One of the most common ways that companies get bogged down by their own weight is through poor accounting and financial management. In a survey conducted by Business-Software.com in May of 2013, nearly 200 finance executives in the U.S. were asked a series of questions to better understand the current state of finance departments around the country.

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Accounting Problems Solved by Process Automation
If your Accounts Payable department is still relying on manual processes, kick off that rock you’ve been living under.
Top 10 Benefits of Accounting in the Cloud
Traditional accounting software sucks up far too much of your business’ time and effort. The data in the system isn’t up to date (and neither is the software), making it difficult to have a real-time view of your company.
How to Keep Audit Fees at a Minimum and Increase Record Compliance
There's a big scary word in the accounting world that usually results in allocating resources and lost time - audit.
The Rise of Paperless Practice Adoption in Manufacturing
The work that goes into manufacturing even the simplest of products is a mystery to most people.
Comparing today’s workflow automation solutions to early examples of how businesses first applied technology to speed up their day-to-day operations is kind of like comparing today to last week. The differences are many depending on what angle you take.
Controllers come in all shapes and sizes. One may be responsible for leading various accounting managers and their own reports in the direction set by the CFO. Other controllers may themselves be the accounting department and report to the president or owner above them. Regardless of the company they keep, controllers are a company’s financial front line, and the responsibility to keep the...
Accounts Payable Automation Beyond Invoice Scanning
When people hear the concept, “Accounts Payable Automation” they take it either one of two ways: they understand its depth and complexity completely, or the phrase vaguely references “that expensive thing the big companies just started doing."
How Empowering Employees Translates to Business Success
With just a quick browse of the latest top ten lists, LinkedIn user stories, and employee relations headlines, today’s employee expectations become very clear. Aside from the usual bit about money, power and fame, employees lean heavily towards jobs that can satisfy their own sense of self and reflect their core values.
One look at a post from CNN Money’s article titled "500-Page Mortgage Applications Are the New Normal" is a reminder that things aren’t how they used to be in the mortgage industry. Sure, there was always a lot of paperwork, but 500 pages? Even loans requiring considerably less paperwork still rely on the efforts of multiple people successfully completing multiple processes for a loan to be...