A cooperative study that identified the best accounts payable processes at media companies and looked into how newspapers manage their accounts payable processes including insight into process alternatives such as:

Organizing & staffing Accounts Payable

Measuring performance

Using credit cards

Error rates/mitigation efforts

Collecting duplicate payments

Minimizing duplicate payments

Controlling vendors

Holding vs. Quickly Mailing Checks

A review of payment practices in the newspaper industry with insight into payment discounts, timing payments for cash flow and late payment processes.

New Types of Purchase Agreements A view of new terms and conditions that streamline both the procurement and payment processes.

Linking to the Procurement Organization A look at the way accounts payable works with procurement to ensure the efficient and controlled payment of liabilities.

Duplicate Payment Identification

A comparison of duplicate payment identification/mitigation processes.

Employing Technologies to Minimize Work

A look at technologies employed in payment processing.

Involved in the design of the study, so that we are sure we are asking the questions that are important to your newspaper;

Invited to attend site visits to best practices newspapers, so that you can hear first hand about how they have created high performance information systems organizations; and

Invited to a readout/discussion session, so that questions about study results were answered.

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