This big emailed invoice processing mistake is made at about 60% of all companies, Eliminating it would save time and money. Printing invoices is the dirty little secret, the big emailed invoice processing mistake that most companies don’t like to talk about or even admit they have. In fact, many don’t even realize they have it.

By stopping this questionable practice, companies can save time and money. It will also make their #invoiceprocessing more efficient. So why do so many continue printing invoices? They print emailed invoices because it makes the data entry process go a little easier. But by printing the invoice, you give back a lot of the process improvements attributable to receiving emailed invoices. Making a dent on the #accountspayable issue related to #emailedinvoices helps.

Companies everywhere now email the invoice because it saves them money and it gets to the customer faster, hopefully resulting in a faster payment – although we know that does not always happen.

In the accounts payable processing of invoices, emailed invoices now have a large role, since that is the way most invoices are sent. If the solution recommended is adopted there is the side benefit of accounts payable satisfaction, as it makes the accounts payable team’s job a little bit easier. Add to this the resulting accounts payable contribution to the environment and it’s a win for everyone. Eliminating this accounts payable headache makes for greater accounts payable efficiency and let’s fact it, most accounts payable groups like to be able to save trees. This is episode 106 of the AP Now podcast,