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Accounts Payable Training and Certification Seminar
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 • 7:30am to 4:30pm EST

As always, you'll have an opportunity to accelerate your professional growth through the rigorous but popular Accounts Payable Certification Programs, developed jointly by The Accounts Payable Network and IOMA. This fast-paced, one-day training program will quickly get you up to speed on a dozen areas that comprise the primary responsibilities of today’s multi-tasking AP specialist, including: invoice handling, checks, 1099s, e-invoicing, and audits. The program is ideal to train new staff in a hurry, to give long-term staff a refresher course, and to prepare to take the accounts payable specialist (APS) or accounts payable manager (APM) certification exam.

The certification exams can be taken at the end of the workshop or taken online at a later date and the cost for the exam is $220. Passing the exam signifies that an individual has demonstrated a core level of accounts payable proficiency at either a specialist or managerial level. For more information about the exams please contact Mary Arnold at 1-866-827-6389 or via email at marnold@theapnetwork.com.

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Basics of AP Automation Workshop
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 • 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

The AP profession is all abuzz about AP Automation, and for good reason. Automation is proven to generate greater cost savings and overall efficiency. And the reality is, if you don’t start building an AP automation toolkit soon, you could very well risk having your work outsourced overseas. In an effort to help you select the one or two automation options that will successfully mitigate your specific pain points (e.g., late payments, discrepancies, purchase order processing, data entry, duplicate payments, etc.), this workshop will provide a clear, comprehensive overview of the many automation options available to you, today: imaging for document retention, adding transaction workflow to front-end imaging, e-invoicing, optical character recognition, evaluated receipts settlement, negative assurance, electronic data exchange, automated travel and expense reporting, p-cards, automated clearinghouse and direct deposit. If you want immediate, optimum results — this is your first step.



How to Do an AP Process Review Workshop
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

This workshop offers a unique opportunity to be led through a professional AP process review and analysis by IOMA’s Senior AP Advisory Services consultant. You will walk away with an immediate action plan for your department that will pinpoint specific areas to improve processes, cut costs, and increase productivity. You will learn where to look, what questions to ask, and different options for improvements; plus, you’ll receive tools to help you with the task at hand, including an outline of what should be in your final report to your boss and a real-world example of a process review analysis and report. Normally, this type of guidance costs thousands of dollars — at IOMA’s AP Conference & Expo, it is available at a very affordable price. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by!