The IOFM Podcast

In this podcast, IOFM Advisory Panelist David Glass discusses virtual card programs and the benefits for both his organization and the vendors—faster payments for vendors, less time and money spent processing paper checks for his organization. Through the combined efforts of his team and his card provider, WVU Medicine continues to grow the program, making AP a profit center within just three years.

Accounts payable director Bethany Mezzadra offers insight into her techniques for developing a highly productive and engaged AP team. She candidly discusses her strategies for problem-solving and improvement during the pandemic, which coincided with a major system implementation earlier this year, and balancing performance with compassion during this difficult time.

Cameco Corporation's AP/AR Manager Doreen Smuda offers her tips for leading a remote team. Her financial operations team began experimenting with working from home more than a year ago, giving her a head start in capturing lessons learned. Spoiler Alert: She thinks there may be some long-term good news for AP departments that come from these unparalleled times.

Friction is undermining the efforts of businesses to optimize their procure-to-pay cycle. Without addressing this friction, a business' procure-to-pay cycle will continue to be plagued by high costs, lots of errors, long cycle times, poor visibility, and supplier and stakeholder frustration. During this podcast, Sean Norton of Tungsten Network shares strategies for reducing or eliminating the five biggest contributors to friction in the procure-to-pay cycle.

Every business has friction in its P2P cycle. But businesses could never be sure of the impact of friction in their P2P cycle, until now. A new collaboration between IOFM and Tungsten Network is measuring P2P friction. During this episode, you will learn more about the initiative, hear early findings of the project, and get strategies for eliminating P2P friction.

Join IOFM's Editor of Special Projects Mark Brousseau for a lively conversation with Stacey Chimenti, Canon USA's Director of Financial Planning, about the reasons accounts payable processing is becoming more complex, and what accounts payable professionals can do about it.

Migrating from paper checks to card programs is a top priority for the majority of AP departments. During this podcast, IOFM Editor of Special Projects speaks with Ben Bianchino of EML (formerly Store Financial) about trends in card programs, the tactical and strategic programs that card programs provide, common misperceptions about card programs, and strategies for choosing the right card partner and successfully deploying a program.

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IOFM Editor of Special Projects Mark Brousseau speaks with Jim Eckstein of TradeRocket on the benefits of supply chain financing to suppliers, buyers and funders, why supply chain financing is particularly appealing to mid-market companies, common misperceptions about supply chain financing, and what to look for in a financing solution.

IOFM Editor of Special Projects Mark Brousseau speaks with Kevin Ryan of Hyland Software on the trends that are shaping accounts payable automation, including enterprise content management, cloud processing, mobile invoice review and approval, shared services automation, ERP integration and more!