for YOU!

This exclusive IOMA study, conducted bi-annually by Managing Accounts Payable newsletter’s...

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Guide to AP Automation

No single automation tool or solution will do it all. AP automation requires a mix of tools, and no single optimal mix is for everybody.

With this invaluable resource, you’ll get the necessary knowledge to assemble the right toolkit for your needs.

Regardless of your current level of AP...

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2010 Master Guide to Form 1099 Compliance

Written and compiled by the nation's foremost authority on Form 1099 compliance, Marianne Couch, Esq., a Principal at COKALA LLC, the completely updated 2010 Master Guide takes the mystery out of this annual headache.

The 2010 Master Guide will also save you time by guiding you through those...

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Accounts Payable Compensation Report 2010

Now, you can get the latest data on salary and career trends in the accounts payable market — from an independent, unbiased source of business information for AP professionals.

Based on survey responses from over 600 AP pros, IOMA’s Accounts Payable Compensation Report provides valuable...

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Guide to Outsourcing and Offshoring Accounts Payable

Outsourcing is a cost-cutting strategy that is widely recognized as having the potential to create significant impact and re-shape an organization.

Now, with IOMA's exclusive Research Report, you can gain a fundamental understanding of the outsourcing option, what it entails, and if it can...

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AP Best Practices & Benchmarks (Two-Volume Set)

The accounts payable function has changed radically over the past decade—and this transformation continues.

Today, it's absolutely essential to make sure you’re setting clear, concise department productivity goals using benchmarking data that’s appropriate for your organization.

And to...

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AP Shared Services: Benchmarks & Analysis

Based on recent survey responses from hundreds of AP, accounting, and finance professionals, this must-have IOMA Research Report delves into the key aspects for evaluating shared services centers (SSCs) including centralization trends, implementation challenges, best practices, key performance...

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Accounts Payable Policies & Procedures Guide

Finally, AP professionals have help with the complex, time-consuming job of setting internal AP department policies, developing procedures, and clarifying responsibilities.

IOMA has created the guide that AP managers have asked us for. In one convenient soft-cover volume, you get...

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Accounts Payable Trilogy: Policies & Procedures for AP, T&E, and P-Cards

Up-to-date, real-world advice on AP, T&E, and P-Cards

Are your department's policies and procedures current? Do you clearly understand them? What about all of your colleagues?

Make sure your answer is a resounding "YES" with IOMA's three-volume, soft-cover, set of guides on AP policies...

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Complete Guide to AP Best Practices

The accounts payable function has changed radically over the past decade—and this transformation continues.

Make sure your procedures reflect the most up to date best practices—while avoiding the damage caused by "worst practices"—with detailed information on the hottest topics in AP such as...

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Electronic Invoicing, Imaging & Workflow for AP Departments (Two Volume Set)

For the first time, IOMA Research has turned its expert attention to helping AP managers improve their department’s efficiency and effectiveness with a comprehensive guide for choosing imaging systems and e-invoicing solutions.

Whether you're looking for an imaging & workflow system or an...

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IOMA’s AP and T&E Policies and Procedures (Two-Volume Set)

Considering the speed of change in today’s workplace and our regulatory environment, there is a high likelihood that your organization’s AP and T&E policies need to change as frequently as every year.

As a result, it’s essential to have a set of policies in place that are not only easily...

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Imaging & Workflow for AP Departments

Whether you have a strong technical background in imaging and workflow technology—or know very little—you’ll find everything you need in this report to help you review, select, and implement a system, including:

  • Understanding the components of an imaging and workflow system—scanning, data...

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Master Vendor File Maintenance, Audit & Control Best Practices

As most AP professionals know, a poorly maintained master vendor file is a headache for the department, a risk for the corporation, and can lead to costly expenses and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance issues.

But, despite these factors, the task of adopting best practices in file management is...

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Paperless Accounts Payable: The AP Department’s Complete Guide to Invoice Automation

In recent years, there's been significant growth in the number of articles, conferences, and workshops dedicated to the topic of electronic invoice processing.

Unfortunately, there's no single source of independent, unbiased information about the entire range of software, hardware, and...

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Purchasing Card Policies & Procedures Guide

According to IOMA’s recent survey of AP and p-card professionals, 74 percent of respondents greatly reduced accounts payable processing costs by implementing a p-card program in their organization.

Whether you’re just starting a p-card program or looking to strengthen an existing one, this...

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T&E Policies and Procedures Guide

According to a recent IOMA survey, revising and writing new T&E policies and streamlining T&E systems and procedures were, in the opinions of over 450 professionals, among the best strategies you could embrace for improving your T&E operations.

Considering the speed of change in today’s...

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Transforming AP Management: Taking Your Department to the Next Level

Now, in one convenient volume, you can get fingertip access to hundreds of tried-and-tested new ideas for improving your day-to-day AP department operations.

Transforming AP Management features first-person accounts of how AP managers like you have improved their nuts-and-bolts processes and...

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