• Effectively implement financial business intelligence software
  
• Save thousands of dollars by reengineering your AP department
  

There is an increasing need for companies to quickly and easily analyze the financial data in their corporate databases and use the data to make more intelligent decisions about the future. This book helps financial managers understand the trends, technology, software selection, and implementation in regards to financial business intelligence (financial BI) software.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• EVOLUTION OF FINANCIAL BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
• History and Future of Business Intelligence
• Leveraging the Power of Business Intelligence Tools
• Why Consider a Financial BI Tool in Your Organization
• BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY
• Platforms and Differences in Technology
• Performance: Getting Information on Time
• Building the Datawarehouse/Mart
• Front-End Analytic Tools
• Security
• Internets Impact on Business Intelligence
• SOFTWARE EVALUATION AND SELECTION
• Selecting a Business Intelligence Solution
• Software Evaluation: Factors to Consider
• Outsourcing: The New Alternative
• Buyers Guide
• IMPLEMENTING A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM
• Project Planning
• Data Warehouse or Datamart?
• Multidimensional Model Definition
• Model Maintenance
• Financial Data Modeling
• Survey of Data Warehouse Users
• Appendix A: Sample RFP
• Appendix B: Software Candidate Evaluation and Rating Sheet
• Appendix C: Sample License Agreement
• Appendix D: Sample Confidentiality and
  Non-Disclosure Agreement (Sales/Demo Process)
• Appendix E: Sample Support Plan/Agreement
• Appendix F: Sample Project Plan
• Appendix G: Sample Consulting Agreement
• Appendix H: Vendor Addresses
• Glossary
• Index

In order to remain a vital and viable part of a company, an accounts payable department must keep pace with new trends and technology. This book provides a clear, easy-to-grasp overview of the department and of new developments that affect accounts payable. It provides a solid foundation for running an AP department and for determining whether the department is functioning at an optimum level. Written by a highly respected authority in the field, the book shows corporations how to save thousands of dollars by reengineering their AP departments.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Some Accounting and Bookkeeping Basics
• Invoice Handling: The Three-Way Match and More
• Checks: The Traditional Payment Mechanism
• Exception Handling and Those Dreaded Rush Checks
• Preventing Duplicate Payments and Other Common Errors
• Paying Lost or Missing Invoices without Creating Additional Problems
• Working with Purchasing: Improving the Relationship
• Master Vendor Files: An Often Overlooked Function
• Discounts, Deductions, Travel and Entertainment and the Problems They Cause
• Travel and Entertainment: The Traditional Function
• Travel and Entertainment in the Twenty-First Century
• Electronic Data Interchange: The First Step Toward a Paperless Accounts Payable World
• Using the Internet in Accounts Payable
• Xtensible Markup Language: What A/P Pros Need to Know
• Proceurement-cards and Their Impact on the Accounts Payable Function
• Fraud: Vendor, Employee, and Check
• How Companies Are Now Using New Technology in Accounts Payable
• High Level Accounts Payable Concepts
• Managing Your First Accounts Payable Department
• Accounts Payable in the the Twenty-First Century
• Additional Resources
• Index

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